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The killer within, or how our quest for convenience is turning lethal : Comments
By Julian Cribb, published 26/4/2013Antibiotic resistance should be ranked with terrorism as one of the major threats to society.
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* Carcinogenic chemicals (18/01/2013)
* Major famines (27/11/2012)
* Wild weather resulting from climate change (5/11/2012)
* Running out of water (8/10/2012)
* Expanding dead zones in the ocean (24/08/2012)
* Farm clearances (26/07/2012)
* General human awfulness (22/08/2011)
* Asian bees (24/02/2011)
* Overgrazing (28/09/2009)
* Selling off our natural gas (27/08/2009)
I can understand the appeal of catastrophism -- it gets people's attention and makes you sound solemn and important, without the obligation to actually make verifiable predictions -- but really, aren't you taking it a bit too far? Only one apocalypse per customer, please.