I asked myself whether cotton vs. linen shirts, or nylon or denim pants, left a greater footprint on the environment.
pesticides
Breast Cancer
The higher incidence of breast cancer since 1940 is consistent with the greater use and proliferation of various endocrine-like chemicals in the environment.
The Decline and Fall of Insects
If low levels of insecticides, many of them endocrine disruptors, are involved, humans are certainly exposed as well
Pesticide Déjà-Vu
As the evidence against neonicotinoids rolls in, we will face another challenge between corporate deep pockets and what is good for the natural world.
Better Living Through Chemistry
One might hope that we could require chemical manufacturers to show that a product is safe before it is sold.
You have cancer!
Environmental effects may increase the incidence of cancer in tissues that are predisposed to have a high risk due to frequent stem cell divisions.
Bill Schlesinger
air pollution, conservation, environmental health, environmental policy, faculty, pesticides, toxicology
air pollution, conservation, environmental health, environmental policy, faculty, pesticides, toxicology
Success Stories
Seeing Bald Eagles along the coast of Maine this summer makes me think of the good things that have come from environmental science
Gazing at your lawn on a summer afternoon
For nearly all of us, today’s obsession with the perfect, park-like lawn is a waste of time and money and bad for the environment.
Organic foods: Who couldn’t like them?
Many folks will pay considerably more for organic foods, believing that they are good for us.
To bee or not to be
We need to think of something better than an escalating war between insecticides, the evolution of resistant insects, collateral damage, human toxicity and corporate profits.