Search

June 14, 2009

Indoor air pollution and the rubber duck

CBC:

. . . our indoor sanctuaries aren't as safe as we'd like to think ... not only is the air not clean, but our homes are full of everyday household products that carry harmful toxic pollutants.

Rick Smith is the Executive Director of Environmental Defence. And Bruce Lourie is the President of the Ivey Foundation, an environmental consulting firm. And to prove their point, they turned themselves into human guinea pigs for 48 hours to see what would seep into their systems - from the stuff all around them. They've documented the results in a new book. It's called Slow Death by Rubber Duck: How the Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Life Affects our Health

0 comments:

Travel

  © Blogger template ProBlogger Template by Ourblogtemplates.com 2008

Back to TOP