AIR POLLUTION AND ITS IMPACT ON HEALTH.

Since the onset of the industrial revolution, there has been a steady change in the composition of the atmosphere mainly due to the combustion of fossil fuels used for the generation of energy and transportation.

Air pollution is a major environmental health problem affecting the developing and the developed countries alike. The effects of air pollution on health are very complex as there are many different sources and their individual effects vary from one to the other. It is not only the ambient air quality in the cities but also the indoor air quality in the rural and the urban areas that are causing concern. In fact in the developing world the highest air pollution exposures occur in the indoor environment.

LADIES HEALTH CORNER: Washing of Vagina with soap is dangerous to health!

By: Olayinka Latona

“How on earth will I not wash my vagina with soap, it is a normal thing to do as a woman. I would smell and will not feel comfortable if I do not wash it thoroughly”.

This is the believe of majority of women, for many washing of the vulva with favourite shower gel or soap is a regular daily routine. We grew up knowing our mothers, sisters, and friends did this and many of us were told that washing themselves with soap is necessary to stay clean and avoid unpleasant odour.

Revealed! Disposable Food Packs can kill ….. As many Nigerians are not aware of dangers in Polystyrene.

Olayinka Latona & Kehinde Ojedokun

“Madam ‘sharp sharp’ sell rice, beans, plantain, spaghetti, ponmo and meat inside the ‘take away container or black nylon’ for me; hope the food hot? and put plenty stew for me. I am in hurry please”. This is one of the common phenomenons among most Nigerians irrespective of status.

Uses of plastic bags for both eating in and takeaway appears to have gained grounds in recent times despite the hazards associated with the practice in that wherever you turn you find such practice.

CCTV in Nigeria is a big joke! …says Nigerians

Closed-circuit television (CCTV) is a TV system in which signals are not publicly distributed but are monitored, primarily for surveillance and security purposes. CCTV relies on strategic placement of cameras, and observation of the camera's input on monitors somewhere. Because the cameras communicate with monitors and/or video recorders across private coaxial cable runs or wireless communication links, they gain the designation "closed-circuit" to indicate that access to their content is limited by design only to those able to see it.

However, in curbing the high rate of insecurity in Nigeria, in May 2010 on assumption of office as Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan had a deep thought about the security challenges facing the nation he now leads. He called for experts.  After series of meetings with security experts within and outside the country, he arrived at his first decision. The installation of Closed- circuit television (CCTV) cameras has been suggested as part of the first steps.