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Industrial Accidents and Global Inequity: The Contrasting Cases of Bhopal and BP Horizon Deepwater
Bhopal India Almost 26 years have passed since the night of December 3rd 1984, when the people of Bhopal (India) were enveloped in a poisonous miasmic cloud of methyl isocyanate, which gushed forth from the Union Carbide chemical plant. An estimated...
The Socio-Economic Realities of Mental Health in Europe – Part 2: The Social Determinants
In the first part of this piece, we considered the significant economic cost implications of mental health problems. In this second part, we look at the importance of identifying and tackling those negative social determinants, which lead to a higher...
The Socio-Economic Realities of Mental Health in Europe – Part 1: The Economic Costs
Justin Frewen & Anna Datta (Dr.) — When discussing mental health, it is common to focus on the distress and suffering mental health problems may cause together with the most appropriate manner by which society might respond. The human rights...
A Few Words About Botswana
As we talked to locals in Gaborone, Botswana’s capital city, people were so proud to talk about the things they love about their country. “We are free here, our country is so peaceful, you don’t have to be afraid,” said one. “You...
US oil-leak into the Gulf of Mexico may be the worst in US history
US scientists and lawmakers have stated that the leak in the seabed well which is spilling oil into the Gulf of Mexico could be the worst oil spill in US history, which would eclipse even the Exxon Valdez incident in Alaska in 1989. They further stated...
Over one billion people lack access to safe drinking water
Over one billion people lack access to safe drinking water, and more than two billion live without improved sanitation. Those are the facts of today’s world that we live in and if that wasn’t enough the UN has announced on World Water Day...
7.0 earthquake triggers Tsunami warning in Japan
Following a 7.0 undersea earthquake off the coast of the southern island of Okinawa, Japan’s meterological agency issued a tsunami warning. The quake off the Japanese coast occurred at a depth of 10 kilometers at 5:31am local time. In 1995, 6,400...
APEC says global economy recovering
The leaders of 21 APEC economies, in a recently concluded two-day summit Share
New Report Declares “The Global State of Emergency”
A recently published report by the RC-Institute for Global Individuation, declares “The Global State of Emergency” warning that: “Humanity has 9 years left to take drastic measures.” Share
