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We’re poisoning teenagers (but it doesn’t seem to matter)

October 16, 2023October 15, 2023 by Kurt Cobb

What happens when guilt gets spread around so thin that no one feels responsible.

Categories Environment, Environment featured, Food & Water Tags pesticides, toxic chemicals Leave a comment

How to poison the world (and get away with it)

September 5, 2023September 3, 2023 by Kurt Cobb

The world’s regulators are running way behind in trying to evaluate and regulate the toxic chemicals in our environment. That’s a feature, not a bug in our regulatory systems

Categories Environment, Environment featured Tags toxic chemicals Leave a comment

Countdown to the Next East Palestine?

March 9, 2023 by John R. Platt

Ever since the train derailment and resulting chemical disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, three weeks ago, I’ve taken to listening to the sounds of trains passing through my small town every day.

Categories Environment, Environment featured, Featured Tags toxic chemicals, train derailments Leave a comment

Efficient and fragile: Low prices, modern railroading and the toxic Ohio derailment

March 15, 2023February 19, 2023 by Kurt Cobb

The toxic Ohio derailment is demonstrating that the drive for efficiency can be extremely dangerous.

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