The Best Ways to Protect Your Family from Lead Poisoning
You may think your days of worrying about lead poisoning are long gone. However, according to a recent article in the Environmental Health News, more than 3,000 new cases of children under 6 with high lead levels were reported in 2015 in New Jersey alone. The article...
Now, More Than Ever, We Need Protection from Toxic Chemicals
If you’ve taken a look on any social media platform over the last week, you’ve likely seen plenty of political conversations. People are hopeless and angry across political lines. Everyone has a reaction. It was part of Trump’s campaign platform to loosen government...
3 Ways to Protect Your Family from Lung Cancer
A friend of mine was recently appalled when a man next to her pulled out a cigarette and began smoking, even though she was visibly very pregnant. We try to avoid obvious pollutants and adhere to physician recommendations when we feel vulnerable. But sometimes, the...
My Story: How Doctors Finally Discovered the Root of my Environmental Illness
As I stared at the ocean outside my window in 110 Tower, my body was bathed in sweat as I struggled not to vomit. I tried my best to stay still, hoping the nausea would dissipate before I had to be at work later that afternoon. Otherwise, I’d never make it through. No...
Making Resolutions? Protect Yourself from Environmental Injury in 2017 with my Top 21 Lifestyle Tips
It’s January. A time when most of us enter a state of reflection on what worked or didn’t work for us in 2016 and how we can improve areas of our life for the year ahead. Many of us will re-commit to consistent exercise, eating better, getting more sleep...and the...
about alan bell
Victim, survivor, advocate and avenger. Former organized crime prosecutor, Alan Bell, almost died from an environmentally linked illness. He now devotes his life to raising awareness about environmental injury through public speaking and his book, POISONED. Alan is a fierce advocate for those too weak or sick to fight for themselves.