Episode 12: Current Events

Episode 16: Current Events

In this current events episode, we recap some of the things that happened in the month of April. We will cover the correlation between drug toxicity and acidity in waterways, The EU's CO2 border tax, Alessandra Korap Munduruku winning the 2023 Goldman Prize, and an extinct group of lions that turn out to not really be extinct.Episode Source MaterialStory 1: Correlation between toxicity of drugs in waterways and acidityToxicity of drugs released into waterways partly depends on acidity, study shows [https://phys.org/news/2023-04-toxicity-drugs-waterways-acidity.html] by University of Tübingen.Why Use Zebrafish to Study Human Diseases? [https://irp.nih.gov/blog/post/2016/08/why-use-zebrafish-to-study-human-diseases#:~:text=Zebrafish%20are%20tropical%20fresh%2Dwater,often%20available%20in%20pet%20shops.] by Elizabeth BurkeIbuprofen: Toxicology and Biodegradation of an Emerging Contaminant [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10004696/] by Janet Jan-Roblero [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Jan-Roblero%20J%5BAuthor%5D] and Juan A. Cruz-Maya [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Cruz-Maya%20JA%5BAuthor%5D]Story 2: CO2 border taxBorder tax on carbon dioxide offers huge opportunity to fight climate change, say researchers by Samuel HanegreefsEU lawmakers adopt deal on emissions trading, carbon tax [https://apnews.com/article/climate-european-union-green-deal-carbon-tax-303cb4c11d749f77b302f97e8875c4f2] by AP news‘Fit for 55’: Council adopts key pieces of legislation delivering on 2030 climate targets [https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2023/04/25/fit-for-55-council-adopts-key-pieces-of-legislation-delivering-on-2030-climate-targets/] by Council of EU Press releaseStory 3: An Indigenous woman wins the 2023 Goldman PrizeAlessandra Korap Munduruku Bio [https://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/alessandra-korap-munduruku/#recipient-bio] by Goldman Environmental Prize Alessandra Korap Munduruku, Leader at KOEF Grant Partner, Awarded the 2023 Goldman Environmental Prize [https://www.culturalsurvival.org/news/alessandra-korap-munduruku-leader-koef-grant-partner-awarded-2023-goldman-environmental-prize] by Cultural SurvivorStory 4: Extinct lion is not really extinct‘Extinct’ lion spotted in Chad’s Sena Oura National Park for first time in 20 years [https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/04/24/extinct-lion-spotted-in-chads-sena-oura-national-park-for-first-time-in-20-years] by Charlotte Elton‘Extinct’ lion in national park almost 20 years after last sighting [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/extinct-lion-chad-park-sena-oura-b2324199.html] by Eleanor Noyce

Episode 15: Love Canal

Episode Source MaterialThe Love Canal Tragedy [https://www.epa.gov/archive/epa/aboutepa/love-canal-tragedy.html] by Eckardt C. BeckUpstate Waste Site May Endanger Lives [https://www.nytimes.com/1978/08/02/archives/upstate-waste-site-may-endanger-lives-abandoned-dump-in-niagara.html] by Donald G. McNeil‘Love Canal’ still oozing poison 35 years later [https://nypost.com/2013/11/02/love-canal-still-oozing-poison-35-years-later/] by The Associated PressLove Canal: A Brief History [https://www.geneseo.edu/history/love_canal_history] by Jordan KleinmanLove Canal: Public Health Time Bomb by The Office of Public HealthLove Canal and the Poisoning of America [https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1979/12/love-canal-and-the-poisoning-of-america/376297/] by Michael H. BrownLaying Waste: The Poisoning of America by Toxic Chemicals by Michael H. BrownFrom Homemaker to Hell-raiser in Love Canal [https://publicintegrity.org/environment/from-homemaker-to-hell-raiser-in-love-canal/] by Ronnie GreeneLove Canal Chronologies [https://web.archive.org/web/20170222185203/http:/library.buffalo.edu/specialcollections/lovecanal/about/chronology.php] by the Niagara GazetteA Brief History of: The Love Canal (Short Documentary) by Plainly Difficult

Episode 14: The Bhopal Gas Tragedy

Episode Source MaterialThe Bhopal Saga: Causes and Consequences of the World’s Largest Industrial Disaster [https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0FqO8XKy9NRZDNzTkZQeVJQbE0/edit?pli=1&resourcekey=0-AQV8IQqhWZocx_FV5bq11w] by Ingrid EckermanBhopal revisited – the tragedy of lessons ignored [https://web.archive.org/web/20110716021643/http:/www.ttl.fi/en/publications/electronic_journals/asian_pacific_newsletter/archives/Documents/asian_pacific_newsletter2_2006.pdf] by Annie RiceBhopal disaster 1984 – working conditions and the role of trade unions [https://web.archive.org/web/20110716021643/http:/www.ttl.fi/en/publications/electronic_journals/asian_pacific_newsletter/archives/Documents/asian_pacific_newsletter2_2006.pdf] by Ingrid EckermanThe Bhopal Disaster and its aftermath: a review [https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1476-069X-4-6] by Edward BroughtonAdvocacy After Bhopal: Environmentalism, Disaster, New Global Orders [https://books.google.ca/books?hl=en&lr=&id=Yi47Cs5q3wkC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&ots=pBF64RsChk&sig=mAnfYo9ZS0FbqZh8yRy06paqUOo&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false] by Kim FortunThe Bhopal Disaster [https://web.archive.org/web/20160528042900/http:/www.cseindia.org/userfiles/THE%20BHOPAL%20DISASTER.pdf] by Centre for Science and EnvironmentBhopal: Vulnerability, Routinization, and the Chronic Disaster [https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780203821190-24/bhopal-vulnerability-routinization-chronic-disaster-ravi-rajan] by S. Ravi RajanBhopal study represents “missed opportunity” [https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(13)62562-3/fulltext] by Dinesh C. Sharma A Brief History of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy (Short Documentary) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hUxx8ZVDgQ] by Plainly Difficult The Bhopal gas tragedy: Toxic legacy [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwPSDMUtNmk] by The Economist Living in the Shadow of the Bhopal Chemical Disaster [https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/06/photos-bhopal-india-union-carbide-sanjay-verma-pesticides-explosion/] by Maggie OatmanBhopal Fact Sheet [https://www.bhopal.org/continuing-disaster/the-bhopal-gas-disaster/union-carbides-disaster/] by Bhopal Medical Appeal

Episode 13: Seveso Dioxin Disaster

Episode Source MaterialRelationship of serum TCDD concentrations and age exposure of female residents of Seveso, Italy [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1241792/] by Brenda Eskenazi [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Eskenazi%20B%5BAuthor%5D], Paolo Mocarelli [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Mocarelli%20P%5BAuthor%5D], Marcella Warner [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Warner%20M%5BAuthor%5D], Larry Needham [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Needham%20L%5BAuthor%5D], Donald G Patterson, Jr [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Patterson%20DG%5BAuthor%5D], Steven Samuels [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Samuels%20S%5BAuthor%5D], Wayman Turner [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Turner%20W%5BAuthor%5D], Pier Mario Gerthoux [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Gerthoux%20PM%5BAuthor%5D], and Paolo Brambilla [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Brambilla%20P%5BAuthor%5D]Disaster of Seveso, Italy [https://www.ejatlas.org/print/disaster-of-seveso] by Environmental Justice AtlasSeveso – 30 Years After by RocheUnderstanding the Seveso Disaster: Science, Impacts, and Policy Changes [https://www.treehugger.com/briefing-the-seveso-disaster-1708806] by Autumn SpanneThe Seveso accident: A look at 40 years of health research and beyond [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412018313928?via%3Dihub] by Brenda Eskenazi, Marcella Warner, Paolo Brambilla, Stefano Signorini, Jennifer Ames, Paolo MocarelliChloracne or Acneform Disease and Agent Orange [https://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/conditions/chloracne.asp#:~:text=Chloracne%20is%20a%20rare%20skin,from%20more%20common%20skin%20disorders.] by The Department of Veterans AffairsA brief history of the Seveso disaster [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwr0KHUlBbM] by Plainly Difficult The Seveso Dioxin DisasterSeveso Oak Forest: The gradual reconstruction of an area contaminated to TCDD [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/016920469390070T] by Paolo Lassini, Paolo Ballardini, Antonio Mambriani, and Francesco Monzani.Seveso: A paradoxical classic disaster [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265628235_4_Seveso_A_paradoxical_classic_disaster_4_Seveso_A_paradoxical_classic_disaster] by B. De Marchi, S. Funtowicz, and J. Ravetz

Episode 12: Current Events

Episode Source MaterialThe Whiskey Fungus SourcesWhiskey Fungus Fed by Jack Daniel’s Encrusts Tennessee Town [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/01/us/whiskey-fungus-jack-daniels-tennessee.html] by Michael LevensonWhiskey fungus lawsuit forces Jack Daniel’s to halt building project [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64819400] by Max MatzaThe Willow Project SourcesThe Willow Project has been approved. Here’s what to know about the controversial oil-drilling venture [https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/14/politics/willow-project-oil-alaska-explained-climate/index.html] by Ella NilsenWhat is Willow? And how an Alaska oil project could affect the environment [https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/03/17/willow-project-alaska-oil-drilling-explained/] by Timothy PukoThe Red Tide SourcesToxic Red Tide is Back in Florida - Here’s What to Know [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/toxic-red-tide-is-back-in-florida-heres-what-to-know-180981756/] by Sarah KutaWhat is red tide and why is it killing fish in Florida? [https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/03/06/red-tide-toxic-algae-fish-florida/] by Amudalat AjasaWhat is a red tide? [https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/redtide.html#:~:text=This%20bloom%2C%20like%20many%20HABs,surrounding%20air%20difficult%20to%20breathe.] by The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)The IPCC Report Sources Five things we’ve learned from the UN Climate Report [https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65013560] by Matt McGrathFive key points in the IPCC report on climate change impacts and adaptation by Lisa Schipper, Vanesa Castán Broto and Winston Chow