The Skin We Live in Part II (The Re-exposure) In my last blog I depressed myself (and possibly you, as well) with tales of industrial poisoning on a small and large scale. And I confessed to the strange habit of putting an organic solvent on my skin just to see what it would do … [Read more...] about The Skin We live in Part II (The Re-exposure)
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The Skin We Live in
The Skin We Live in Many years ago, in a laboratory far, far away, I used to work as a research scientist. One of the chemicals used in the laboratory was Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO). You could do a neat trick with DMSO, as I discovered. At the suggestion of one of the post-docs … [Read more...] about The Skin We Live in
Civil Sanctions vs Criminal Sanctions for Environmental Offences
Let’s All be Civil If there is one topic I find causes confusion for students (as well as aspects and impacts, that is – see my earlier post!) it is civil sanctions – as covered in Element 1, Unit NDEM2 of the NEBOSH Environmental Diploma. It does take some time to get your head … [Read more...] about Civil Sanctions vs Criminal Sanctions for Environmental Offences