Still Burning

The Cuyahoga Is Still Burning

River caught fire as it flowed through Akron and Cleveland, Ohio. Although it was not the only river to burn, the image of this burning river—the terrible wronging of nature— became a symbol of the urgency for a transformation of environmental policy for the environmental movement of the 1970s, driving the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the rapid passage of major...

A reader and author respond to "Honor killings--still a burning issue in Pakistan".

Amitraz Poisoning Treatment: Still Supportive?

Amitraz is a triazapentadiene, an α2 adrenergic agonist and a member of the amidine chemical family. A limited number of human intoxication cases have been published in the literature. Lack of a clear and specific protocol for the therapy of amitraz intoxication may make its successfully managed case reports useful and valuable for other clinical practitioners in poisoning departments. The case...

Amitraz Poisoning Treatment: Still Supportive?

Amitraz is a triazapentadiene, an α2 adrenergic agonist and a member of the amidine chemical family. A limited number of human intoxication cases have been published in the literature. Lack of a clear and specific protocol for the therapy of amitraz intoxication may make its successfully managed case reports useful and valuable for other clinical practitioners in poisoning departments. The case...

Burning Water

While various energy-producing technologies have been analyzed to assess the amount of energy returned per unit of energy invested, this type of comprehensive and comparative approach has rarely been applied to other potentially limiting inputs such as water, land, and time. We assess the connection between water and energy production and conduct a comparative analysis for estimating the energy...