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Heat-related illness
Preventing Heat-Related Illness as the Summer Warms Up
As we head into summer, temperatures rise and so do the chances of getting a heat-related illness. This umbrella term refers to conditions like heat stroke, sunburn, and heat rash, which occur when someone spends too much time or exerts too much energy in the heat.
How Recyclables in Landfills Contribute to Air Pollution — And What to Do About It
When recyclables make it into landfills, they contribute to a problem that many in the environmental community don't necessarily connect with the failure to recycle: air pollution. After all, landfill gas is usually at least half methane and half carbon dioxide, both of which are major greenhouse gases. Of the two, the former is by far the most destructive in terms of global climate change; methane traps heat in the atmosphere at a rate of 28 to 36 times that of carbon dioxide over a 100-year timespan, reports the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Report.