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Children's blood lead levels

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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Taklamakan Desert in China's Xinjiang Uygur province

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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