Tag Archives: Environment

Extinction is Truly Forever

(c) Copyright 2005-2013 David Dilworth Some claim that toxic pollution or burning fossil fuels is the most devastating damage humans have done to our earth. Now of course, those are deadly serious problems, but are they the longest lasting harm … Continue reading

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Risk Assessment is a License to Kill

(c) Copyright 2001-2013 David j Dilworth “Risk Assessment” is Fraud. It  is actually a highly disguised political choice to commit deadly harm. It actually answers the perverse question “How can I get away with all the environmental and human damage … Continue reading

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Radiation or Radioactivity – Whats the Difference?

Mainstream news stories almost always confuse the very different terms Radiation (like x-rays) and Radioactive (physical materials; fallout), which are significantly distinct things. Radiation means visible light and all of its invisible cousins: electromagnetic waves including X-rays, gamma rays and … Continue reading

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Silence is Golden © Copyright David Dilworth 2002

Silence is a subject very different from noise. Noise is unwanted sound, while Silence is a valuable positive phenomena (not a resource) which can and should be protected. Silence can be mapped as areas enjoying continuous periods where no man-made … Continue reading

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