We live in a soup of chemicals, with unknown effects on us.
We know they having strange effects on animals. Only time will tell their effect on us. Scientists are doing only small-scale research on this.
pollution
Banish the doomsters. Make Earth Day a celebration!
Exaggerated warnings reduce our ability to cope with our problems. Hysterical Greens are part of the problem, not the solution.
Lessons learned from the lead poisoning of America
Summary: The story of lead in America is one of both good and bad news. Lead using industries poisoned us for profit longer after the danger was known. But eventually scientists got the news out and regulations reduced lead exposures (although they are still too high for too many). Let’s learn from this history and …
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Celebrate Los Angeles’ survival, despite the predictions
Summary: Despite predictions of certain environmental doom for 2017, Los Angeles has survived. While we celebrate, let’s learn from these and 50 years of other confident predictions designed to frighten us into obedience. Let’s learn from them. On 15 January 1971 Americans watched a TV show by a hot new director, the 24-year old Steven …
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Stratfor describes a paradise lost to China’s ambition
Summary: Stratfor describes the next phase of China’s expansion and its likely consequences. China’s political and environmental problems are typical of what global growth will create during the next several decades. We must learn to manage this process better as we go from today’s 7 billion people to the almost inevitable 10 billion by 2050. …
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