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What we're doing Right
Better living through green chemistry
10th December 2009
Chemists are coming up with safer ways to manufacture modern comforts, from plastics to pesticides – and it can be much, much cheaper in the long run
What we're doing Wrong
Plastic unfantastic
9th December 2009
In order to change the way we use plastics we need to change the way we think about them: remarkable and valuable, rather than cheap and disposable
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
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?”
Why it matters
Preemptive pollution prevention
12th July 2008
Scientists screen more than 100,000 chemicals to see which could wind up in our own bodies