Paths of Pollution: Great Lakes: The Health Effects of PCBs
The population of the Great Lakes region continues to suffer the health affects of PCBs. It is a probable carcinogen, it can affect the immune system, cause IQ deficits and problems integrating socially, and reproductive abnormalities. Some believe ...
The Delicate Balance, Part 2: Impact of Chemical Contamination
One of the difficulties of predicting potential dangers to the environment is that implications to future generations are often not foreseen. Rachel Carson galvanized public and political action to prevent indiscriminate use of pesticides when her d...
The Delicate Balance, Part 2: Enduring Effect of Contaminates
Despite the fact that much clean-up has been done since the 1960s, the Great Lakes still contain fish that don't reach sexual maturity because of endocrine disrupting chemicals. A study of children whose mothers had eaten fish from the Great Lakes c...
: Sustaining the Environment
Achieving environmental sustainability will require a shift away from core cultural values based on production and consumption.