Health: Dangerous foods and everyday products in the home that are toxic.

Dangerous foods and everyday products in the home that are toxic.

Written by Alfred Jones

You might not believe how many dangerous items there are in repparttar

home, that are not classified as dangerous. The first one is Margarine, this is unhealthy and does have toxic effects on your system. Margarine is made by adding Hydrogen to repparttar 115215

fat molecules to make them more saturated, raising repparttar 115216

melting point so it remains solid for spreading at room temperature. This method is called Hydrogenation, it became popular, because this type of oil does not spoil or go off quite so readily as regular oil. Apparently you can leave Margarine out in repparttar 115217

open for years and it will not develop mould, neither will it be touched by insects or even rodents, it appears that only humans are foolish enough to eat repparttar 115218

stuff. The American National Cancer Institute suggests that 98% of cancers may be linked to chemical exposure. 884 neuro-toxic chemicals are used in cosmetic, and repparttar 115219

perfume and toiletries industry, One of these chemicals is SODIUM LAURYL SULPHATE (SLS). In repparttar 115220

United States of America, safety sheets are available on SLS and they state:- "In case of contact, immediately flush with copious amounts of water for at least 15 minutes, remove contaminated clothing and footware. Ensure adequate flushing of repparttar 115221

eyes and eyelids, If inhaled remove to fresh air and call a doctor.

Don't get a tan to die for

Written by Kathy Joyce

Don't get a tan to die for Article by Kathy Joyce

This time of year many people are getting ready for their summer holidays and spending more time outdoors in repparttar sun.

I live in repparttar 115214 South East of England and even here repparttar 115215 sun can be very strong in repparttar 115216 summer months. Global warming is causing repparttar 115217 ozone layer to become thinner.Between 1978 and 1985 repparttar 115218 the level of ozone in repparttar 115219 atmosphere dropped by 2.5%. Ozone offers protection from repparttar 115220 sun's ultra violet rays.

Skin cancer is on repparttar 115221 increase and is becoming a worrying health problem.Children are most vulnerable as their skin is thinner than an adults and their risk of getting sunburnt is much greater.

A lot of people still believe that a tan is a sign of good health and beauty. in fact it is a sign that repparttar 115222 skin is damaged.

Most skin damage resulting in wrinkles is caused by exposure to repparttar 115223 sun's UVA rays, and often most of repparttar 115224 damage is done by repparttar 115225 age of 21. This may not show up until later in life.

Sunbeds can be even more dangerous as they have mostly UVA rays which do repparttar 115226 most damage. The sun has both UVA and UVB rays.

The best advice for a healthy, wrinkle free skin is to stay out of repparttar 115227 sun completely, but that can be very difficult when you're on holiday.

Stay out of repparttar 115228 sun during repparttar 115229 hottest time of day when repparttar 115230 sun is at it's strongest. That is between midday and about 4.00pm in repparttar 115231 afternoon.

When you do go out in repparttar 115232 sun make sure that you have a good high protection sun cream, and a wide brimmed hat as well as sunglasses with UVA protection. Apply sun cream 20-30 minutes before you go out.

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