Environmental Health

Whilst in Bali in March 11 I visited a friend up in Pemuturan which is on the north western corner of Bali, about a three hour drive from Denpasar. My friend, Rani, has been involved in this project for 10 years or so, and the project is about...

Researchers at the University of California have linked soaring rates of autism and autism spectrum disorders with feotal and infant exposure to pesticides and household...

Following is a list of various eco and enviro articles of interest selected from various websites. Please email your favourite eco- or enviro-tech articles and they will be added to this...

An essay by psychologist Ralph Metzner Ph.D. on his book, Green Psychology, where he links the way we think with the way we live in the world. Increasing numbers of people have therefore come to the conclusion that it is in the hearts and minds of...

The Story Of Cap And Trade With increasing temperatures and frequency of extreme weather events world wide, plus polar ice packs melting and all of the other doomsday climate scenarios suddenly all too close, climate change is on everyone's...

One of the major flaws with Kyoto accord was that it pegged nations’ allowed greenhouse emissions to that of 1990, and that we should all aim for 10-20% less by 2020. Or something similar. This is based on very poor...

Is renewable energy as expensive as we are told? There was an interesting chart in the Sydney Morning Herald, April 2/10 (unfortunately not on the SMH website), that showed all the wind farms so far brought on line, their cost and their output....

Behind the Bean is a report on organic soybeans by the US-based Cornucopia Institute which challenges the organic claims of many suppliers of tofu and soy milk. While US specific, it also has relevance to Australia as some of our soya products are...

Researchers have shown that children who switch their diet for just a few days to organic food from non organic food lowered the levels of pesticides in their bodies dramatically and...

A new study recently (circa Sept 20120) published in the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology, researchers from The Committee for Research & Independent Information on Genetic Engineering...