Overall, mosquitoes have been the deadliest predator of humans throughout history.
Category: environmental health
environmental health
conservation, energy, environmental health, faculty, food, population growth, resource use
The Pursuit of Happiness
Countries such as the U.S., are likely engaging in much frivolous consumption of energy without benefits to health and happiness.
Drugs in your drinking water
Not all pharmaceutical compounds can be removed by traditional methods of treating wastewater.
Demented by what we breathe.
surprising increases in the mortality rates from dementia with increasing levels of air-borne particles.
agriculture, conservation, environmental health, faculty, food, pesticides, toxicology
Hi-test Pesticides
Don’t let statistics of declining pesticide use fool you
COVID and Air Pollution
You can’t expect to have healthy people in a dirty environment.
agriculture, air pollution, biodiversity, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, faculty, food, natural habitat, population growth, sustainability
Overpopulation
Only with a population growth rate of zero might we have some hope for planetary stability.
agriculture, environmental health, faculty, food, lakes and streams, toxicology, water pollution
Atrazine
Atrazine resembles the growth hormones of other organisms, including frogs and potentially humans.
agriculture, air pollution, environmental health, faculty, natural habitat, pesticides, toxicology, water
One toke over the line sweet Jesus
Marijuana production by agribusiness will likely reduce direct impacts on nature
Carbon Dioxide and Mental Health
we should pay more attention to indoor CO2 levels