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Air-Cleaning Houseplants
Steve Curwood talks with retired NASA researcher and indoor plant
expert Bill Wolverton about what common house plants have been found
to help with improving indoor air quality.
The Eden Alternative: The Ecology
of Nursing Homes
In the past decade, more than one hundred nursing homes have brought
more life and nature in to their aging residents. Dr. William Thomas
is the author of Life Worth Living: How Someone You Love Can Still
Enjoy Life in a Nursing Home and he is a leader in the
movement to reinvent nursing homes. Steve Curwood talks with Dr. Thomas
about some of the healing successes this ecological approach has brought.
Industrial Age Chemicals and
Parkinson's Disease
The first literature mentioning the debilitating symptoms of
Parkinson's Disease are James Parkinson's own writings in the year
1817. Dan Grossman examines the connections between a disease which
came to light with the advent of the industrial revolution to possible
metal and chemical manufacturing causes, and the current research.
Home Drinking Water: Consumer Tips
Host Jan Nunley talks with Consumer Reports chemist Jeffrey Martin
for consumer tips about household drinking water and home water filtration
systems.
Feeling SAD: Beyond the Winter Blahs
The winter blahs are a serious problem for some people in northern
climates, and the condition even has a medical name &emdash; Seasonal
Affective Disorder, or SAD. Clinical psychologist Gila Lindsley
discusses possible therapies, including light and medications, with
host Steve Curwood. Dr. Lindsley specializes in sleep disorders
and has a practice in Lexington, Massachusetts.
Our Stolen Future: Human Reproduction
and Modern Risks
Chemical compounds which seem to be causing problems in the reproductive
ability of animals and humans have been the subject of a number
of Living on Earth segments in the past year and a half. Now, a
team of three scientific writers have written a ground-breaking
book on the subject and it is raising much controversy. Vice President
Al Gore wrote the foreword to the tome, likening the new book in
importance to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. Now the chemical
industry is attacking the book and the authors in the press. Steve
Curwood speaks with one of the co-authors, Boston Globe reporter
Diane Dumonowski.
Swimming in Bleach
For health reasons, chlorine has been widely used in swimming pools
for most of this century. Yet there are some alternatives to chlorine
use, and some health professionals think consumers should weigh the
benefits and advantages to decide which methods are best for them.
Stephanie O'Neill reports from Los Angeles.
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