I often say that it’s the little things that make the difference. But whenever you say that, no one thinks that you are actually taking about bumble bees, or for that matter, any of the other tens of thousands of small creatures that pollinate our plants.

Unfortunately we are now seeing a global decline in all of our pollinators and it is happening for a variety of reasons. If this continues, it will have devastating effects on our economy, our food production and global ecosystems. But there are ways to prevent this from happening. There are things each of us can do to help support the wide variety of pollinators.

So join me for episode 239 Feeding the Future-How to Support Pollinators in Your community.

One of the first things you learn when going through a medical based education and something that forms the very foundation of medical ethics is the concept “Above all do no harm.” But you kind of have to wonder why this does not seem to apply to the rest of the world.

For example, eventually you have to ask who established so-called “safe levels” of known toxic substances in our food. The list of potential diseases linked to these chemicals is quite long and yet these substances are still widely used. Not to mention the far reaching affects of having these chemicals in our environment.

If you want to learn a little bit more then stick around for E 338 The Reach of Pesticides is Far Beyond the Field.

To say that our society is toxic would be a gross understatement. It is truly impossible to avoid exposure to some sort of toxic substance. We have pesticides in our foods. We clean our homes with toxic compounds. We routinely place toxic chemicals on our lawns. We breath in microplastics and even eat them. Even our health care products contain synthetic compounds. Based on this it should not be any great surprise that chronic disease are on the rise.

While the toxic products mentioned above may be easy to recognize and avoid, one thing we cannot avoid is the air we breath. But unfortunately, that is toxic as well.

So stick around for this week’s episode and learn how to protect yourself from the invisible affects of air pollution.