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Posts Tagged ‘Pollution’
Climate Change, Wildlife & Flora, Aug 26th, 2009,
A new U.S. federal study of mercury contamination released this month found the highly toxic substance in EVERY fish tested at nearly 300 streams across the U.S. The study, undertaken by the U.S. Geological Survey, is the most comprehensive look to date at mercury in the American streams. Over a period of 7 years (between1998 to 2005), scientists collected and tested more than a thousand fish from 291 streams. Read the full article here
Tags: environment, fish, Pollution, seafood
Climate Change, Politics, Aug 21st, 2009,
After meetings in Beijing, Tony Blair, the former British Prime Minister, urged for climate treaty negotiations as China would appear to be committed to stronger steps to contain swelling greenhouse gas emissions. After his talks with Premier Wen Jiabao, Blair said on Thursday that climate change had moved closer to the heart of China. As the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases (from human activity) China is starting to explore goals for its next five-year development plan starting from 2011. The former British Prime Minister said the country was likely to adopt stronger measures to rein in emissions of carbon…
Tags: China, Climate change, greenhouse gas, Pollution
Climate Change, Videos & Documentaries, Weird Stuff, Aug 12th, 2009,
I’m depressed. I just watched another documentary on The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The world is infused with plastic and marinated in toxins. Our oceans, still largely clean, clear and pristine-looking, are actually a vast plastic soup steeped in poisonous chemicals, which are consumed by sea life and then in turn by humans. Serves them right, I think, and mentally kick a PET bottle into the senseless ocean of futility I currently think of as “life”. Or does it? I for one never wanted tons of plastic bags and I’m sure many others didn’t either, but they were (and still…
Tags: environment, fish, garbage patch, plastic, Pollution, sealife, water
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