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Why it matters
Shipping News
17th November 2007
Pollution from shipping doesn’t just smell bad – scientists have estimated just how many people are killed by it each year
Why it matters
Mercury falling
3rd November 2007
Mercury is still at dangerously high levels in sport-caught fish in the Great Lakes, but it would only take a few years to change if we clean up our act now
Why it matters
Will oceans surge 59 centimetres this century – or 25 metres?
25th August 2007
A controversial study suggests rapid polar meltdown and rising sea levels
Why it matters
Chemically bonded
1st December 2006
For the Canadian Aanishnaabek tribe‚ who live on a reserve surrounded by chemical plants‚ there seems no escape. Do they leave‚ and abandon their past‚ or stay‚ and perhaps lose their future?
Why it matters
Is plastic killing us? It’s a chemical controversy
5th November 2005
Could a chemical found in the lining of tin cans, plastic water bottles and baby toys mimic estrogen and affect our health?