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Green living, Health, May 6th, 2010,
I always knew lack of sleep was bad for you. I mean, you don’t have to be a genius to equate feeling horrible with poor health. Now there is scientific evidence that it can actually kill you – and not just from falling asleep at the wheel. According to a Dutch study, missing just one night of sleep can impede the body from processing sugar. Lack of sleep could be a significant contributor to rising global levels of type 2 diabetes. From a report by Reuters: The findings, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), showed that…
Tags: death, Health, insomniac, lack of sleep, modern, research, sleep, sleeping, society, too much
Climate Change, Nature, Wildlife & Flora, Mar 27th, 2010,
A survey by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) – a British charity dedicated to making the UK’s beaches and seas sustainable, clean and safe – gives Britain bad marks for coastal litter. The good news is that overall garbage on UK beaches went down 16% in 2009 compared to 2008, though the percentage of trash that was plastic hit an all time high of 64%. From an article in the Guardian: The volunteers who conducted the survey, the UK’s biggest, found one piece for each step along the shore. The results showed litter levels along the coasts have increased dramatically…
Tags: beaches, Britain, British, litter, marine, MCS, Nature, plastic, seas, society, survey, turtles, UK
