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: 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...
Occupational Safety and Health: Worker Safety: Looking Back
Although concern for worker safety was expressed as far back as Hypocrites, it wasn't until 1911, in the wake of the Triangle Shirt Factory fire, that the first worker compensation laws were enacted.
Economics, Public Policy and the Environment
Zoologist and World Wildlife Fund senior scientist Theo Colborn observes that economic concerns often trump environmental issues in the public policy arena.