TOXMAP is a Geographic Information System (GIS) from the Division of Specialized Information Services of the US National Library of Medicine (NLM) that uses maps of the United States to help users visually explore data from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) and Superfund National Priorities List (NPL).
Where exactly is the maximum tolerable level of surveillance, beyond which it becomes oppressive? We must consider surveillance a kind of social pollution, and limit the surveillance impact of each new digital system just as we limit the environmental impact of physical construction...
It is a reliable source of information on the health, environmental, and social impacts of consumer products. Students can investigate pollution topics, such as agriculture, health hazards, air, water, environmental justice, and pollution.
Open source is changing the face of computing and challenging $billion companies, what could it do if this community based R&D is focused on other areas such as the environment, energy production, medicine or food supply? An organization free from profit margins and government restraints could change the world.
People living in China are the main victims of the country's horrendous pollution problems, no doubt about it. But a lot of that pollution travels on powerful winds...
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