Harm Reduction

Taxes alter consumer behavior. The more something is taxed, the less of it we get. Knowing this, governments use taxes to encourage or discourage behavior.

According to the state of Michigan, perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) can occur in high levels in the foam from waterbodies and pile up along its shores.

Tiny plastic particles, categorized by their size as microplastics, <5mm or nanoplastics, 1-100nm are everywhere.

“The implementation of EHR technology may be the root cause of some of these issues, [increased work burden, negative clinician emotions, burnout, and facilitated medical errors] beginning with developers designing a prod

Spain’s northern coast has been fighting a months-long assault from a ‘white tide’ of plastic pellets dumped by a Dutch-registered shipping-vessel.

Polypharmacy's grip tightens as we age

Recently, I spoke with John Batchelor on his radio program about a novel solution to combat climate change developed with my MIT classmate, Tom Hafer, an engineer and skilled systems developer.

Winston Churchill famously (but unoriginally) said, “Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.” The same c

Last March, a report from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) projected a shortage of up to 86,000 physicians, including as many as 40,000 prima

Methylene chloride is used in adhesives, paint and coating products, metal cleaning, aerosols, and in the manufacture of other chemicals.  It is also used as a paint stripper and as a laboratory solvent.