What are ‘detox’ products? Detox, detoxification or detoxication is a treatment given to people who are addicted to drugs or alcohol in order to stop them from being addicted. And ‘a detox’ is a treatment that is intended to remove poisonous or harmful substances from the body. So if something detoxes your body, it removes…
Homeopathy is a type of quackery. The thought that some patients choose homeopathy instead of medical treatments is very worrying. In many cases these people lose the opportunity to relieve their symptoms, to be cured or to stay alive. Some people say that they only use homeopathy for minor health problems, and that when they…
Everyone knows that many animals, especially those living in the sea, are dying due to the ingestion of plastic. The marine mammals, turtles, big fish and marine birds swallow plastics which remain in some part of their digestive tract, without being able to digest them or eliminate them, and that ends up killing them. The…
In recent years a very exasperating anti-vaccination trend has emerged. As a consequence, in countries which have been implementing systematic vaccination programmes for the entire population for decades, measles and other infections are now occurring every day. This is something that should not happen, but which is happening thanks to the attitude of misinformed and…
Today I took my daily walk through the streets of the city and through a park, and the birds were singing happily everywhere. I heard many types of birdsong and saw several kinds of birds, and some did not show themselves, but they were there. I also heard a noise in the undergrowth beside the…
Translation of the book ‘Vocerío y salud’. Author: Ana M. Cerro. Translators: Ana M. Cerro and Robin M. White. Language: English. A research book about a very frequent type of noise pollution: loud voices. Interestingly, there are people accustomed to living in societies where speaking loudly is considered acceptable, so they have not stopped to…