According to the author, it is being acknowledged that the siting, design, construction and maintenance of a building can have a profound effect on the health of its occupants. The author provides evidence to show that the source of the majority of the modern Western diseases of civilisation, ranging from cancers to debilitating sicknesses and allergies, can be traced to the modern built environment, and to our increasing exposure to electromagnetic radiation and the indiscriminate use of untested advanced technology. The book describes the problems and constraints of conditioned air, toxic emissions from everyday substances, and how building on contaminated land can lead to disease. The author throws down the gauntlet to complacency in built environment design.


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