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Despite banning fracking in 2019, the UK government recently decided to review its safety.
It’s the comparison behind COVID-19 claims Scott Morrison has been making for two years. But comparing with countries at the same environmental risk shows Australia’s pandemic failures throughout.
Residents of group homes and long-term care are at high risk for COVID-19. But an important aspect has been left out of Public Health Ontario’s guidance for these facilities: indoor air quality.
The insecticide Bti kills target organisms like mosquitoes and blackflies, but new research shows it may also have negative effects on non-target species like frogs.
Suspensions of the AstraZeneca vaccine may dent confidence and will slow down coverage – arguably creating a greater risk to public health.
The WHO has been criticised for being slow to recognise the scale of the COVID-9 pandemic. We suggest a new protocol on infectious diseases to help with faster data collection and more open sharing.
It’s up to governments to stop the spread of COVID-19. Approaches that place the responsibility on the individual fail to consider the precautionary principle, which prioritizes prevention over cure.
New technologies and services aren’t creating irreversible damage, even though they do generate some harms. Preemptive bans would stifle innovation and block potential solutions to real problems.
The tale of the snow crab bears witness to the how the complexities of climate change and fights over fishing rights play out.
An arcane principle is a key to our well-being and survival in an age of technological innovation.
Scotland has just joined the growing list of countries getting tough on the vapes. Here’s why the libertarians should pipe down.
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Professor in Clinical Pharmacy and Drug Safety, University of Birmingham
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Director of Koi Tū, the Centre for Informed Futures; former Chief Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of New Zealand, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of Health Economics, University of Wollongong
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Reader in Philosophy, University of East Anglia
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Research Fellow, University of Glasgow
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Professor, Management and Economics of Resources and the Environment, University of Southern Denmark
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Jane E. McArthur is a Friend of The Conversation.
Ph.D., Sociology/Social Justice, University of Windsor
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Associate Professor of Philosophy, University at Buffalo
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AI, Medicine and Data Justice Post-Doctoral Fellow, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor/Professeure titulaire, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS)
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Professor of Public Health, University of Toronto
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Professor, Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto
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Doctoral Researcher, University of Surrey
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Professor, Department of Biology, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
