This is the 495th edition of the Spotlight on Green News & Views (previously known as the Green Diary Rescue) usually appears twice a week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Here is the April 5 Green Spotlight. More than 26,835 environmentally oriented stories have been rescued to appear in this series since 2006. Inclusion of a story in the Spotlight does not necessarily indicate my agreement with or endorsement of it.
OUTSTANDING GREEN STORIES
cwillis writes—100th anniversary of the radium paint industry, in photos: “In April 1917, the United States entered World War I, and a massive industrial demand immediately arose for a product that had existed only as a scientific curiosity: paint that glowed in the dark. Powered by the radioactive decay of radium, this toxic paint has a special prominence in the history of workplace safety regulation and workers’ compensation law in the United States. The radium paint episode lies at the nexus of competing American traditions of corporate greed and progressive social justice. It is a cautionary, Promethian tale of commercial technological advances outpacing deliberate exploration of the relevant hazards. Its lessons underlie the modern practice of workplace radiation safety central to my career as a nuclear engineer. In this post commemorating 100 years of the American radium paint industry, I will illustrate some of the landscapes associated with the nascent radium industry of a century ago, taken with my own camera (and there are historical photos thrown in for then-and-now comparisons).”
Besame writes—Daily Bucket: aerial catfish bombs in for a swim: “Some guy in Florida was chillaxing at home watching TV when CRASH BAM behind the house startled him. He ran out and saw that the screen roof of his patio was torn open. Below the ripped roof a catfish he’d never seen before swam laps in his pool. Who ya gonna call? The police of course, and amazingly they believed him (what goes on in Florida?). A cop actually came out and said ‘yeah wow, that’s a catfish in your swimming pool, and helped capture the visitor.’ It took 10 minutes to trap the 12-18 inch fish in a bucket. The cop took the bucket away and released the vagrant catfish at a nearby lake. How did a fish end up falling from the sky, through the patio roof, and into the swimming pool? After capture, the men noticed talon scrapes on the fish’s body and sagely decided an owl or hawk must have dropped the fish. I’m betting on osprey or bald eagle. This is Florida, however, where police respond to calls about itinerant catfish and I can’t begin to guess what all goes on there.”
from Daily Kos http://ift.tt/2o7QMC5
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