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The Ecologist meets…Method co-founder Adam Lowry
Bethany Hubbard
13th April, 2012
Can detergent make the green movement sexy? According to Method co-founder Adam Lowry; cleaning products are just the start. Bethany Hubbard caught up with him to find out more more...
Five of the best…organic cotton t-shirts
Ruth Styles
10th January, 2012
Whether you’re taking up pilates or just going for a jog, there’s an fabulous eco-friendly t-shirt for you more...
Burned: Merthyr's fight for clean air and green jobs
The Ecologist
27th June, 2011
What would you do if an American company planned to site a huge incinerator - bigger than the Millennium Stadium - above your town? How would you feel if you knew that no existing technology could prevent that incinerator pumping out toxic chemicals? more...
Monsanto agrees clean-up of toxic Brofiscin quarry in Wales
Tom Levitt
19th February, 2011
Environment Agency finds Monsanto, BP and Veolia liable for clean up after thousands of tonnes of cancer-causing chemicals - including PCBs, dioxins and Agent Orange derivatives - dumped in Welsh quarry more...
Monsanto agrees clean-up of toxic Brofiscin quarry in Wales
Tom Levitt
19th February, 2011
Environment Agency finds Monsanto, BP and Veolia liable for clean up after thousands of tonnes of cancer-causing chemicals - including PCBs, dioxins and Agent Orange derivatives - dumped in Welsh quarry more...
Toxic waste from Burma's largest coal project could displace 12,000
Katharine Helmore
20th January, 2011
Despite wreaking havoc on the health of local villagers and the environment, Burma's military regime is doing nothing to reduce the impact of the Tigyit power plant and mine more...
The Ecologist January 1971: PCBs
Ecologist
Forty years ago this month – John Noble and Harry Rothman wrote in the Ecologist about the mystery of 8,000 bird deaths and the toxic effects of PCBs found in the environment more...
Toxic bisphenol-A found in US shopping receipts and dollar bills
Tom Levitt
8th December, 2010
Campaigners call for ban on suspected hormone-disrupting chemical BPA after study discovers high quantities in paper receipts and bank notes more...
Sandra Steingraber: There's a taboo about telling industry and agriculture that practices must change to prevent cancer
Matilda Lee
30th November, 2010
Having survived cancer, biologist Sandra Steingraber wrote a book to expose its link to the environment. As the film version premieres in Europe, she tells the Ecologist why we must all take a stand on air, food and water pollution more...
Hungary toxic spill 'could be worse' than Baia Mare cyanide disaster
Tom Levitt
6th October, 2010
Greenpeace says responsibility of aluminum company is 'quite clear' as campaigners urge stricter controls on other hazardous waste sites around the Danube region more...
Public deprived of data on cancer links to toxins - film maker
Tom Levitt
13th September, 2010
Director of 'The Idiot Cycle' claims people are being kept in the dark over the dangers posed by toxins in everyday life - and questions the murky links between UN, WHO and chemical companiesmore...
Toxic dispersants in Gulf oil spill creating hidden marine crisis
Tom Levitt and Nicole Edmison
6th September, 2010
More than 200 million tons of crude oil have gushed into the Gulf of Mexico since the rupture of Deepwater Horizon. The chemicals used to clean up the spill have received less attention but could have devastating long-term effects on the marine ecosystem more...
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Ecocide: making environmental destruction a criminal offence
David Hawkins
28th July, 2010
Lawyer Polly Higgins is spearheading a campaign to have 'ecocide' recognised by the UN as an international crime against peace. But how will this work in practice? more...
Storing food safely in plastic containers
Catherine Zandonella
24th June, 2010
There are certain rules of thumb when it comes to storing, freezing and heating food in plastic containers. Read on to find out how to use plastics safely more...
'Toxic stew' of chemicals causing male fish to carry eggs
Suzanne Goldenberg
21st April, 2010
Intersex fish, found across the US, result from a mix of drugs that mimic natural hormones, say scientists more...
The West helped create the Somali pirate situation
Simon Fairlie
28th December, 2009
What few have stopped to consider in the continuing 'battle' against Somali pirates is what industrialised nations have been doing to the country's fishing grounds for years more...
The Cove: dolphin slaughter and toxic meat
Laura Sevier
26th October, 2009
It's the eco-documentary everyone is talking about. Shot in the style of an espionage thriller, The Cove is exposing the secret annual slaughter of 2000 dolphins in Japan. Watch it in UK cinemas from 23rd October more...
How to reduce toxins and 'green' your baby's nursery
Laura Sevier
29th September, 2009
Is it enough to trust your nose when it comes to decorating your baby's nursery? A new project tests toxin levels and provides tips on reducing harmful chemicals in your baby's room more...
Greenwash taints most 'eco-friendly' claims
Ecologist
23rd June, 2009
Ninety-eight per cent of the products in our stores claiming to be environmentally friendly are guilty of greenwash, a US committee hears more...
Fire resistant: 'Why I went to jail to protect my daughter from toxic polluters'
Terri Swearingen
1st December, 2004
How far would you go to fight plans for a new waste incinerator? One woman went all the way... more...
Call for Tennessee fly ash clean up
Ecologist
1st March, 2009
A catastrophic spill of fly ash has renewed calls for the waste to be reclassified. more...
Somalia used as toxic dumping ground
Chris Milton
1st March, 2009
Pirates ruled Somalia’s waves last year, but a greater crime is still being perpetrated by the multinational companies using the mainland as a toxic dumping ground. Chris Milton reports more...Fortis bank shirks responsibility for toxic mud-flow
News
21st June, 2007
A major investor in a gas exploration project which has set off a toxic mud-flow has washed its hands of responsibility for the damage caused to homes of thousands of Indonesian people. more...
Chemically Bonded
Zoe Cormier
1st December, 2006
For the Canadian Aanishnaabek tribe, who live on a reserve surrounded by chemical plants, there seems no escape. Do they leave, and abandon their past, or stay, and perhaps lose their future? Zoe Cormier investigatesmore...
Say It Without Flowers
Venetia Hargreaves-Allen
1st October, 2003
Say: ‘I am happy to pay for environmental degradation, chronic illness and labour rights abuses in countries that grow flowers for Western consumers but cannot feed their own people.’ more...Members
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