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Article: Your environment and your health. (indoor environmental risks)(includes related articles and list of information sources) (Cover Story)
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- Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication
- Article date:
- April 1, 1992
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Think of the environment and environmental risks and most people think about factories belching smoke . . . or of oil spills . . . or of pesticides sprayed on fruits and vegetables. But these are just siome of a growing number of recognized envronmental health hazards--and one among them is Ed's stereo. In fact, especially in the immediate environment of a teen, noise pollution can pose a real health risk.
Environmental disasters such as the Exxon Valdez oil spill or the scare about the chemical Alar that was sprayed on apples get plenty of media attention. But just as many environmental health hazards may exist in or around homes and office buildings. In ...