Pollution

Bodies and Brains Suffering from Cheap Food and Cheap Energy

Posted on 10/12/2012 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Personal HealthTwo of the biggest challenges to our personal health are strikingly similar, and similarly difficult and complex to overcome: Cheap, fast, processed food has brought us increases in diabetes, obesity, heart disease, and learning disabilities Cheap, energy – in the form of coal –  has brought us increased heart disease, cancer, asthma, learning diabilities, and neurological disorders in children. While the consequences of our collective lousy diet are sometimes easy to see - our shirt no longer buttons or we can’t zip our favorite jeans - consequences of our addiction …

Breathing Clean Air Is Not An Option…For Any Of Us

Posted on 02/14/2012 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Home & FamilyAs AARP’s Sustainability Manager, Pam Evans has led the effort to incorporate environmentally responsible practices into AARP’s internal business operations. She’s passionate about educating members on the importance of responsible use of resources, and the direct connection between the declining health of the environment and the health of our, and future, generations. It’s early February in DC, yet when I headed out my front door the last two mornings, I was greeted not by grey, gloomy weather, but by perfectly …

The Takeaway: Lifestyle Choices Trump Pollutants As Breast Cancer Cause; Housing Crisis Affects Home Health Care

Posted on 12/9/2011 by | Brooklyn, NY | Comments

News RoundupsSubstances women voluntarily expose themselves to—fatty food, alcohol, cigarettes, hormone replacement drugs—are upping breast cancer risk much more than additives or environmental pollutants. And the housing crisis has made it hard for many older adults to sell their homes, further driving up demand for in-home health care.