Month: March 2018

It’s a Sick World and Getting Sicker: New Report From Top Researchers Shows Health Costs of Toxics Exposures Now Exceed 10% of Global GDP

Posted on by Varda Burstyn

 “For decades, pollution and its harmful effects on people’s health, the environment, and the planet have been neglected both by Governments and the international development agenda. Yet, pollution is the largest environmental cause of disease and death in the world today...” The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health, October 19, 2017   Graphic Credit: World … Continue reading It’s a Sick World and Getting Sicker: New Report From Top Researchers Shows Health Costs of Toxics Exposures Now Exceed 10% of Global GDP →

Can We Communicate with the Parallel Universe of Governments and Politicians Where Toxics Don’t Exist? – Introducing a 4-Part Mini-Series on Toxics, Policy, and Politics

Posted on by Varda Burstyn

  Living in the world of anti-toxics activism is akin to living in a parallel universe to the world of governments and politicians. In the anti-toxics universe you see the scope and scale of of the damage done by chemicals, reported by experts month after month, year after year, decade after devastating decade. You’re also … Continue reading Can We Communicate with the Parallel Universe of Governments and Politicians Where Toxics Don’t Exist? – Introducing a 4-Part Mini-Series on Toxics, Policy, and Politics →