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After a decade of nothing being done to address this serious environmental problem, let's see what Lisa Jackson does under the Obama administration. She will have to coordinate her efforts with Tom Vilsack of the USDA, and that may prove to be a sticky situation if he has to put pressure on Monsanto and other agribusiness companies (factory farms) whose phosphate herbicides and fertilizers are contributing in great part to this problem. Monsanto knowingly poisoned an entire town in Alabama with PCBs. Now their chemicals along with other toxic runoff and fertilizers poison our waterways. It has to end.After a decade of nothing being done to address this serious environmental problem,... more
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We did this animation for a swiss NGO that wants to get decision makers into the global warming discussion, generally people who have no clue about whats going on and need a very simple introduction.We did this animation for a swiss NGO that wants to get decision makers into the... more
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There is growing evidence that noise-related stress is a significant public health hazard. According to a report from the World Health Organisation, unwanted noise is causing hearing impairment including tinnitus, disturbing our sleep and triggering stress hormones which could in turn affect the immune system and metabolism.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/sep/23/healthandwellbeing.pollution
Quiet please
Noise pollution causes sleep disturbance, raises blood pressure and can lead to heart disease. Rebecca Hardy on how to survive in an increasingly noisy Britain
By Rebecca Hardy;
The Guardian, UK
Photographer Image : Dan Burden
There is growing evidence that noise-related stress is a significant public health... more
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DESPITE it monstrous size and feted arrival, the latest addition to the Qantas family is the quietest passenger jet on the planet.
Australia welcomes Qantas A380
By Andrew CarswellDESPITE it monstrous size and feted arrival, the latest addition to the Qantas family... more
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