Tag Archives: environment
Obsolete technology tsunami
Cardboard boxes, stacked in teetering rows, 9 feet high and 14 feet deep, were so sprawling that the inspectors needed cellphones to keep track of each other. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/19/us/disposal-of-older-monitors-leaves-a-hazardous-trail.html?hp&_r=1& The layer of broken glass on the floor and the lead-laden dust in the air was so thick that the inspectors soon left over safety concerns. Flat-screen […]
UN scoffs at cholera acccusations
The Haitian outbreak of cholera which has infected more than 600,000 people with mounting evidence the epidemic was caused by poor sanitation at a UN camp housing infected Nepalese peacekeepers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-21542842 Evidence suggests cholera was introduced to Haiti through a UN base’s leaking sewage pipes. The UN launched a $2bn appeal to fight damages claims […]
Dirty Babylon 