BTL:Fossil Fuel's Damaging Effects on Human Health, Reason Enough to Demand Renewable Energy Future

Interview with Riki Ott, marine toxicologist, activist, author and former commercial fisher, conducted by Melinda Tuhus

Fossil Fuel's Damaging Effects on Human Health, Reason Enough to Demand Renewable Energy Future

Interview with Riki Ott, marine toxicologist, activist, author and former commercial fisher, conducted by Melinda Tuhus

In the never-ending quest for harder-to-access fossil fuels, oil spills, gas explosions and pipeline leaks are everyday occurrences. The impacts of the quest for oil on ecosystems – while not always fully understood – are easy to see. But the effect on human health is often harder to determine and serious problems are often misdiagnosed or just dismissed out of hand.

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