As Silent Spring's 50th anniversary nears, what would Rachel
Carson be saying now?  By: Paul R. Ehrlich Published: 6-25-2012
Environmental Health News        Carson was properly concerned
about the problems of unknown interactions among mixtures of
novel chemicals in the environment. Today, with the potential
for millions of possible synergisms among the tens of thousands
of compounds already released, just identifying the culprits
would be an enormous challenge. And if they were identified,
removing them from the environment could be an even more
monumental task, or most likely prove impossible.  What should
be done? In my view there are two basic solutions to situations
where the activities of a segment of the human population, often
an industry, present a clear and present threat to the human
future as once the manufacture of chlorofluorocarbons did in
threatening the ozone layer. One answer lies in society finding
ways to alter the behavior of the industry to minimize the
impacts on those involved. Societ