Sometimes a solution is so simple, we all miss it.
I knew Dr. Nathan Levin when he was at Mount Sinai and Beth Israel hospitals in New York. Specifically, the director of their dialysis centers. I had the pleasure of sharing many a dinner (always at an Indian restaurant, until I convinced him that there was a great kosher restaurant we should visit) and his knowledge.
Continue reading Creative Seniors
Do you remember when Gary Southern and Carl Kennedy poisoned the waters of West Virginia? Their “Freedom Industries” chemical plant dumped toxic compounds into the rivers where folks obtained their drinking water. Were they punished? Not yet- and it’s been 5 years.
Continue reading And not a drop to drink
It’s not much. But, we expect that the water we drink be safe.
Oh, I know- many of you have given up on that. You carry plastic bottles of water. Because you fear the quality of the water being provided.
The trick to burying the news is to release it on a holiday or later in the afternoon on a Friday. So, what better day should TheDonald pick to release a long-awaited report discussing how America (and the world) is failing to tame the climate change issues than on the Friday afternoon after Thanksgiving?
Continue reading Bury the lead?
I know we consider that backwards. But, that’s my reaction to too many of these “environmental” do good networks. They often have sophomoric ideas about what we need to do to make the world a better place. (I should announce that I am all for minimizing our environmental footprint- from water reuse to climate change.)
Continue reading Do as I say, not as I do…
I must have been seven years old when I started doing the wash. I remember it was after I had recuperated from my science experiment, which is why I say I was probably 7.
Continue reading The Third Way?
It’s no longer coming. Our underwater reservoirs are running dry (most of them have crossed the point of no return), and our deserts are getting bigger and are devastating more population centers. (I last wrote about this problem a few years ago .)
I’ve written about Norman Borlaug often. (Here’s but one example.) Back when I was younger, he was advocating for what we now call the Green Revolution. And, while Borlaug was promoting methods to increase agricultural yields world-wide, there was a competing voice, that of William Vogt.
Continue reading Optimism v. Pessimism. Boserup v. Malthus.
I hadn’t realized this key fact about the production of Greek yoghurt. It produces far more waste than conventional yoghurt production. It takes 3 cups of milk to produce one cup of the product! (That’s about thrice as much as conventional yoghurt, which contains far more fluid than does the Greek version of the yoghurt.)
Continue reading Curds and Whey
Now, here’s a great combination of technology. Biochemical engineering and additive manufacturing. What’s that you say? Too much technical jargon?
