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Safe Insect Repellents for Children
Keep your child's skin safe from bites and stingschild image by Byron Moore from Fotolia.comCommercial insect repellents offer your child protection from stings and bites, but many contain the ingredient DEET (N-N-diethyl-m-toluamide). Although DEET is an effective insect repellent, often...
Health and Environmental Effects of Air Pollution in Detail
Air pollution can lead to harmful environmental and health effects.air pollution image by loooki from Fotolia.comAccording to the Environmental Protection Agency, the federal, state and local governments are currently attempting to reduce the levels of 188 pollutants currently in the...
Fat & Oil Analysis
When analyzing fats and oils, it's important to understand the difference between different types of fats and the oils that contain those fats. The four main types of fats are polyunsaturated, monounsaturated, saturated and trans.
Construction Power Line Safety Issues
Power lines are a serious hazard for construction workers.Power Lines image by Towards Ithaca from Fotolia.comMore than 50 construction workers die each year as a result of electrocution by power lines, according to the Tools of the Trade website. Working near power lines requires a great...
Charcoal Starter Fluid Regulations in California
From car emissions to smoking in public to clean air laws, residents of California have been in the vanguard of environmental policy changes, including those covering barbecues. In 1990, according to the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich proclaimed, "Use a barbecue, go
How to Use Lugol's
Lugol's Iodine is a iodine tincture made with 3% concentration of potassium iodine in distilled water. Iodine is a necessary nutrient in the human diet, and deficiencies can cause conditions such as goiter, cretinism and hypothyroidism. While seaweed and ocean fish provide healthful amounts of iodin
How to Make Burdock Root Tea
Herbalists have recommended burdock root tea for centuries as a blood purifier and diuretic. More recent animal studies have shown it may stimulate the action of the liver and the production of bile, as well as reduce the level of sugar in the blood and inhibit the growth of tumors. "Unfortunately,
Energy Conservation Tips for the Tropics
Solar water heaters are highly efficient in the tropics.photo Solar energy image by Aleksandar Radovanovic from Fotolia.comThe tropics consist of an area close to the Equator, including large parts of Africa, Central and South America, as well as south-east Asia and northern Oceania....
LED Lighting vs. Strobe for Photography
Photographers must consider several factors when they find a suitable subject, such as the angle, color and lighting, among others. For this reason, photographers use many techniques and lighting sources to achieve the desired effect. Light-emitting diodes are often used because of their maneuverabi
Can Putting Insulation on My Heater Ducts Cause Mold & Mildew?
Insulating heater ducts prevents the loss of energy due to conduction. To put it more simply, when a heating duct has no insulation, it requires more energy to heat and cool a home as effectively. You can purchase heating duct insulation from home improvement stores, but before you get to work, you
The Benefits & Side Effects of Milk Thistle
Milk thistle plant has both benefits and side effects.thistle image by Henryk Olszewski from Fotolia.comThe National Cancer Institute states that the fruits and seeds of the milk thistle plant have been used for over 2,000 years as herbal remedies to address problems of the liver, bile...
Pickles Nutritional Value
Pickles are a low-calorie, high-sodium food found in every supermarket in America. The following article reviews the nutrient breakdown of dill or kosher dill pickles made from cucumbers.
Glucometer Procedures
Diabetes is characterized by either the body's inability to produce insulin, or resistance to its own insulin. Insulin is a hormone which helps move glucose from the blood into the body's cells for energy, self-repair, growth and other various cellular functions. Home blood glucose monitoring allows
How to Cook a Low Carb Breakfast
Low-carb diets are very popular. Unfortunately, many people are unable to give up their high-carb breakfasts. After all, most of the foods that play a role in big breakfasts are high in carbs. Luckily, there are some very simple changes that you can make which will ensure that your breakfast is low
What Type of Sugar Is Found in Sugar Cane?
Sugar cane is one of two major sources of table sugar, the other being sugar beets. Both of these plants produce a sugar called sucrose, which is the gold standard of sweeteners due to its clean taste and lack of bitterness. This sugar is easily absorbed into the human body, which makes it problemat
Negative Rock Quarry Effects
The mining industry poses unique occupational hazards to its workers and to those living in the vicinity of rock quarries. Explosives and cutting of stone in quarries releases particulate matter into the air, which can cause human illness such as silicosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Salba Oil Vs. Fish Oil
Essential fatty acids, or EFAs as they are also known, are very useful in promoting cardiovascular and heart health, lubricating joints, and much more. EFAs can be found in vegetarian form, such as salba, or extracted from the fatty tissues of fish. A diet rich in essential fatty acids is important
How to Calculate Age in Months & Days Using the Mod Function
Microsoft Office's Excel spreadsheet program comes packed with hundreds of useful intrinsic functions. For a user who's handy with Visual Basic for Applications code, or VBA, the program even permits the writing of personal functions. One of the handy built-in functions of Excel is the "mod&quo