If you plan to travel overseas or even across the borders into Mexico or Canada, your plans need to include foresight and caution if you want to enjoy a hassle-free and healthy trip. Knowledge about public health issues such as advisories, vaccines, environmental hazards and natural disasters and weather can eliminate surprises in your travel and help you be prepared in case you need to travel despite warnings. This primer can help you pinpoint your responsibilities and can make your travel plans easier by providing topics to heed and links to more expansive information about international travel. [click to continue…]
Climate change and all the science for, against, or unclear on the topic can be very confusing and is often a source of conflict and division. However, the one thing everyone can agree on is that we all would like to breathe clean air. But for all its good intentions, that can be a heated debate as well. So what is a well-intentioned person to do? Getting both sides of the argument can be essential to not only making a decision but holding your own in an argument.
To help “clear the air,” we have collected 20 myths about air pollution making their way across the information spectrum. While some are put forth by bloggers with a passion for the topic, others are submitted by actual and accredited scientists. As always, it is up to you the reader to learn as much as you can and arrive at your own decision, hopefully a tad better informed than when you went in. [click to continue…]
