Tag: tire dust
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Forever Chemicals … and fluff and dust
### Reader’s Letter to The Guardian, 22.10.2024 ### Dear Editor, I found myself nodding all the way through Prof. Caan’s letter on tackling PFAS, “forever chemicals”. Bravo to him! Indeed, I have just read Rachel Carson’s 1962 book “Silent Spring” and it leaves me gobsmacked that we are still liberally emitting similar noxious substances (PFAS…
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Plastic Collection
### Reader’s Letter to The Guardian, 1st. October 2024 ### Dear Editor, I read Sandra Laville’s article (The Guardian, 1 October 2024, link below) on the supermarkets’ schemes for plastic return and recycling (or burning) and also share the skepticism of some of the contributors. My belief is that, rather than recycling, it should be…
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Fast-Fashion and Microplastic
### Reader’s Letter to The Guardian, 24th September 2024 ### Dear Editor, I read Fleur Britten’s piece on Fast Fashion (The Guardian, 24th September 2024, link below) and found myself nodding all the way through. Indeed, yes, fast fashion and indulgent over-consumption are scourges of modern times. A couple of years ago I too visited…