From Amazon.com: "This timely exposé reveals Erin Brockovich's role in inciting public fear regarding the oil well at Beverly Hills High School. The author describes how Brockovich's methods to link the oil well with cancer occurrences in former students were suspect and questions the veracity of Brockovich's claims, using interviews with subject experts and studies done by the Air Quality Management District and others to disprove them. Focusing upon the Beverly Hills case, the author positions Brockovich as the poster child for what she terms "green porn," sexy Madison Avenue slant thats misleads citizens, distorts scientific information, and neither informs nor educates the public."

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The name of the college yearbook where I grew up in Australia (Avondale College in Cooranbong) was the jacaranda.

I love this purple flower and it blooms twice a year in Pico-Robertson for about a month each time.

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David Suissa writes:

Ever since I moved here three years ago, the trash on Pico — especially east of Robertson — has reminded me of winters in Montreal. Everyone talks and complains about it, but it never goes away.

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I pulled into the gas station on Olympic and Robertson this morning and was greeted by a cute woman named Peg — a green team member — asking me if this was my first time.

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