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We Are the Voice
The goal of writing this poem is to empower people everywhere to speak out and stop ocean pollution.
Exactly How Do Electric Vehicles Work?
An animated guide on how electric vehicles work, from basic AC/DC currents to more complex topics like regenerative breaking.
Saving the Planet
Do you want to be a part of saving the planet so we don’t have to give up the things we love?
Rivers and Relationships: Pharma-Pollution in India No Song and Dance
By Eleanor Frances The people of India love their rivers. In fact, the country is named for the Indus, a major river that flows through northern India and Pakistan. The beauty of India’s majestic rivers is evident to all, not just to its people who consider their rivers sacred (Ghosh). Source: http://www.indiawaterportal.org/post/36052 Even so, about […]
Contraceptives in the Rain
by Eleanor Frances A British economist recently published an article in Forbes proposing that women on birth control should pay a higher tax than other people. Citing the pollution costs calculated by the European Union for household or residential water pollution, Tim Worstall proposed what economists call a Pigou Tax, or a tax intended to […]
“No Controversy” Hides a Growing Environmental Concern
by Eleanor Frances Melinda Gates [wife of Microsoft founder Bill Gates] means well. She wants African women to use contraceptives. She is reaching out to poor African women, and her idea sounds helpful till you consider how Africa’s drinking water, often lacking modern treatment facilities, is negatively affected by the estrogen contamination that accompanies widespread […]
Contraceptive Use in China Appears to Be Affecting Water Supply and Fish
by Eleanor Frances In May of this year, an expert in heavy metal pollution in water and a former researcher at the University of Hawaii named Liangjie Dong reported in the Journal of Environmental Sciences, that China has high levels of estrogen disrupting compounds or EDC in its drinking water (Wencong). An artificial hormone known […]