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|  | | | | "Home Planet is the environmental programme for which you set the agenda. We tackle your questions and concerns and try and make some sense out of the conflicting opinions which make up the environmental debate."
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Panel
Dr Anna Lawrence
Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University
Dr Lynn Dicks
science writer
Professor Philip Stott
bio-geographer
TOPICS
Asthma and CFC's
My asthma inhaler still uses CFC's as a propellant - what damage am I doing to the Ozone hole?
Julian Mount, Leicestershire
DEFRA
National Prescribing Centre
General Practitioners in Asthma Group
British Aerosols Manufacturers Association
Asthma UK
Cholorophyll and creeping thistles
Over the last few years I have noticed more colonies of the creeping thistle with chlorophyll-free shoots, so much so that in this part of East Sussex it is difficult to find patches of the thistle that are wholly green. Can you explain this phenomenon? Is it something that has always occurred in certain areas or something new?
Chris Bindon
Organic Weed Management
Wild Yorkshire
DEFRA
DEFRA Science & Research
University of Bristol
University of Berkeley
Imperial College, London
Recycling Plastics
Can the team give practical advice, please?
I try to recycle as much plastic as possible, but our local authority only accepts certain types of plastic, as I understand it, PPP, PAL and HDPE.
Things such as cream or yoghurt pots do not fall into these categories. I also understand that it is difficult for water companies to clean up dairy products. So what do I do with these items? Do I wash them before putting them in the dustbin, or put them in the dustbin as they are, where they will contribute more to methane and global warming?
Andrea Polden, Chesham
British Plastics Federation
The American Plastics Council
Waste Online
Plastic's Resource
Increased C02 and plant growth
Is the natural response to increased levels of C02 in the atmosphere more verdant plant growth? If so, aren't their some benefits?
David Williams, Suffolk
The Climate Group
Columbia University
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
American Society of Plant Biologists
Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry
Oxford Journals
Aspen die-back
I listen to Home Planet here in the US. There is some concern here about the fate of Aspen trees - can you tell us what's happening?
Sharon Mesci, New England
Trees for Life
National Public Radio
About Forestry
MSNBC
Chicago Tribune
New York Times (registration needed)
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