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North America

Stirring up Contaminated Waters

When air, water and soil pollution end up at the bottom of a river, they usually stay relatively put unless stirred up. This is done on small scale whenever a large boat anchor puts down in a harbor without mooring. This may also be done when constructing docks or platforms for extraction or [...]

Free Dose of Anti-Depressant Medications

Pharmaceutical are not known for handing out their medications, especially those that make good money for them, for free. However, in recent years, that’s exactly what has been happening, in very small doses, in most major North American cities. These and other drugs, including hormones, over-the-counter medications and water soluble vitamins turn up [...]

Reducing Package Waste at the Grocery

Everyone eats, and nowhere is this more apparent than at your local supermarket. It’s hard for most to imagine a time when there weren’t supermarkets that included everything from pharmacy to film processing to peaches in February. However, it’s true, the modern concept of a supermarket has only existed in North America since [...]

Learning to Live With a Cooler Thermostat

If there’s anything people don’t want to have to deal with is an uncomfortably cold house during the wintertime. However, all across North America, as the cost of heating energy goes up, so does the number of people (not just college students) who are forced to turn the thermostat down quite a bit to [...]

Social Impacts of Pollution

It is well known that the majority of pollution is caused and emitted by the most developed nations. North America, in particular, is responsible for a large portion of both chemical and greenhouse gas emissions. This is partly due to the relatively high standard of living that is enjoyed here which includes transportation, [...]