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1 General
2 PFAS
3 Lead
Lead: makes you into a criminal:
- Kevin Drum, Lead: America’s Real Criminal Element
- Lead->crime
VegeSafe monitoring soil pollution (they will test yours)
4 Air pollution
I thought living under a flight path was OK in pollution terms. Turns out I may have been too sanguine.
See also air pollution.
The air in Sydney, according to Wendy Bacon, cannot be relied upon to be safe or even competently monitored.
5 Pollution and obesity
Is the obesity epidemic pollution? That is the chemical hunger hypothesis, launched by some rather lengthy and controversial internet-famous essays.
6 References
Altepeter. 2017. “The Effectiveness of Amish Home Remedies.”
Drum. 2016. “Sick Kids Are Just the Beginning of America’s Lead Crisis.” Mother Jones (blog).
Goldberg, and Katz. 2007. “A Meta-Analysis of the Analgesic Effects of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Supplementation for Inflammatory Joint Pain.” Pain.
Hudda, Durant, Fruin, et al. 2020. “Impacts of Aviation Emissions on Near-Airport Residential Air Quality.” Environmental Science & Technology.
Ruxton, Reed, Simpson, et al. 2004. “The Health Benefits of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids: A Review of the Evidence.” Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics.
Venn, and Strazdins. 2017. “Your Money or Your Time? How Both Types of Scarcity Matter to Physical Activity and Healthy Eating.” Social Science & Medicine.
Wall, Ross, Fitzgerald, et al. 2010. “Fatty Acids from Fish: The Anti-Inflammatory Potential of Long-Chain Omega-3 Fatty Acids.” Nutrition Reviews.