Drowning in plastic and the "Clean Coal" con
The toxic substances in your sunscreen, shower curtains, plastic bottles and cleaning products may be killing you. Chemical companies are literally getting away with murder. Read all about it and benefit People & Planet by subscribing to New Internationalist magazine. Also features the "clean coal con".
The current issue (September 2008) focuses on the plastic promises of the multinational chemical corporations.
Contents at a glance:
This toxic life They’re in our homes and our workplace, in the air we breathe and in the food we eat. Wayne Ellwood argues that toxic chemicals are changing the nature of nature.
The polymer revolution - A history of plastic.
Message in a bottle No matter how you look at it, bottled water is a scam of major proportions. Zoe Cormier confirms that oil and water don’t mix.
Plastic is forever — the facts
Sea of garbage The good ship Alguita sails an ocean choked with plastic. Blog by Anna Cummins.
Plastic plants As oil supplies dwindle, the plastic industry is pinning its hopes on biomass. Not a great idea, reasons Jim Thomas.
Abandon the toxic treadmill! plus campaign action
Plus special feature on coal including the “clean coal” con, windpower in China, success in Bangladesh and activism everywhere.
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