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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
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.
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
Why it matters
An amphibious assault
14th June 2008
Around the world, frogs and toads are falling victim to a loss of habitat, pesticides, pollution and an insidious, quick-acting fungus. And now they are going extinct faster than any other animals since the dinosaurs
What we're doing Right
Design of the times
1st May 2008
Top eco clothiers share what they like about the latest crop of earth-friendly fabrics
Why it matters
Pesticides and Parkinson’s
12th April 2008
Scientists have found a link between Parkinson’s disease and pesticides: A study in the journal BMC Neurology reports that people with the disease were more likely to have been exposed (…)