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How Effective Are Plants at Purifying the Home Air?

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    Most people don’t realize how much pollution is in the indoor environment of buildings, where we spend most of our time. For example, many of the products we use to clean and freshen our homes, schools, and workplaces add hidden toxins to the air. “There’s no smell in the air,” says Anne Hicks, a pediatric pulmonary specialist at the University of Alberta in Canada. “If you can smell it, there’s a chemical in the air that’s getting into your nose. It’s all air pollution, regardless of whether it smells good or bad,” she adds. “Indoor air pollution is very high, and it’s unknown to what extent, because my neighbor’s house has different air pollution than mine,” Hicks says. Indoor air pollution is extremely complex, messy, and often beyond people’s control. For example, road traffic produces nitrogen dioxide, while moisture and structural problems in buildings can lead to rot. Expensive Solution Air purifiers with high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filt...

5 Cups of Coffee a Day May Reduce Your Risk of Liver Disease and Cancer by 47%.

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According to recent research, drinking coffee may help to reduce your risk of liver disease and cancer.     ·         According to a recent study, coffee use may lower your risk of cancer and liver disease. ·         The researchers discovered that the possible preventive effects increase with the amount of coffee consumed. ·         The preventive effects of coffee may be somewhat diminished if you use sweets or sweeteners. ·         It is still crucial to Limit your consumption of sugar, sweeteners, and highly processed coffee creamers. It's possible that your morning coffee is doing more than just giving you greater energy. It may also help reduce your chances of liver cancer and liver disease, according to new studies. According to the study, which was published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology on July 1, drinking m...

Why do some people get bitten more by mosquitoes?

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  Some people are mosquito magnets. No matter where they go on summer vacation, one thing is certain: they will get bitten by mosquitoes, leaving them with large, itchy bumps that will bother them for weeks. On the other hand, the other people they are with don’t feel any pain. They don’t get bitten by a single mosquito, and when they do, they often only get a small red mark on their body. My friends have long joked that my blood must be ‘unusually sweet.’ And they are probably right. Our bodies emit a number of biological signals, such as breath and body odor, that determine how likely a person is to be bitten by a mosquito. In some people, these signals are so strong that mosquitoes can’t even get rid of them. Here are three ways these bloodsuckers can track you down. Carbon Dioxide Signals to Mosquitoes that You are a Good Candidate for a Bite Only female mosquitoes bite humans. They are attracted to us to obtain a protein in our blood that is needed for the development of their...

Reduced Risk of Dangerous Diseases with walking just 7,000 steps a day!

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  Your Health A new study suggests that walking 7,000 steps  a day can boost your brain power and help you fight off a range of diseases. This may be easier to achieve in practice than the 10,000-step-a-day target which is considered the norm. The study, published in the Lancet Public Health, is linked to a reduced risk of serious health problems including cancer, dementia and heart disease. Experts say the findings could encourage more people to keep a record of how many steps they walk each day to improve their health. Dr Melody Ding says we tend to think we should take 10,000 steps, but this is not evidence-based. 10,000 steps are about five miles or eight kilometers. But the right distance will be different for everyone, i.e., the length between two steps, which depends on each person's height, gender and walking speed, and people who walk faster will also have a longer distance between two steps. Looking at the history of the term 10,000 steps, it was also used in Japan i...

Water from a Filter Is Really Better than Tap Water

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  Water The general perception is that water filters installed in the kitchen can purify contaminated tap water and make it drinkable, but are they really necessary, and can they cause any harm? British citizen Sheema avoids drinking tap water. Her refrigerator has a water filter installed in the door and she uses it to drink water . It sterilizes the water using an ultraviolet chip. Sheema says that ‘filtered water tastes better. Tap water has the smell and taste of chemicals.’ Some people, including her husband, find this objectionable, who even tested it with their eyes closed, and it was found that they can indeed distinguish between the two waters with their eyes closed. The American organization Environmental Working Group surveyed 2,800 people, half of whom said that they should not drunk tap water, while about 35 percent filter their water. In a 2023 survey of more than 500 people in the UK by Swedish filter company Tap Water, 42% said they did not trust tap water. The wate...