Sun Valley Wellness Festival 2018
Although the dangers of air pollution and tobacco were known to British monarchs and portrayed by Monet, Dickens, Shakespeare and Shaw centuries ago, early scientific reports of risks From tobacco or air pollution were robustly denied by scientists in the payment of Industries. At one point medical doctors were recruited to advocate tobacco smoking as a remedy for a variety of ailments as well as being promoted as a way to keep slim and trim. The Killer Smogs of London, 1952, and Donora, 1948, provided overwhelming proof of human harm tied with air pollution ultimately giving rise to environmental protection policies worldwide. Only after extensive evidence of human harm had accumulated were public policies finally devised to reduce these risks. More recently, the contribution of diesel engines to air pollution today was rendered problematic in 2015 because manufacturers rigged an engine to lower emissions when connected to a test computer but not operate within those limits under ordinary conditions. This year, the French government reported that the majority of cellphones fail to pass realistic test conditions of phones kept in pockets or close to the body (dubbed Le Phonegate, Le Monde). As a result, France is recalling millions of phones for violating tested limits. Practical steps can be taken to thrive and reclaim balance with and control over technology both to reduce microwave radiation exposures and to curtail the addictive, dopamine-fueled and disruptive impacts that technology can have on the health and well-being of our children and families.
