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Are plastics killing us?

May 5, 2024

Are plastics killing us? Jumping into the future head first, blindfolded, handcuffed, and in darkness Plastics have been a feature of our world since the time they started being produced on a large scale in the second half of the 20th century. They are another giant experiment that we are performing on ourselves. As usual, […]

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Microplastics make their way from the gut to other organs, researchers find

April 26, 2024

Microplastics make their way from the gut to other organs, researchers find Visualization of systemic polystyrene microsphere translocation. Visualization of polystyrene microspheres resuspended from isolated pellet in 100% EtOH. The black arrow indicates polystyrene microspheres. Credit: Environmental Health Perspectives (2024). DOI: 10.1289/EHP13435 It’s happening every day. From our water, our food and even the air we breathe, […]

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Warning as Microplastics Escape Gut to ‘Infiltrate’ Brain

April 17, 2024

Warning as Microplastics Escape Gut to ‘Infiltrate’ Brain Microplastics are everywhere—in our food, our water and even the air. In fact, by some estimates we ingest about a credit card’s worth of plastic every single week. But what actually happens when these tiny plastic particles get inside our bodies? Microplastics are any plastics smaller than 5 millimeters (0.2 […]

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The True Cost of Food: An Excerpt from Nourished Planet, Publishing in June 2018

June 13, 2018

The True Cost of Food: An Excerpt from Nourished Planet, Publishing in June 2018 The following is an excerpt from Nourished Planet: Sustainability in the Global Food System, published by Island Press in June of 2018. Nourished Planet was edited by Danielle Nierenberg, president of Food Tank, and produced with support from the Barilla Center […]

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Our food system – a health hazard

November 11, 2017

Our food system – a health hazard People get sick because they work under unhealthy conditions. People get sick because of contaminants in the water, soil, or air. People get sick because specific foods they eat are unsafe for consumption. People get sick because they have unhealthy diets. People get sick because they can’t access […]

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Canada Clears Way for Ecuadorean Case Against Chevron Over ‘Amazon Chernobyl’

September 6, 2015

Canada Clears Way for Ecuadorean Case Against Chevron Over ‘Amazon Chernobyl’   A protestor shows his black painted hand as he carries an Ecuador flag to protest against Chevron and the oil contamination in Ecuador’s Amazon region during a joined global demonstration in Madrid, Spain, in 2013.. (Andres Kudacki / AP) Canada’s Supreme Court ruled Friday that […]

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Growing Doubt: a Scientist’s Experience of GMOs

September 1, 2015

Growing Doubt: a Scientist’s Experience of GMOs By training, I am a plant biologist. In the early 1990s I was busy making genetically modified plants (often called GMOs for Genetically Modified Organisms) as part of the research that led to my PhD. Into these plants we were putting DNA from various foreign organisms, such as […]

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