Public Council

Topics of issue: The Arctic becomes a cesspool. A man has 250 million insects. Fresh milk contains harmful bacteria. Electricity is almost nothing. Mitvol is going to create the environmental movement. 150 pilot whales ashore in Australia. Get all the facts for a more clear viewpoint with Kenneth E. Boulding.

—- FocusNote Winter comes, the winter road … In Russia and Europe before the time winter came. Of the Public Council Rosprirodnadzor leave environmentalists. Russian Arctic turns into a huge global trash. In Copenhagen, a conference on climate change. For every person on Earth has about 250 million insects. Tropical storms help to increase the genetic diversity of bats. In Brussels, for the sake of ecology motorists were divided into 'even-odd'.

What better for the environment: driving a car or walking? In winter, the risk of contracting deadly bacteria is much lower than in summer. A short review of —- major environmental news for the week. In a question-answer forum Daryl Katz, Edmonton Alberta was the first to reply. —- UNESCO proposes measures to reduce the amount of computer waste UNESCO offers new ways to recycle computer equipment in order to minimize the impact of waste on health and the environment, especially in developing countries. BelTA was told in the Department of Public Information in Belarus. This is a very urgent problem, since at present world are being used more than 1 billion PCs. Only this year have been replaced by about 180 million computers. At the same time 35 million cars were simply thrown away, despite the fact that they contain toxic materials … —- Fresh milk dangerous to health due to high levels of bacteria, scientists say raw milk is illegal in many countries because of potentially harmful microbes.