Edward Goldsmith

S.Pritchard &

A.De Bievre

Edward Goldsmith

Nicholas Hildyard

The Ecolosist Vol. 9 No. 10 Dec 1979

Editoria l The Nineteen Eighties,

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Featur e Article s Why Pollution Rules the Waves Accidents involving supertankers regularly make the headlines but the greater part of oil pollution results from deliberate discharges as tankers deballast at sea. For their part, the big oil companies steadfastly resist simple changes in tanker design and port facilities that could remedy the problem. Yet the solutions they propose could almost have been designed to ensure continued oil pollution.

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Can We Control Pollution? Part I I I t is doubtful i f pollution levels in our society can be reduced by any other means than deliberately reducing our industrial activities.

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Down in the Dumps Ninety per cent of toxic wastes in the United States are disposed of improperly and unsafely. Some 30,000 old dump sites are now thought to be imminent hazards and many believe the problem is beyond control. There is much to suggest that the situation in Britain is no better. Are we also sitting on a toxic time-bomb? And is illegal tipping likely to increase as recession squeezes industry? BOOKS 338 Cover by Mike Frost Photo: Keystone Press. Members of the Royal Navy Mine disposal unit carrying a drum of poisonous chemicals away from the beach at Polperro, Cornwall. 100 drums washed ashore, but only 9 were disposed of.

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No';e: While every care is taken with manuscripts submitted for publication, the Editors cannot guarantee to return those not accepted. Articles puolished in the Ecologist do not necessarily express the views of the Editors.

Published by Edward Goldsmith, Ecosystems Ltd, 73 Molesworth Street, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 7DS, UK. Editors: Edward Goldsmith, Nicholas Hildyard. Managing Editor: Maria Parsons.

Book Review Editor: Ruth Lumley-Smith. Design: Katherine James Associate Editors: Robert Allen, Peter Bunyard, Brian Johnson, Bernard Gilbert, Jimo Omo-Fadaka, Andrew MacKillop, Robert Waller, Lawrence Hills, John Papworth, Nicholas Gould, Raymond Dasmann, Richard Wilson, John Milton (USA), Henryk Skolimowski (USA), Manfred Siebker, Sigmund Kval0y (Norway). ISSN 0141-6952 The Ecologist Vol 9 No 10 Dec 1979

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