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Environmental Stressors Can Cause Blindness??

Environmental Stressors Can Cause Blindness?? Say what? Environmental stressors can cause blindness???? Yup. Let me illustrate this with a story about Billie. Billie (not her real name) is a young…

building biology, buildings and health, chemical sensitivities, chemically sensitive, ehs, electric fields, electromagnetic radiation, EMF, EMR, family, gases, health, heavy metals, house hunting, indoor air quality, informed choice, lead, mold, mould

House Hunting?

Moving (and house hunting) is a highly stressful time… Add to the mix the need to avoid environmental stressors, keep to a tight budget and manage with low tolerance –…

air pollution, building biology, building materials, buildings and health, death, diet and lifestyle, environmental health, health, heavy metals, lead

Lead Poisoning Lead exposure and poisoning can occur in three different ways – primary, secondary and tertiary. The primary way, is through direct exposure – eating paint chips, accidentally swallowing…

building biology, buildings and health, environmental health, health, heavy metals, lead

Lead – Creating Awareness

Lead Poisoning Prevention is Better than Cure When I first began assessing buildings for health hazards, I was dumbfounded to discover leadlighting (aka stained glass in the US) still used…

building biology, environmental health, health, heavy metals, indoor air quality, lead

Lead Dust and Heavy Metals

Lead can be found in older homes. Primarily it was used in paints. Now that the health effects of lead are better understood (lowering IQ, amongst other things), lead has…

Home is the Most Important Place

Home is the most important place. It is our castle. Home is our safety haven, our sacred space, our island in the midst of the world. For many of us,…

detoxification, environmental health, health, heavy metals, indoor air quality, lead

Lead Poisoning Prevention Week of Action

Lead Poisoning Prevention is Essential This last week of October recognises the risk of lead poisoning in our lives – this is international Lead Poisoning Prevention Week of Action. Lead…

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Environmental Stressors Can Cause Blindness??

House Hunting?

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