Back Talk: Elizabeth Royte
Christine Smallwood : Books
Environmental writer Elizabeth Royte plumbs our obsession with bottled water.
2008
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Extreme Water Emergencies
Elizabeth de la Vega : Environment
Floods, drought, pollution, wildfires: summer's extreme water conditions afflicting the United States this summer are a call to action. Why are we so helpless?
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Drugged-Up Nation
Charles Barber : Health & Disease
America is literally awash in antidepressants. Blame the surfeit of drugs in our system on a confusion between illness and suffering.
2005
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Message in a Bottle
In India, Coca-Cola's plants bring foul water and toxic sludge.
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The Politics of Water in Bolivia
Once again, World Bank water policy is challenged by the poorest.
This week: Imagining a new new deal, with Howard Zinn, Frances Moore Lappe, Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Eric Schlosser and...FDR himself. Plus: Ennis Carter and Stephen Duncombe on the political propaganda legacy of the WPA. (13mb mp3)
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