Medicine & TechnologyNew studies from the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital highlights the relationship between the mental health of children and their exposure to air pollution.
Plastic eating utensils are everywhere, and most of them are used only once. Billions of forks, knives, and spoons are thrown away each year. But like other plastic items such as bags and bottles-cutlery can take centuries to break down naturally, giving the plastic waste ample time to work its way into the environment.
A floating device that has been specifically to catch all plastic waste floating in the ocean has been deployed in the Great Pacific. Now, it is out there again in an attempt to clean up what looks like a huge island of plastic garbage swirling between the islands of Hawaii and California.
Have you seen the stunning aquamarine color of the Caribbean Sea along the borders of the Seven Mile Beach of the Cayman Islands. More than 1,500 miles away, the Atlantic Ocean fronting the Coney Island keeps its dark bluish green hue. Did you know that the Bondi Blue color of the Apple computers was named after the hue of the Tasman Sea off the coast of the Sydney beach.
The USF study suggests that chronic hypertension may remodel airway sensory nerves controlling the pulmonary-cardiac reflex that helps defend the body against physical damage from air pollution