596 INDEX
B
Bacterial dysentery (shigella), 51
Baking soda, roach
control with, 367
Bamboo, 6
Banana leaves, 389, 404, 414,
479, 489
Bananas, 53, 227, 310
fair trade certification for,
314, 315
Bandana, as face mask, 478, 548
Banks
farmer independence and, 274
food security and, 233
also see Microcredit
Barges, oil, 513
Barriers, contour, 290–293
also see Rock walls and
fences
Basel Convention on the
Control of Transboundary
Movements of Hazardous
Wastes and their
Disposal, 467
Basil
fly maggot control, 367
mosquito repellant, 143
vomiting, how to cause, 257
Bats, 299
Batteries
clean energy stored in, 529,
536, 537
disposal of, 411, 464
lead acid (cars), 464
Beans
as cover crops, 285–286
mixed with sugar cane as
fertilizer, 288
Bednets, 143, 146, 151
Bees, 8–9, 28, 307
Behavior changes, 13
Beneficial insects, 273, 297, 299
BFR (brominated flame
retardants), 372
Bhopal (India) toxic gas disaster,
36–43, 345–346
Bicycle power, 543
Biodiesel, 462
Biodiversity, 27–30
community protection and, 29
of crops (trap plants), 300
crop yields and, 29
defined, 27
diet and, 28
diseases and loss of, 28
food security and, 218, 233
of forests, 179
native plants and trees and, 202
pest control through, 300
plant medicines and, 28
restoring, 30
water resources and, 29
Bio-fuels
problems with plant-based, 533
recycled waste oil, 462
Biogas, 363, 540–542
plant for, how to make, 541
Birds
pest control by, 299
as pests, 299
raising on farm, 307
toxic waste killing, 461
Birth defects, 324
Bhopal disaster and, 36, 345
defined, 324
dye industry and, 460
malnutrition and, 222
mercury poisoning and,
338, 440
oil industry and, 502, 506,
507, 513
pesticide exposure and, 150,
169, 254, 263
and plastics, burning, 390
POPs and, 341
radiation and, 342, 343
tannery chemicals and, 460
toxic chemicals and, 320,
322, 324
what to do for child with, 324
also see Children; Pregnancy;
Reproductive health
Black flies, 171
Black lung disease, 476–477
Black seed (nigella sativa), 331
Bleach (chlorine)
cautions on using, 430,
432, 515
dioxins and, 341
disinfection by bleach bucket,
431–432
disinfection solution, 431
disposal of, 439, 440
mold removal solution, 358
needle and syringe
disinfection, 435
oil-contaminated water
and, 515
in rainwater collection tank, 87
water disinfection with, 98–99
Blindness
GE foods and, 242
nutrition and, 242–243
Blood flukes, 56, 171
Body burden, chemical
exposures, 333
Body mapping, pesticide
exposures, 266
Body parts, as health care waste,
428, 429
Boiling, disinfection by, 432–433
Boiling water, 97
Bonds, mining companies and, 495
Bone marrow, oil sites and, 506
also see Leukemia
Bones, as fertilizer, 288
Borax, 373
Boric acid, 367
Bottled water, 63
Bowl-style retort, 489
Bra-cup mask, how to make, 551
Breadfruit, 227
Breakbone fever, 147, 152–153
Breast cancer, 329
Breastfeeding, toxic exposures
and, 263, 323, 343
Breast self-examination, 329
Breath, shortness of
asbestosis, 332, 371
carbon monoxide
poisoning, 354
lung damage from dusts, 476
radiation sickness, 342
Breathing
allergic reactions and, 357
asbestosis, 332, 371
oil sites and problems with, 506
pesticides and other
chemicals, 257, 259, 553
toxic exposures and problems
with, 330–332
toxic exposures through, 40
also see Asthma; Breath,
shortness of; Bronchitis;
Lungs
A Community Guide to Environmental Health 2012