Ever since its creation in 1970 the US-EPA has been a failing organization, writes Carol Van Strum in her review of 'Poison Spring' - serving the corporations it was there to regulate, falsifying data, suppressing the truth about pesticide toxicity, and crushing whistleblowers.
… and altering results for years. Subsequent investigations of other testing laboratories … [1] See Richard Feynman's account of the investigation into the Challenger disaster in …
America's shale gas boom threatens families, pets, and food, writes Allison Wilson. Fresh from her reading of 'The Real Costs of Fracking', she finds a host of adverse health impacts on those living near fracking sites, the toxic pollution of the food chain, and a wall of corporate and official secrecy.
… Living Downstream: An Ecologist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment , …