January 2011
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Leaking Lights Mean Toxic Classrooms
EPA tests have revealed that schoolchildren in New York City, Massachusetts, Oregon and North Dakota have been exposed to dangerous levels of PCBs via leaking lighting fixtures.
Ending Human Pesticide Experiments
Until now, pesticide experiments on humans have been allowed, including experiments that sound one small step removed from legalized torture.
Semana del 23/1/11
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Qué se está haciendo para ayudar a que se repongan las poblaciones de peces del océano después de tanta pesca excesiva? ¿Se están poniendo de acuerdo las naciones acerca de esto o en alguna otra manera?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Qué se está haciendo para “ecologizar” el mundo de deportes profesionales? Sé que los últimos dos Juegos Olímpicos ambos hicieron un esfuerzo en esa dirección, pero, han habido otros?
Environmental Health
Dear EarthTalk: Aren’t environmental issues primarily about health? Detractors like to trivialize environmentalists as “tree huggers,” but the bottom line is that pollution makes us sick, right? Wouldn’t people care more if they had a better understanding of that?
Tax Incentives
Dear EarthTalk: A number of federal energy efficiency related tax incentives expired at the end of 2010. Will any such programs remain in force and if not, are there other ways to save money on green upgrades?
Dirty Secrets Under the Schoolyard
Across the country, parents are demanding new curbs on so-called “polluted schools’ that are built on contaminated land…