Chapter 8 Pollution
The whole planet should be regarded as our backyard.
Within advanced developed countries, pollution does not get the attention it deserves. This is because it is believed that the challenge of pollution has been solved. Pollution is a problem from a bygone era of early industrialisation when rivers became flows of toxic material, and the air in cities was polluted by open coal fires. The health hazards reached a scale at which they could no longer be ignored, forcing action by the authorities. In London, the Thames, which had become an industrial sewer, has been remediated by limiting the discharge of chemicals and sewage. The river is now much healthier, teaming with wildlife, and the salmon ...
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