jsrailton, (edited ) to environment
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Reading this🧵? Your blood probably contains some amount of toxic #foreverchemicals made by #3m

Enough to spike your risk of cancers & illnesses?

Without a blood test, you have no idea.

Why is their toxin running in your veins?

Well, 3M & #dupont kept the harms secret even as their toxins were incorporated into...everything.

From french fry bags to chairs.

They gaslit their own scientists.

& regularly dumped, creating toxic zones. 1/

https://www.propublica.org/article/3m-forever-chemicals-pfas-pfos-inside-story

#environment #pollution

jsrailton,
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4/We're all living in a nonconsensual lab experiment on the effect of chemicals on health.

Short of a rocket to mars, we're stuck in the cage. There is no control group.

American? Look at the map. See light blue near you? That is not good news.

Search for your home address in this map to if your drinking water might be above EPA limits.

Keep in mind this is JUST tap water, there are other routes to exposure.

MAP: https://www.ewg.org/interactive-maps/pfas_contamination/map/

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The Most Polluted Cities In the U.S.
#ClimateChange #Pollution #California

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How data gaps could put US territories like Guam and Puerto Rico at greater risk for climate change

"If folks are serious about environmental justice, they need to be serious about addressing equity issues in U.S territories."

https://grist.org/indigenous/how-data-gaps-could-put-u-s-territories-like-guam-and-puerto-rico-at-greater-risk-for-climate-change/

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Indoor Air Quality: Wildfire Smoke & Cooking

With wildfire smoke season here, we all need to think about air quality inside where we spend most of our time. This article provides multiple examples measuring the air quality inside my home from wildfire smoke and cooking.

The web version of this article with nice table of contents and easy to share with others can be found here ( https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x0yA0ebo8HkNYCps_CZPqGE0-My_4toLiGSR9M-D7-w/edit?usp=sharing ).

Graph of PM 2.5 Wildfire Smoke Pollution Levels Inside & Outside House with significantly higher levels of PM outside and in garage, and higher levels of PM in unfinished sections of basement with very little PM in finished rooms and those with HEPA filters.
Graph from co2.click portal showing a massive spike in particulate matter (PM) levels past 50 ug/m3 on Christmas Eve. More info at: https://co2.click/

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found in every in study
say discovery may be linked to decades-long decline in counts in men around the world
Scientists tested 23 human and 47 from . They found microplastic in every sample. The human testicles had been preserved and so their sperm count could not be measured. However, the sperm count in the dogs' testes could be assessed and was lower in samples with higher contamination with PVC
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/20/microplastics-human-testicles-study-sperm-counts

Snoro, to conservative
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Shell rapped at AGM for weakening climate strategy

Almost one-fifth of Shell’s shareholders called on the firm to set stronger emissions reduction targets at its AGM in London this week, which was interrupted by protestors accusing the business of greenwashing

https://www.edie.net/shell-rapped-at-agm-for-weakening-climate-strategy/

#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

br00t4c, to random
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A portrait of pollution around Canada's busiest port

#nation #pollution

https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-burrard-inlet-pollution/

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Plastic, Plastic Everywhere — Even at the UN’s “Plastic Free” Conference

At a conference meant to address the plastic crisis, pro-plastic messaging was inescapable.

Meanwhile, industry insiders — some positioned as government delegates — were given access to vital negotiations.

#News #Plastic #Environment #UN #Ottawa #Pollution

https://www.propublica.org/article/plastics-waste-united-nations-international-conference-treaty-ottawa

RebelGeo, to environment
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Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe

https://www.propublica.org/article/3m-forever-chemicals-pfas-pfos-inside-story

#environment #pollution #water #agriculture #oceans #ecosystems

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A new study shows when global temperatures heat up 1 degree, there's 1 less week of snowpack. What does that mean for Flagstaff?

Less snowpack leads to higher wildfire risks and more localized warming

https://www.12news.com/article/tech/science/climate-science/study-shows-impact-of-warming-on-flagstaff/75-bdbf721d-720d-4d12-899e-a02e0b282c6c

#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

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A third of the Amazon rainforest is struggling to recover from drought due to climate change

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41399485.html

#Amazon #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

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Riduidel, to random French
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Au-delà de l'efficacité (ou pas) à produire du contenu juste, les générateurs stochastiques sont des gouffres en énergie et en eau. Et chacun des usagers de ces outils devrait le savoir. https://au.pcmag.com/news/105283/microsofts-emissions-spike-29-as-ai-gobbles-up-resources #ia #écologie #générateur #pollution

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Microplastics found in every human testicle in study

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/20/microplastics-human-testicles-study-sperm-counts

Only two studies, and both are small, but it should worry even the rich. They can’t avoid them. How ironic if humanity’s pollution is a leading factor in the extinction of the species!

No big bang, just a sad whimper.

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steve_zeke, to environment
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Excellent article by Sharon Lerner. Long, but reads fast like intrigue fiction (but 100% true).

> After the late ’70s, when 3M scientists established that the chemical was toxic in animals and was accumulating in humans, it produced millions of pounds per year.

> all people have at least one forever chemical in their blood, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

https://www.propublica.org/article/3m-forever-chemicals-pfas-pfos-inside-story

steve_zeke,
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For more on how this affected one community, read this from Dec 2022

https://minnesotareformer.com/2022/12/14/there-must-be-something-in-the-water/

> 3M dumped chemical waste in Washington County for decades. A lot of young people got cancer. Some of them made it, some didn’t.

Amara Strande, profiled in the article, died on April 14, 2023 at age 20.

https://minnesotareformer.com/2023/05/03/amara-kind-of-was-someone-who-looked-out-for-the-underdog/

#minnesota #3M #pollution #PublicHealth #PFAS

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"What Hansen didn’t know was that 3M had already conducted animal studies — two decades earlier. They had shown PFOS to be toxic, yet the results remained secret, even to many at the company."

Commercial companies have institutionalised fooling people, by dismissing their profit is bad for peoples' health while they already know that in fact it is.
It is criminal and should be treated as such.

#PFAS #Pollution #Toxic #UnderTheRug #3M

https://www.propublica.org/article/3m-forever-chemicals-pfas-pfos-inside-story

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