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Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Safety in the home
Are you keeping safe? Electrical wiring and appliances, overhead
power lines, machinery, photocopiers, mobiles and cordless
telephones, radio masts, TVs, tube trains, x-rays and laser beams
are amongst the hundreds of everyday items that are now known to
give off high levels of microwave radiation. Electromagnetic fields
(EMFs) can be biologically active and capable of making changes to
the structure of human and animal cells which are exposed to them.
Long-term exposure is believed by an increasing number of
scientists and environmentalists to be connected to tumours,
fertility problems, behaviour and mood changes, concentration and
memory loss, and also to affect melatonin production and impair our
immune system repair mechanisms. The Powerwatch Handbook is a
simple no-nonsense guide to EMFs and how to reduce their harmful
effect. Alasdair and Jean Philips present their information in a
practical, positive and lively way, in an easy-to-follow handbook
style. EMF levels are graded using a star rating system, high level
items are highlighted, and practical tips given in step-by-step,
bullet point form.
Cancer affects 1 in 2 persons, and nearly everyone has an
autoimmune-related disease or allergy. We live in a world where the
incidence of illness grows as fast as the GDP. Industrialization
has created a world that puts products before human and
environmental health. Exercise and eating right is not enough. In
this rapidly growing world, our resources are depleting along with
our health and the public sees and feels this daily. Health and
Wellness speaker, advocate and Good Home Company Founder, Christine
Dimmick, takes a deep dive into the toxins found in our very own
homes, and how you can limit your exposure and take control of your
own health. Detox Your Home addresses all of these issues - from
clothing to food to the cleaning products used every day in homes
just like yours. Dimmick unveils what manufacturers won't, so you
can avoid exposing yourself and your family to the hidden toxins
eating away at America's health and wellness. Detox Your Home is
the essential go-to book for how to live a life of wellness, and
will show you how to improve - in every part of your life.
BE PREPARED
BE SAFE
From California earthquakes and Rocky Mountain wildfires to Midwest
floods and Atlantic hurricanes, you can't escape that inevitable
day when catastrophe strikes your home town -- but you can be
prepared! Offering a simple DIY approach, this book breaks down the
vital steps you should take into 101 quick, smart and inexpensive
projects:
#6 Make a Master List of Passwords
#16 Calculate How Much Water You Need
#33 Start a Food Storage Plan for $5 a Week
#60 Make a Safe from a Hollowed-out Book
#77 Assemble an Inexpensive First Aid kit
#89 Learn to Cook Without Electricity
#94 Pack a Bug-out Bag
Essential survival advice from a former U.S. Army Intelligence
Corps Officer and the world's preeminent expert in preparedness.
For years, James Wesley, Rawles has lived a self-sufficient
lifestyle along with his family on a property surrounded by
National Forest. In his earlier bestselling nonfiction book, How to
Survive the End of the World as We Know It, Rawles outlined the
foundations for survivalist living. Now, he details the tools
needed to survive anything from a short-term disruption to a
long-term, grid-down scenario. Here, Rawles covers tools for every
aspect of self sufficient living, including: * Food preservation
and cooking * Welding and blacksmithing * Timber, firewood, and
lumber * Firefighting * Archery and less-than-lethal defense tools
* And more... Field-tested and comprehensive, Tools for Survival is
a must-have reference for anyone who wants to know how to prepare
for the worst.
The world can often feel like a very scary, complicated and messy
place. It's not always clear what is the correct thing to say, the
best thing to do or the right way to be. HOPE THIS HELPS offers an
easy guide that can help you feel and do better, and gives guidance
on things that can appear incredibly difficult to navigate.
Centring tolerance, kindness and empathy, the book takes us back to
our roots as a human race of simply wanting to connect, be heard
and enjoy life. Written in short, bite-sized entries, you can turn
straight to the section you need depending on the challenge you're
facing. Benjy Kusi will provide insight on . . . - Why it's not
selfish to choose yourself - Why it's OK to change your opinion as
you learn - Why impact means more than intent - Why we should
listen to others more - How we can be kinder online And much, much
more. More than anything this book reminds you that not everyone
can be everything all the time, but the little things each of us
can do to make the world slightly better can amount to something
incredible. We hope this helps.
Danielle Citron takes the conversation about technology and privacy
out of the boardrooms and op-eds to reach readers where we are - in
our bathrooms and bedrooms; with our families and our lovers; in
all the parts of our lives we assume are untouchable - and shows us
that privacy, as we think we know it, is largely already gone. The
boundary that once protected our intimate lives from outside
interests is an artefact of the 20th century. In the 21st, we have
embraced a vast array of technology that enables constant access
and surveillance of the most private aspects of our lives. From
non-consensual pornography, to online extortion, to the sale of our
data for profit, we are vulnerable to abuse. As Citron reveals,
wherever we live, laws have failed miserably to keep up with
corporate or individual violators, letting our privacy wash out
with the technological tide. And the erosion of intimate privacy in
particular, Citron argues, holds immense toxic power to transform
our lives and our societies for the worse (and already has). With
vivid examples drawn from interviews with victims, activists and
lawmakers from around the world, The Fight for Privacy reveals the
threat we face and argues urgently and forcefully for a
reassessment of privacy as a human right. And, as a legal scholar
and expert, Danielle Citron is the perfect person to show us the
way to a happier, better protected future.
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