Every time you see someone pulling up to an intersection or turning right on red , with one hand on the wheel and the other holding a cell phone, each time someone puts off a repair to "save" money - think about the promises made about the safety of this well, or that gene modification, or the newest wonder drug, pesticide, synthetic whatever.
We closed out 2009 with another stunning reminder that human error still poses a major risk for oil spills and other environmentally significant accidents: a high-tech escort tug, the Pathfinder, hit the very same well-mapped reef in Prince William Sound that the Exxon Valdez ran up against twenty years ago. |
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