environmental health Archives - Fit Found Me Healthy Living Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:13:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://fitfoundme.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/cropped-new-fit-found-me-favicon-32x32.png environmental health Archives - Fit Found Me 32 32 How Artificial Light at Night Impacts Brain Health https://fitfoundme.com/nighttime-light-pollution-alzheimers-risk/ https://fitfoundme.com/nighttime-light-pollution-alzheimers-risk/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2022 14:02:59 +0000 https://fitfoundme.com/?p=34351 For most of human history, night was a period of natural darkness. The sun sank below the horizon, the stars emerged in a velvet sky, and the body followed an ancient script that had been written into our biology over millions of years. Today, however, very few of us ever experience a truly dark night. …

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]]> https://fitfoundme.com/nighttime-light-pollution-alzheimers-risk/feed/ 1 Mia Heller Built a Membrane-Free Water Filter in Her Garage at 18. It Removes 95.5% of Microplastics. https://fitfoundme.com/mia-heller-built-a-membrane-free-water-filter-in-her-garage-at-18-it-removes-95-5-of-microplastics/ https://fitfoundme.com/mia-heller-built-a-membrane-free-water-filter-in-her-garage-at-18-it-removes-95-5-of-microplastics/#respond Fri, 10 Apr 2020 06:19:00 +0000 https://fitfoundme.com/?p=37663 Mia Heller was not looking for a science fair project when she picked up her local newspaper a few years ago. She was just a teenager in Warrenton, Virginia, scanning headlines over breakfast. But one article stopped her cold. It reported that her neighborhood’s tap water was contaminated with PFAS chemicals and microplastic pollution, and …

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