The Future of Aging: Combining A Nursing Home With A Childcare Center

Ideas.Ted.com discusses a hopeful model for the future of aging that combines a nursing home with a child care center. Intergenerational living may be a new model that fosters bonds between young and old. In Singapore, 3 Gen Flats help older people, younger people, and those in the middle live in close proximity.

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Times Beach Missouri Dioxin Disaster: Migraines, Nosebleeds, Dead Animals

On December 23, 1982 the Missouri Department of Health and the federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC) informed residents of Times Beach, Missouri that their town was dangerously contaminated, when the chemical dioxin was sprayed on its unpaved roads, and that the town will have to be evacuated and demolished. Residents reported migraines, nosebleeds, and dead animals.

What Is Dioxin?

Dioxins are toxic chemicals that can remain in the environment for long periods of time. They may have been created by burning the vinyl chloride that was on the Norfolk Southern train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio on February 3, 2023.