System Failure
Elizabeth Guillette, a University of Arizona Medical anthropologist, had been hearing the stories for years. Midwives and nurses in developing countries were reporting that children growing up in...
View ArticlePandora’s Pantry
Trudy Burgess stands beside an orange-and-black bus parked in downtown Invercargill, New Zealand, urging residents to think before they eat. As people pass the eye-catching vehicle on this October...
View ArticleThe Ban That Wasn’t
It seemed to be a victory. Environmentalists, pediatricians, and consumer advocates calling for a ban on Dursban, one of the most widely used pesticides, spurred the Environmental Protection Agency to...
View ArticleFish or Foul?
The furor over potential risks to health and the environment from genetically engineered (GE) corn, soybeans, and other crops may be years away from dying down. But now, the biotech industry seems set...
View ArticleWater for Profit
Even before the water turned brown, Gordon Certain had plenty to worry about. With his north Atlanta neighborhood in the middle of a growth boom, the president of the North Buckhead Civic Association...
View ArticleToxic Immunity
“It feels like somebody wrote a new rule — the bigger a mess you make, the easier it should be to just walk away,” says Laura Olah, a Wisconsin activist who heads a grassroots group called Citizens...
View ArticleHogging the Air
With as many as 10,000 pigs packed into warehouselike sheds, the factory-style hog farm emits a choking stench. Bad as it is, though, the odor is not the worst of the worries for nearby residents....
View ArticleDiet for a Dead Planet: How the Food Industry is Killing Us
Just looking at its putrescent manure-green dust jacket, it’s clear that Diet for a Dead Planet isn’t light fare. Inside, Christopher Cook lays out a far-reaching takedown of the American food...
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