Image via WikipediaToxic sludge spill could happen elsewhere, campaigners warnhttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/10/12/hungary.sludge.threat/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn
Shocking safety lapses exposed by the deadly Hungary toxic sludge spill could be repeated at thousands of industrial sites around the world unless regulations are tightened dramatically.
The WWF on Monday published a photo taken, the environmental pressure group said, in June and showing one of the pools of sludge -- a by-product of the process to turn bauxite ore into aluminium oxide -- clearly leaking, indicating that the disaster three months later could have been avoided.
Image via WikipediaGreenpeace said it would be some time before the full effects of the disaster were known. "We're very concerned by this. Regionally it's a huge disaster," Bernhard Obermayr, the environmental campaign group's campaigns director for central and eastern Europe, told CNN.
"Villages near the spillage won't recover from this. The sludge is highly toxic, containing arsenic and mercury, both of which can cause cancer and affect the body's nervous system. Those chemicals go into the ground water and will spread throughout the whole Danube region. At least 50 tons of arsenic have entered the eco-system we believe."
Obermayr added that there were thousands more toxic hot spots throughout central and eastern Europe, China, Africa and Latin America. "We've seen what can happen with a big disaster like Hungary, but globally, in emerging economies, disasters are happening all the time that are not reported. There is a constant leakage of dangerous chemicals from mining sites -- not just one big bang like this."
Canada reportedly launched pre-emptive strike against would-be Tamil migrants
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Canada+reportedly+launched+emptive+strike+against+would+Tamil+migrants/3658277/story.html
Rohan Gunaratna, who has consulted for the Canadian government and is a professor at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore, said Canadian and Australian authorities have been working with the Thai government to prevent illegal asylum seekers from reaching the two countries.
Chilean miners face harrowing trip to surface
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/10/12/chile-mine-extraction-102.html
There is no experience in the world like this before
Google to Invest in Mid-Atlantic Wind-Power Project
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-10-12/google-to-invest-in-mid-atlantic-wind-power-project.html
underwater transmission network that will be able to harvest electricity from wind farms off the Mid-Atlantic coast and power 1.9 million homes across Virginia, New York and New Jersey.
Libel Cases In The UK Hit A Ten Year High... Just As People Were Declaring Libel Dead In The US
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101012/01230611377/libel-cases-in-the-uk-hit-a-ten-year-high-just-as-people-were-declaring-libel-dead-in-the-us.shtml
( The thought of what would happen if the "Axis if Evil" were to sue for defamation by the US and UK in each country might be interesting. It seems prudent that the U.S. not prosecute for systemic lying...as they are wiiide open. )
Sarkozy: We Must Regulate The Internet To Ensure Freedom
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101011/12522811372/sarkozy-we-must-regulate-the-internet-to-ensure-freedom.shtml
from the um,-what? dept
once again, it certainly appears that when Sarkozy means "freedom" he really means "freedom" for a few entrenched businesses (including one that his wife is heavily involved in) to keep their business models going "free" of competition and "free" from having to adapt to modern technologies.Award-winning teachers dole out advice on fixing public schools
http://articles.cnn.com/2010-08-30/living/award.teachers.advice.fix.school_1_national-teacher-quality-teachers-school-english-teacher?_s=PM:LIVING
Stop the testing obsession
Quality teachers in the classroom
Promote digital literacy
What "Free Public WiFi" Is and Why You Should Avoid It
http://lifehacker.com/5660769/what-free-public-wifi-is-and-why-you-should-avoid-it?skyline=true&s=i
( And why would you be surfing without SP3 installed, anyway ? )
Too Much Light at Night at Night May Lead to Obesity
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101011173249.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher
Toyota and Nissan: Trailing in Large Pickup Trucks
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_42/b4199024791233.htm?campaign_id=rss_topStories
Toyota planned for a [truck] market that really didn't exist," says Alan L. Baum, an auto analyst at Baum & Associates. "They just didn't hit a chord with buyers. It was almost comical."
While Toyota never expected to unseat either GM or Ford in full-size truck sales, even its goal of about 200,000, called "modest" in 2007 by then-U.S. chief Jim Press, has so far proved beyond its reach.
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