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Tues 8.11.09| Nanotech & Toxic Products

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Nano & Biocidal Silver, a Friends of the Earth report

Mark Schapiro, Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's at Stake for American Power Chelsea Green, 2009 (paper)

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Nanotechnology involves the manufacture and manipulation of tiny particles. Products that contain nanoparticles are now ubiquitous. Ian Illuminato discusses what this means for human health and the environment. Also, Mark Schapiro contrasts the EU's regulation of toxic chemicals in everyday products with the US approach.

Mon 10.20.08| Energy, Economy

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Powder River Basin Resource Council

Rick Wolff, "Wall Street vs Main Street: Finger Pointing Versus System Change" MRZine

Coalbed methane gas development is threatening natural environments and local communities in places like Wyoming, says Jill Morrison. And Rick Wolff explains how the current economic crisis is connected to the decades-long stagnation in workers' wages. He contends that corporate boards of directors need to be radically reconstituted.

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