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There are some 29 million fireplaces in use today, and indoor wood burning can come with risks. We'll discuss the risks along with solutions and proactive approaches to reducing indoor air contaminants related to indoor heating units.

World Cancer Day takes place on February 4th, every year. It is a day where people and organizations around the world participate in a day of unity to raise awareness about cancer, in an attempt to make cancer a global health priority. While cancer can be a scary and life-threatening condition, it will take a great deal of dedication and awareness on behalf of advocates and lawmakers to educate the world about prevention and early detection methods. You can help by encouraging friends and family to get screened or even donate to a research organization today.

The Hidden Dangers of E-Cigarettes While cigarette smoking has decreased significantly in the past few decades, down from about 42% of the American population in 1965 – approximately 18% of Americans are still smoking traditional tobacco cigarettes. That’s a total...

Activated carbon - you may have heard of it in the past, but you may not know what it is or what it can be used for unless perhaps you have studied medicine, chemistry, or survivalist techniques. While mankind has been using carbon, in one form or another, to purify contaminates and neutralize odors for thousands of years, the process of activating carbon has only gained traction in the past few hundred years. Carbon works to filter contaminants by trapping chemicals within the pore structure of a carbon particles, so the more porous and cavernous the carbon, the better the toxins will be adsorbed.

As winter carries on, most of us in colder climates try to avoid the bad weather at all costs, which means spending most of our time indoors. And to ensure we stay as warm as possible, we work to keep our homes well insulated and free from drafts and leaky windows. In recent years, as it’s become a very popular form of home improvement to keep heating bills down but as it turns out, this may not be so good for our respiratory health.

When we think of air pollution, we often envision dirty vehicle emissions poisoning the air we breathe or power plants and the bellowing of toxic fumes out of their towering smokestacks. Sure, outdoor air pollution causes serious health risks to our society, but if you believe outdoor air pollution is the biggest air quality risk to human health, we need to have a talk about the air inside your home, office, gym, and other indoor spaces.

It’s invisible. It’s odorless. It’s tasteless. It’s the number one cause of lung cancer for non-smokers in America. It may be in your home, and you wouldn’t even know it. It’s radon – a radioactive gas that is thought to contribute to tens of thousands of deaths each year and it’s relatively common. The good news is that if unsafe levels of radon are detected in your home, you can fix the problem. For this reason January is National Radon Action Month, to encourage people to test for radon. So make sure to take action and protect yourself and your loved ones from potential harmful radon exposure.

If you’d like to succeed at meeting your New Year’s resolutions, the key is to be realistic and to think positively. Scientific research into the matter has shown that humans have natural tendencies which may prevent us from achieving our aims. It turns out that if we fool ourselves into perceiving that a goal is easy, we have a propensity to slack in our readiness to pursue those goals. Research has shown that we need to combine a positive-thinking approach to our goals with a taste of realism.