Archive for the tag 'brain'

Limiting Environmental Contamination, Part 2

Chemical Hazards from Multiple Sources The news of a statewide ban on phthalates follows several other alarms sounded recently about the presence of chemical dangers to health to which the public and wildlife are commonly exposed, in everyday consumer products and even new forms of advertising. Wetlands advocates and other environmental groups have issued warnings […]

The Rhythm of Seasonal Changes

Even if your local climate affords a gloriously extended Indian summer, it is autumn now, and your body takes note even if you don’t. Afternoon temperatures may be peaking in the 70’s and 80’s, but changes in sunlight – both the amount of available light each day, and the increasingly slanted angle of the sun […]