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Stevie Bee
- May 13, 2020
- 2 min
Are we now afraid of each other and the world?
Has Covid-19 left us wary of each other, physical objects . . . and the world?
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Stevie Bee
- Jan 27, 2020
- 1 min
The coronavirus by the numbers
Yes, this new virus has a message for us. Like all viruses, all diseases. And this one is one of the more challenging ones. Coronavirus...
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Alexandra Jacobo
- Aug 13, 2019
- 2 min
There’s a new plastic on the rock
We know it's taking over our oceans and beaches — an estimated seven million tonnes of plastic ends up in our oceans every year, and...
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Ashley Curtin
- Jun 10, 2019
- 2 min
It’s official: new study confirms we’re all eating plastic
A new study confirms that, on average, humans consume 50,000 bits of plastic a year and inhale nearly the same amount. Microplastics are...
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Stevie Bee
- May 15, 2019
- 3 min
More proof air pollution can cause dementia
Over the past few years, research has been piling up that strongly suggests air pollution is one of the causes of dementia. Now, evidence...
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Stevie Bee
- Apr 30, 2019
- 3 min
Fashion facts
• Worldwide, almost 100 billion items of clothing are made annually — 400% more than twenty years ago. A third of them end up in...
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Stevie Bee
- Oct 23, 2018
- 1 min
Ditch the ’poo: wash your hair with . . . just water
This might sound gross to some, but only because we’ve all been conditioned (pardon the pun) to think it just has to be gross. You don’t...
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Stevie Bee
- Oct 11, 2018
- 3 min
Flying toilets. Yep, it's a thing. Well, until recently.
When you lack proper sanitation — in fact, when you lack a physical toilet and a whole in the ground in a crowded shanty town just won't...
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Stevie Bee
- Sep 22, 2018
- 2 min
New dystopian nightmare: mozzies eating plastic
I've been sharing stories recently that almost seem like science fiction: Coked-up eels, shellfish on opoids, antiobiotic waste...
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Stevie Bee
- Aug 3, 2018
- 3 min
Plastic by the numbers
Mountains of plastic washed up on idyllic honeymoon islands in The Maldives Photo: Caters News Agency Like our birthdays, phone numbers,...
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Stevie Bee
- Jun 28, 2018
- 1 min
First it was antibiotic waste causing superbugs, then opioids driving shellfish crazy and now eels a
Endangered European eels are getting smashed on cocaine
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Stevie Bee
- Jun 17, 2018
- 1 min
We make it, we throw it away. It eventually comes back to us. Including drugs.
Shellfish test positive for opioids and other drugs Back in January I noted that antibiotics were leaking from pharmaceutical factories...
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Stevie Bee
- Jun 7, 2018
- 2 min
We can eat anything all year round, but is that good for us?
Whoever wishes to investigate medicine properly, should proceed thus . . . Consider the seasons of the year, and what effects each of...
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Stevie Bee
- Jan 26, 2018
- 2 min
Antibiotic waste leaked from factories adds to rise of superbugs
Many of the world’s leading drug manufacturers may be leaking antibiotics from their factories into the environment, according to a...
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Stevie Bee
- Sep 23, 2017
- 1 min
A salt to the senses
As if we needed more evidence that our addiction to plastic and our cavalier attitude toward its disposal was coming back to bite us,...
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