Word: toxication
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...example, when Summers was chief economist at the World Bank, he signed off on a controversial memo--authored by a staffer--that discussed the economic utility of dumping toxic waste in poor countries. Although Summers apologized for the memo and has said it was written ironically, it has continued to dog him. Such pure economic calculations may provide cost-effective solutions, but they are distasteful to those whose primary concern is not utility but health. Bloom says that such pure economics should not dominate decisions that could affect public health...
...Nukes are suddenly on the table again, even though the industry has not ordered a domestic generator since the Three Mile Island disaster 22 years ago. And the panel is considering new money for research into disposing of nuclear waste, the most toxic garbage ever created...
Carlson perpetuates the bad science and vile scare tactics that made headlines about silicone breast implants and alar. Just because there are toxic levels for anything you care to name, including oxygen and water, doesn't mean that less is always better. I think it's the carcinogens in barbecued meat that make it taste so good. What the world needs is rational thinking and cost-vs.-benefit analysis, not people like Carlson using her own fear and ignorance to beat conservatives over the head. I remember an old chemist's adage that there are no toxic compounds, only toxic...
...Nukes are suddenly on the table again, even though the industry has not ordered a domestic generator since the Three Mile Island disaster 22 years ago. And the panel is considering new money for research into disposing of nuclear waste, the most toxic garbage ever created...
...UNITED STATES Chemicals Pledge President Bush sought to reverse his "anti-green" image by pledging to sign a global treaty restricting the use of a dozen toxic chemicals known as POPs. Most of the "persistent organic pollutants" are already banned in industrialized countries, but DDT and other pesticides linked to health problems are widely used elsewhere...