Atlantic Unbound Archive

Ellen Ruppel Shell

Recent articles by Ellen Ruppel Shell

June 2001

New World Syndrome

Spam and turkey tails have turned Micronesians into Macronesians. A case study of how fatty Western plenty is taking a disastrous toll on people in developing countries.

September 1998

Could Mad-Cow Disease Happen Here?

Britain's horrifying experience taught us a few things, but perhaps not enough to preclude an outbreak of our own.

August 1997

Malaria: Resurgence of a Deadly Disease

Malaria kills roughly twice as many people worldwide as AIDS, drugs no longer work against some strains, and mosquitoes in diverse parts of the United States now carry the disease.