608 INDEX
dams and, 171
dengue fever, 147, 152–153
disease prevention,
generally, 141
draining runoff from wells and
taps, 81, 82
fish for, 150
forest health and, 179
ponds and, 309
prevention of bites, 143
rainwater collection tank, 87
repellants, 143
resources for, 585–587
trees, planting of, 150
watershed damage and, 160
water storage, 91
yellow fever, 28, 148
also see Malaria
Mosquito fish, 150
Mosquito netting see Bednets
Motor exhaust, 32
Motor oil, used, disposing of, 411
Mouth, pesticides in, 257, 270, 557
Mouth-to-mouth breathing, 557
Mulch, 286, 289
Multinational corporations,
defined, 37
also see Corporations
Multiple chemical sensitivity
(MCS), 333
Muscle pain see Pain
Mushrooms, oil-spill cleanup
with, 520
N
Naadi, 87
Natural gas
electricity production from, 526
health problems and, 500
also see Gas, cooking with
Natural pest management
beneficial insects, 273, 297, 299
biodiversity and, 300, 302
changing crop patterns, 300
crop rotation, 300
defined, 296
diseases of plants,
controlling, 301
find and identify the
problem, 297
healthy plants as foundation
of, 296
pesticide naturals for garden,
297, 298–299, 301
pesticide naturals for home,
366–367
physical methods of control,
297, 299, 366, 367
planting trees with crops
(agroforestry), 302
also see Gardens; Sustainable
farming; Weed control
Natural resources
corporate control of, 24
fair and equal control of, 25
resources for management of,
587–588
also see Natural resources,
unfair and unequal use of
Natural resources, unfair and
unequal use of
community organizing to
change, 25
electricity, 525, 529
energy, 525, 533
as global warming cause, 33
as issue, 21
“population problem” and, 23
also see Working for change
Natural succession, 202, 203
Nausea
air pollution, 325
burning plastics, 390
carbon monoxide
poisoning, 354
endometriosis, 326
multiple chemical
sensitivity, 333
oil refineries, 513
pesticide poisoning, 252
radiation sickness, 343
yellow fever, 148
Needs assessment, defined, 15
Neem oil, 143
Neem trees, 150
Nervous system damage
pesticides and, 262
toxic chemicals and, 332
Nigella sativa (black seed), 331
Nonrenewable energy, 526
Nose problems, oil and, 506
N-P-K, 283
Nuclear power, 491, 526, 527
Nuclear weapons, 491
Nurseries
seeds started in, 304
trees grown in, 209–213
Nutrients in soil see Fertilizers
Nutrition
food security and, 222–224
GE foods and, 237, 242
heavy-metal protection by, 340
as solution to health problems,
242–243
O
Oil (petroleum), 499–523
burning as fuel, 510, 527, 533
containment ponds, 509
corporations, abandoning
communities, 499, 500,
505, 511, 516, 521–523
documenting the harm from, 509
drilling for, 185, 508–509
exploration for, 508
gas flares, 509, 511–512, 513
health problems caused by,
506–507, 510, 514
health survey of effects,
500–505, 507
motor oil, disposing of used, 411
production of, as harmful,
508–513
protective clothing and
equipment for, 549
refineries, 453, 510, 513
resources on, 592–593
separation of, 509
transport and storage, 510
working for change, 500–505,
512, 520, 521–523
also see Clean energy; Oil spills
Oil spills, 514–520
cleaning up, 516–518, 520
emergency plan, 518–519
holding the company
responsible, 519
“natural remedies” for, 520
restoring land damaged by, 520
safety following, 515, 518–519
transporting and storing oil
and, 510
water pollution from, 515
Orange oil, 430
Organ damage
GE foods and, 241
oil and, 506
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