I think about what's going down my sink. So I won't pour oil down my sink. I won't - if I'm cleaning a pan, I'll wipe it and bin because I've seen - I've been down sewers. Rose George bincleanhave Change image and share on social
Sewage works that serve big cities run into trouble when the cities grow up around them. Rose George bigcitygrow Change image and share on social
In Los Angeles, half of all smog from sulfur dioxide comes in from ships. Rose George angelesdioxidehalf Change image and share on social
We are wasting our water mostly by putting waste into it. One cubic meter of wastewater can pollute ten cubic meters of water. Discharging wastewater into oceans turns freshwater into the less useful salty stuff, and desalination is expensive. Rose George cubicdesalinationdischarge share on social
Who cares about the men who steered your breakfast cereal through winter storms? How ironic that the more ships have grown in size and consequence, the less space they take up in our imagination. Rose George breakfastcarecereal Change image and share on social
Shipping is the greenest method of transport. In terms of carbon emissions per ton per mile, it emits about a thousandth of aviation and about a tenth of trucking. But it's not benign, because there's so much of it. So shipping emissions are about three to four percent, almost the same as aviation's. Rose George aviationbenigncarbon share on social
Endometriosis is notoriously difficult to diagnose because the symptoms are perverse. A woman with mild endometriosis can be in an agony for days every month (or every day for every month); women with the severe kind can have hardly any pain at all, like me. Rose George agonydaydiagnose share on social
In the early 19th century, they tried selling soap as healthy. No one bought it. They tried selling it as sexy, and everyone bought it. Rose George 19thbuycentury Change image and share on social
Everything in a modern container port is enormous, overwhelming, crushing. Rose George containercrushenormous Change image and share on social
The average human being spends three years of life going to the toilet, though the average human being with no physical toilet to go to probably does his or her best to spend less. It is a human behavior that is as revealing as any other about human nature, but only if it can be released from the social straitjacket of nicety. Rose George averagebehaviorhuman share on social