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Elements That May Make Dementia More Probable

celticeagle @celticeagle (189789) • Boise, Idaho 22 May

I hate the thought of dementia but is a looming factor in our later years if certain things are apparent. Here is a list of factors: * Age -- About 1/3 of people 85 and older may show signs. * Heart disease -- usually caused by...

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Air Quality After Rains

MeMoneyAndLove @abhi_bangal (7679) • Ahmednagar, India 5 Sep 24

Rains do improve the quality of air, I've seen. Dust particles settle down and the atmosphere becomes quite clear. It's been raining here for a few days now. But though the rain has stopped a bit now, the air quality still remains...

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Ready for Meat Grown in a Lab?

James Higgins @JamesHxstatic (29410) • Eugene, Oregon 6 Feb 23

The US Food and Drug Administration says that meat grown in a laboratory is safe to eat. It may even be on the menus of some upscale restaurants in the not-too-distant future, but it will be quite expensive compared to the real...

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How air pollution affects the birds

Kawasaki @Kawasaki01 (692) 22 Sep 22

Air pollution not only destroy our environment but also have great impact on birds. As for environment it mainly destroys the ozone layer and contaminate the air but for birds it greatly effect the life cycle of the birds. As for...

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The Noise Demon Has Departed But ..

Xavier Bage @franxav (14588) • India 21 Oct 18

The Goddess has left for her husband's abode in Kailash, on the Himalayas. Yesterday, the local idols were immersed. It was a time of joy for the people but I look to these celebrations with weariness.. They also bring a demon...

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Can the World end the use of coal?

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 8 Oct 18

The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) makes grim reading. The main conclusion is that we need to cut carbon emissions in half within the next 12 years if we are going to achieve the aim of...

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How Polluted is the Air in Your Home?

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40843) • Laguna Woods, California 20 Sep 18

I just read a Reader's Digest article about how the products we use in our home could literally be poisoning us! Many homes are so polluted that the indoor air is far worse than outside air pollution. There were eleven products,...

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Traffic Jams in India - Everyday Chaos!!

Rashna Gandhi @Rashnag (30597) • Surat, India 29 Jun 18

In India traffic jams is the most common scene one witnesses everyday in different states and cities. In Mumbai, where I stay, it's worst thing. Everyday billions of people in India have to face them. Traffic jams occurs due to...

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How Clean Is The Air In your City? Do You Have Pollution Problem?

AKRao24 @AKRao24 (27422) • India 3 May 18

Unfortunately from the list of 15 World’s most polluted cities across the World the first 14 cities are from India. This is as per the WHO global air Pollution database released recently, The national capital Delhi is sixth most...

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Public Health Emergency in Delhi/NCR :(

DJ @Daljinder (23193) • Bangalore, India 8 Nov 17

Delhi and National Capital Region woke up to a thick blanket of smog on Tuesday morning. Air Quality dropped rapidly. Increase in smog. Low visibility! Pollution levels surpassed moderate standards multiple times. In fact,...

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Diwali cracker ban

sarika bhatia @sarik1 (7815) 15 Oct 17

Diwali is one of Indian festivals when people enjoy festival of lights,sweets and firecrackers.But this year Delhi Ncr is shocked when Supreme Court has Banned the sale of Firecrackers in Delhi-NCR because Firecracker's impact on...

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The Horse's Military wins and loses a battle with Kaiser on the same day

The Horse @TheHorse (238268) • Walnut Creek, California 18 Apr 17

I had been told by my Doctor's assistant last Wednesday that my two prescriptions would be ready for pickup Monday morning. One was ready, but the other could not be renewed until Sunday, meaning that it would be available the...

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What do you think the number one priority of environmental protection should do ?

wildlittlefan @wildlittlefan (4680) • Hong Kong 30 Nov 16

I think government policy is important and the environmental protection education must be promoted especially to our next generation. I understand that many countries have already doing these but looks like the improvement is not...

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save the world

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Air pollution - Now become more dangerous

Sunil.P @sunilparthan (6302) • India 20 Jun 16

A new study now identified that Air pollution now creating new diseases, It is making some mental problems in children. Already there are lot of problems created by air pollution. Now it is effecting the children for whom all are...

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Businesses can think about selling fresh air to people in polluted Chinese cities

scheng1 @scheng1 (24649) • Singapore 26 Mar 16

The cities in China are so polluted that the people are literally dying. They suffer many health problems. When you look out of the window, and everything appears grey, you know that the air is hazardous to health. The...

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Do you think it is too late to save earth from all kinds of environmental problems ?

wildlittlefan @wildlittlefan (4680) • Hong Kong 5 Jan 16

There are many countries in this world that we love to travel or visit many years ago. However, after so much pollution problems happened in those countries; some of the countries have already been out of our travelling list....

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Will the even and odd rule help DELHI?

Ankit Mahapatra @ak3850 (59) • Bhubaneshwar, India 2 Jan 16

Hello friends , as the new year began, the even and odd rule was implemented in Delhi....But according to the media, there was no significant change in the air pollution level of Delhi....And because of this rule, the common...

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Global Warming and Pollution solutions?

Ptrikha_2 @ptrikha_2 (49753) • India 4 Nov 15

Why is the solution to the problem of Global Warming and Pollution so complex? Any thoughts?

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Stinking diesel

Tony Lawrence @pcunix (210) • Middleboro, Massachusetts 20 Oct 15

We were just at the supermarket. I had to go outside to take a call. Guy in a big monster pickup truck pulls up to the Red Box movie rental to let out his lazy wife. Then he sits there, spewing out stinking diesel fumes for...

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annoying when can smell pollution in the neighborhood :(

missjahn @missjahn (4572) • Philippines 23 Aug 12

gosh, i am just staying inside my room and start writing and replying to the post i made here in mylot. whew! when you want to be at peace and all for you to concentrate a thing in here, when can smell something stinky from a...

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