環境危害與健康
Environment and Health nrdc.org
Safe Drinking Water
Safe water is essential for health. NRDC is
working to ensure that everyone has access to clean and affordable drinking
water, from cleaning dangerous toxins like pesticides, hexavalent chromium, and
rocket fuel out of our drinking water to replacing deteriorating pipes and
mains that run underneath our roads. We are also working to address the impacts
of global warming on drinking water and improve access to safe water supplies
internationally.
Chemicals in Your Home
Our Take Out Toxics and Fix FDA campaigns
are aimed at the most toxic chemicals that surround us every day, from
bisphenol A in food containers and baby bottles and triclosan in hand soaps, to
flame retardants in household furniture and hormone disrupting phthalates in
toys. By working to reform outdated laws and update scientific assessments, we
seek to restrict the use of toxic chemicals associated with cancer, learning
disabilities, and reproductive problems. We are also working to reduce the use
of toxic pesticides in homes to protect children and pets through Green Shield
and Green Paws. NRDC is focused on protecting children's health as well as the
most vulnerable among us.
Air Pollution
Outdoor air pollution is associated with
over one million deaths and countless illnesses each year across the globe. We
are working to clean up toxic hotspots including major industrial polluters as
well as dirty diesel transportation hubs. Our goal is for all children to be
able to play outside without fear of asthma attacks or stunted lung growth --
and for all communities to enjoy safe and healthy air quality, eliminating the
race and income gaps in access to clean air.
Protecting health requires high-quality
science that is free from conflicts of interest. NRDC scrutinizes the
qualifications of scientists appointed to key government advisory boards to
assure they are free from financial conflicts of interest and to uncover
biases. We have persuaded major scientific journals to improve disclosure of
funding sources when they publish studies.
Q:
What are the related factors to environment
and health?
How to have a good living environment?
What do you think about quality of drinking
water in Taiwan?
What do you think about chemicals in your
home?
How to reduce the use of toxic pesticides
in homes?
What do you think about air quality in Taiwan?
How to prevent air pollution?
吃肉好嗎?
Is Meat Good or Bad for You? By Chris
Woolston from Reader's Digest Magazine
Fortified with vitamins or cause of cancer:
Here's a lean lowdown on the latest studies to help you determine whether red
meat is bad for you to eat.
Who’s Right: Is Meat Good or Bad for
You?Andrew Scrivani/Getty Images
What You’ve Heard
Burgers, steaks, hot dogs—red meat is an
American diet staple, but our carnivore cravings may be killing us. After
tracking food choices of more than 121,000 adults for up to 28 years, Harvard
researchers found that people who ate three ounces of red meat every day were
about 13 percent more likely to die—often from heart disease or cancer—before
the study ended than people who didn’t eat meat. And daily servings of processed
meat such as bacon raised the risk of early death by 20 percent. Saturated fat
and cholesterol are only the start of meat’s diet dangers. Overloads of iron
can threaten the hearts of meat eaters; sodium and nitrates make processed meat
even worse. It’s no wonder that many experts recommend reducing or eliminating
red meat from your diet.
A 2012 report found that Americans who
regularly eat lean beef get more protein, zinc, potassium, and B vitamins than
people who don’t. And a 2010 report estimated that lean beef accounts for about
15 percent of the nation’s protein but only about 4 percent of total fat. “Lean
meat is a healthy thing,” says Carol O’Neil, PhD, a coauthor of both reports
and a professor of human nutrition and food at Louisiana State University.
So What Should You Do?
You can still fit a daily serving of red
meat into a healthy diet. Choose lean cuts (see what the hosts of The Doctors
TV suggest) and avoid processed meats (bacon, sausage, bologna—anything
preserved with salt, curing, or chemicals). With fruits, vegetables, and whole
grains to round things out, enjoying a steak isn’t a high-stakes gamble.
Q:
Is meat good or bad for you?
Is red meat bad for health?
Are vegetarians less healthy than meat
eaters?
What are the reasons to eat more fruits
& vegetables
In your opinion, List of best & worst
vegetables to eat?
How to start eating healthier?
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