Dear EarthTalk Why can’t plastics of all types, instead of being initially sorted, simply be melted together to be separated later? It must be a monumental and error-prone task to separate truckloads of plastics.
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Dear EarthTalk: Why don’t we reprocess and re-use our nuclear waste like France does? Would it be possible for us to start doing so? — Albert Jukowsky, Silver Spring, Md.
Dear EarthTalk I understand that fast-food giant YUM! Brands, owner of KFC, is under fire by Greenpeace and others for rainforest destruction. What’s the story? Betsy Barnard Wellesley, Mass.
Q-Line The SMMUSD Board of Education last week promised changes in curriculum and training in the wake of an alleged racially-motivated incident at Santa Monica High School.
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Dear EarthTalk So many chemicals in everyday products are harmful to our health and the environment. Why aren’t we developing safer alternatives? Donna Langston, Asheville, NC Researchers today are beginning to question the safety of many chemicals used in consumer products.
Q-Line There is a movement afoot that aims to ban flavored milk at area public schools. Some say it’s bad for young kids. So, this week’s Q-line question asks: Do you think flavored milk should be banned, or do you think there are bigger fish to fry when it comes to childhood nutrition on campus? “M
Santa Monica’s City Council sent a clear message to its congressional representative, Henry Waxman, this week: keep “Frankenfish” in the lab and off our dinner plates.
It seems that Santa Monica’s public art is drawing national attention. Last week, City Hall’s public art program was recognized by Americans for the Arts, the leading national professional arts service organization, for all three projects submitted for the “Year in Review.
Dear EarthTalk Isn’t spray sunscreen a health and environmental nightmare when it seems that more of the sunscreen ends up going up my nose than on the kid at the beach next to me? Lillian Robertson Methuen, Mass.
The Planning Commission reached a reasonable compromise with the owners of Santa Monica Place last week, allowing a handful of restaurants on the third floor dining deck to sell alcohol on outdoor patios until 1:30 a.
