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British Rail’s short experiment with travelling pubs – ianVisits – London news and events

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British Rail’s short experiment with travelling pubs – ianVisits – London news and events

It’s May 1949 and British Rail was showing off its latest idea to please the public – a travelling pub.

Not a buffet car or restaurant, but a “tavern car” – a full on pub on wheels, in a mock-tudor appearance, with fake brick walls on the outside, and even a pub sign on the door.

How mid century British this seems.  

Scientists Discover a Major Lasting Benefit of Growing Up Outside the City

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Scientists Discover a Major Lasting Benefit of Growing Up Outside the City

The escape of a trip into mountains or a day lying by the beach may feel like an extravagance to city dwellers confined by a traditional work schedule. But exposure to green and blue spaces is far more than just a luxury. For kids, growing up without regular exposure to nature seems to have ripple effects that persist into adulthood, according to research published in International Journal of Environmental Health and Public Health.

Using data from 3,585 people collected across four cities in Europe, scientists from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (also called IS Global) report a strong relationship between growing up away from the natural world and mental health in adulthood. Overall, they found a strong correlation between low exposure to nature during childhood and higher levels of of nervousness and feelings of depression in adulthood. Co-author Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Ph.D., director of IS Global’s urban planning, environment and health initiative, tells Inverse that the relationship between nature and mental health remained strong, even when he adjusted for confounding factors.

Online Shop Rechargeable Ultraviolet UV Sterilizer Light Tube Bulb Disinfection Bactericidal Lamp Ozone Sterilizer Mites Lights | Aliexpress Mobile_en title

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Online Shop Rechargeable Ultraviolet UV Sterilizer Light Tube Bulb Disinfection Bactericidal Lamp Ozone Sterilizer Mites Lights | Aliexpress Mobile_en title

I wonder if hospitals are seeing more patients suffering from arc blindness and severe skin burns from people using UV-C lamps to kill Coronavirus at home like this rechargeable one AliExpress. 

While UV-C bulbs (florescent lamps without phosphor) are very effective at killing bacteria and viruses and are widely used in hospitals HVAC and sanitizers, exposure to the light causes human skin to burn within seconds and causes painful arc flash and temporary blindness if you look into them like looking into a welder flash.