Mon, May 21, 2012

Beyond the Absurdity of a Texas-Sized Garbage Patch: The Global Menace of Plastic Pollution

Posted 1 year, 4 months ago


By Marcus Eriksen

Media is sometimes the tail that wags the dog of science.  One oceanographer described finding plastic in his relatively tiny Texas-size study area of the North Pacific Ocean, while another began describing these areas of concentration as “garbage…

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Lead in Your Grocery Bag? Corporate America’s Latest Bullshit Ad Campaign

Posted 1 year, 5 months ago

The Center for Consumer Freedom’s latest scare tactic.

Yesterday, in newspapers throughout California, a nonprofit innocently named the Center for Consumer Freedom, ran a full page ad emblazoned with the ominous headline: “Your Family’s Grocery List Shouldn’t Include Lead and…

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Toxic Baby Shampoo and Other Horrors: Introducing the Story of Cosmetics

Posted 1 year, 10 months ago

It’s a well-documented fact by now that the soaps and shampoos we clean up with are, more often than not, filled with toxic chemicals. As are most perfumes, makeup, and even more basic items like contact solution. The Environmental Working Group has been working tirelessly over the last…

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