Environmental Health

As a hospital worker, whether a doctor, nurse, or nurse's aide, you're responsible for maintaining a safe environment for your fellow employees as well as for your patients. One accidental spill...

There are various types or sub categories of pollution, including air, water and land pollution. Land pollution occurs when contaminants directly affect the ground surface. Causes of land...

In February 2007, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released federal guidelines for the proper disposal of prescription...

Use freezer bags, garbage bags, plastic bags from the grocery store to save money, and save extra space at the land fills.

Helping the environment is something that anyone can do, and something that everyone ought to do. Unfortunately most of us do more harm to the environment than good on a daily basis. Mother nature...

Mother nature has been tormented by chemicals and pollution. We as humans should show our respect to the planet we live on. Giving back to mother nature can be done in so many simple ways. It will...

Our world has become filled with so much plastic and disposable trash. The amounts of disposable trash made for our “convenience” has inadvertently affected our environment in many ways, from...

If you have ever been the owner of a swimming pool, you know the headache of disposing of leftover swimming pool chemicals such as chlorine. You cannot discard these chemicals in your normal...

VHS cassettes and other magnetic recording media are becoming obsolete. Disposal presents environmental and health issues that cannot be ignored. Tossing old videos into the garbage is not an...

Litter is more than unsightly trash. It costs Arizona taxpayers $2 million a year to clean up roads covered in cigarette butts, fast food wrappers, soda cans, and coffee cups. Littering is against...

There are some very simple things you can do to reduce the amount of trash you throw away each day/week/month/year.

Trash covers more than just the garbage you put out in a can every week. It also involves all the items that are part of your life every day, the paper cups, fast-food wrappers, grocery...

Recycling is a great way that we can lessen our impact on the environment, lessen the amount of trash at the dump and lessen the amount of raw resources need to make new products.

These days it's hard to be environmentally conscious during the daily grind. But there are a few steps you can take that will barely change your routine and make a huge difference!

Going green is now considered the cool thing to do, but what about those of us who really don't know what that entails besides unplugging a few items and shredding some paper? How do we go about...

If you haven't yet heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, you may be in for a shock. Composed nearly entirely of plastic, it's a "floating dump" in the middle of the Pacific Ocean...

Sawdust is the fine grain waste that comes from cutting wood. Automotive oil, transmission fluid and other liquids can soak into the ground and contaminate the soil and ground water. Recycle...

Linoleum and concrete floors are easy to mop. However, high-traffic areas may not have time to dry before the flow of animals and people resumes. Recycling sawdust as a floor cleaner can clean a...

Litter not only looks bad, but it also washes into gutters and ends up in streams and rivers to clog and pollute our water supplies and ultimately work against a cleaner environment. Litter can be...

Recycling does not have to be limited to rinsed-out cans and stacks of magazines. You can recycle just about anything, from old tires to shoe boxes, as long as you put your mind to it.

Yes, you care about the earth. Yes, you want to do your part. But sometimes you missed the recyclables pickup and you just have to get rid of the newspapers and cans. Some places, like New York...

It sounds so simple. Stop littering. The reality is that most people find it hard to give serious thought to this overwhelming problem, and littering is growing as an issue worldwide, every day....

There are a few things that you can do around the home to help recycle trash bags.