Human Pollution

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Air Pollution

Air pollution leads to 1 of 9 deaths worldwide

** Check out "Publications" section

Ocean Pollution

Noise Pollution

Light Pollution:

Journal of the American Medical Association

Plastic Medical Issues

Radiation Pollution

RADIATION POLLUTION

(1) http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Safety-and-Security/Radiation-and-Health/Radiation-and-Life/

(2) http://www.epa.gov/rpdweb00/understand/health_effects.htm

(3) Doctors and other healthcare professionals may not be fully aware of a CT scan’s effect on lifetime malignancy risk. A new study in the Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences surveyed doctors, radiologists, and imaging technologists regarding their beliefs about radiation exposure from CT. The survey found that while most respondents recognized there is an increased risk of cancer from CT, many underestimated the actual radiation dose. http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=165470&CultureCode=en