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Articles with tag: pollution

Plastics In Our Environs

junaid jazib   Jun 6, 2009   interacts: 2

Every time we use and throw a plastic product we contribute our share to a deadly pollution whose far-reaching and irreversible ill-effects will be borne by the generations to come.

Creepy Chemicals

Mutaal Mooquin   Dec 18, 2008   interacts: 15

This Holiday season, toys containing harmful phthalates, which are known endocrine disruptors, will fill up the shelve space in the markets.

Paper Trail

Mutaal Mooquin   Jun 5, 2008   interacts: 6

To produce five sheets of 8 x 11 inch paper we use the equivalent energy of an 80 watt bulb operating for an hour; but at a cost far greater than that of electricity.

The Largest City

Bina Shah   Sep 8, 2003   interacts: 10

Their wounds and scars speak to us in code
We are deafened by their quiet moans

Call to Action for Oil Spill

Shandana Minhas   Aug 21, 2003   interacts: 29

Please cut and paste the following text and email it to the Karachi Nazim, the Prime Minister and the Presidents offices. This is a call to sign a petition

Black Days in Karachi

Bina Shah   Aug 17, 2003   interacts: 41

The Black Days have returned to Karachi, but this time they have nothing to do with politics, but a slowly widening oil slick, that grows day by day to destroy everything that Karachi holds dear.

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