Scale Items

Component

1

2

3

4

Other environmental pollution

0.81

Air Pollution

0.80

Depletion of Ozone layer

0.78

Traffic fumes

0.76

Pesticide spray

0.61

Poor building ventilation

0.55

Noise pollution

0.54

Nuclear radiation

0.54

Hormones in food

0.82

Additives in food

0.82

Antibiotics in food

0.81

Pesticides in food

0.76

Genetically modified food

0.66

Toxic chemicals

0.56

Overuse of antibiotics

0.52

Bio terrorism

0.76

CJD

0.72

Bacteria in air conditioning systems

0.67

Contaminated water supply

0.63

Leakage from microwave ovens

0.59

Fluoridation of water

0.54

Drug resistant bacteria

0.48

Radio cell phone tower

0.83

Cell phones

0.80

High tension power lines

0.72

Medical dental X rays

0.59

Amalgam dental fillings

0.55

Vaccination programmes

0.55

Eigenvalue

5.61

5.31

5.10

4.35

Percentage of Total Variance

20.10

18.97

18.17

15.54