Environmental Health and Wellness (part 2)

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Additional Environmental Factors to Consider

Food Source and Quality

Trite but True – you are what you eat! Consuming foods that have been grown with the aid of certain pesticides or hormones, augmented by artificial colors or flavors, or preserved with chemicals can impact your health. The air and noise pollution produced by transporting foods long distances and the soil and water damage caused by pesticides are also important considerations.

Sound and Visual Pollution

Can’t get any respite from jets, jackhammers, and other noisemakers? Sound pollution affects everyone, even if it’s only the constant drone of a leaf blower or a blaring stereo, or the humming of your refrigerator. What you see also impacts your mood. Cluttered, dirty, or damaged settings increase stress, which can impact your emotional perspective and your physical health.

Electromagnetic Fields

Do you watch TV, use a computer, cook with a microwave, or chat on a cell phone? Then you are exposed to electromagnetic fields, or EMFs, produced by electrically charged objects. There is debate about whether these fields pose a danger (the WHO or World Health Organization sounds a caution, but American organizations maintain there is no issue), but it certainly wouldn’t hurt to take easy steps to limit exposure.