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Why it matters
Editorial: Toxic planet
1st October 2009
Melting ice-caps and rising sea-levels tell us the writing is on the wall. But the poisons in our bodies tell us that it is also written in our blood. The air, water, land – and consequently our bodies – are suffused with deadly chemicals. The solution to toxic pollution, like climate change, is not technology but sustainability.
What we're doing Wrong
“Scientific whaling”
6th September 2008
Japan’s “scientific whaling” program amounts to the “prostitution of science – using science as an excuse to kill whales.”
What we're doing Wrong
Flame retardants show up in household dust
9th August 2008
“Is it really necessary for your TV to withstand an open flame for 10 minutes?”
What we're doing Right
Add carbon and stir
15th December 2007
Instead of “engineered burials,” adding reactive carbon to polluted soils could actually keep toxic chemicals out of the food chain