#chemicals
#PlaneAlert ICAO: #43E97C Tail: #MUSIC
Owner: #INEOS
Aircraft: #Gulfstream G550
2023/05/29 15:19:37
#GLF5 #Chemicals #Grenadiers #SirJimRatcliffe https://w.wiki/4mki
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=43E97C&showTrace=2023-05-29&zoom=7&lat=47.912168&lon=7.315909×tamp=1685366377
Residents in western Tokyo have been testing themselves to measure their exposure to PFAS, often referred to as "forever chemicals," with results showing levels of the chemicals that could bring long-term health risks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/05/28/national/japan-pfas-risks-growing-awareness/?utm_content=buffer3c21a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #japan #tokyo #pollution #chemicals #yokotaairbase #pfas #environment
Please stop spraying your lawn with chemicals.
#lawn #grass #chemicals #yard #home #house
https://phys.org/news/2023-05-pesticides-herbicides-biggest-bird-decline.html
Advanced imaging of #root #chemicals offers new insights on #plant #growth.
#cell #metabolism #translocation #TCA
https://phys.org/news/2023-05-advanced-imaging-root-chemicals-insights.html
#PlaneAlert ICAO: #A3CC38 Tail: #N344AP Flt: #N344AP
Owner: #AirProducts_Chemicals
Aircraft: #Gulfstream G650 ER
2023/05/26 15:56:34
#GLF6 #IndustrialGases #Chemicals #Gasification https://www.airproducts.co.uk/
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=A3CC38&showTrace=2023-05-26&zoom=7&lat=48.821182&lon=13.647766×tamp=1685109394
The European week against #cancer starts today. Take a look at the actions #ECHA and the EU are doing to manage risks of #chemicals that may cause cancer.
#EWAC2023 #EUCancerPlan
🔗https://fcld.ly/preventingcancert
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ECHA/status/1661715117396901888
#PlaneAlert ICAO: #3C9579 Tail: #DBEKY
Owner: #BASF
Aircraft: #Dassault Falcon 2000LX
2023/05/25 15:48:30
#F2TH #Tapes #Chemicals #Dyes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASF
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=3C9579&showTrace=2023-05-25&zoom=7&lat=49.358267&lon=8.483252×tamp=1685022510
RT @OECD_ENV: Are you looking to reduce animal testing? 🐰🧪
💻The QSAR Toolbox, co-developed by @OECD_ENV & @EU_ECHA is free software used worldwide to screen & assess the safety of #chemicals.
Download the QSAR Toolbox version 4.6 & learn about the new features at 👉https://t.co/QssUxwkO8J https://t.co/kyXiUp8UUz
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ECHA/status/1661706502439051265
Building a future for European fragrance in a time of changing rules [Promoted content] https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/opinion/building-a-future-for-european-fragrance-in-a-time-of-changing-rules/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Chemicals #Fragrance #REACH
Building a future for European fragrance in a time of changing rules [Promoted content] https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/opinion/building-a-future-for-european-fragrance-in-a-time-of-changing-rules/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Chemicals #Fragrance #REACH
#PlaneAlert ICAO: #3C9579 Tail: #DBEKY Flt: #DBEKY
Owner: #BASF
Aircraft: #Dassault Falcon 2000LX
2023/05/24 08:00:06
#F2TH #Tapes #Chemicals #Dyes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASF
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=3C9579&showTrace=2023-05-24&zoom=7&lat=49.286453&lon=8.624549×tamp=1684908006
#PlaneAlert ICAO: #3C9579 Tail: #DBEKY Flt: #DBEKY
Owner: #BASF
Aircraft: #Dassault Falcon 2000LX
2023/05/23 08:34:35
#F2TH #Tapes #Chemicals #Dyes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASF
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=3C9579&showTrace=2023-05-23&zoom=7&lat=49.464825&lon=8.381678×tamp=1684823675
#PlaneAlert ICAO: #3CBC49 Tail: #DBOBI
Owner: #BASF
Aircraft: #Dassault Falcon 2000LX
2023/05/23 08:30:29
#F2TH #Tapes #Chemicals #Dyes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASF
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=3CBC49&showTrace=2023-05-23&zoom=7&lat=49.329849&lon=8.593492×tamp=1684823429
#PlaneAlert ICAO: #3CBC49 Tail: #DBOBI Flt: #DBOBI
Owner: #BASF
Aircraft: #Dassault Falcon 2000LX
2023/05/22 19:23:43
#F2TH #Tapes #Chemicals #Dyes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASF
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=3CBC49&showTrace=2023-05-22&zoom=7&lat=50.861765&lon=11.279907×tamp=1684776223
#PlaneAlert ICAO: #8005B9 Tail: #VTBRS Flt: #VTBRS
Owner: #GrasimIndustries
Aircraft: #Gulfstream G550
2023/05/21 21:31:43
#GLF5 #Bizjet #Chemicals #Conglomerate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasim_Industries
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=8005B9&showTrace=2023-05-21&zoom=7&lat=50.381058&lon=7.115816×tamp=1684697503
'Forever chemicals' found in Canadians' blood samples: report | CBC News https://bit.ly/45dI7Up #Chemicals #CEPA #ToxicChemicals #HealthCanada #ForeverChemicals #EnvironmentCanada #cdnpoli @canadiangreens @cdnpoli
I wish there were severe financial penalties for this kind of ecological violence.
Source: https://twitter.com/WeDontHaveTime/status/1659829561230520322
"There are growing calls for the Australian government to ban toxic chemicals still found in some common household products after this week's legal settlement with residents."
#PlaneAlert ICAO: #3CBC49 Tail: #DBOBI Flt: #DBOBI
Owner: #BASF
Aircraft: #Dassault Falcon 2000LX
2023/05/18 16:15:36
#F2TH #Tapes #Chemicals #Dyes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASF
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=3CBC49&showTrace=2023-05-18&zoom=7&lat=49.229923&lon=7.967762×tamp=1684419336
The World's Most #Dangerous Substances
https://www.stitcher.com/show/everything-everywhere-daily/episode/the-worlds-most-dangerous-substances-303354368
There are a great many #chemicals that are dangerous to work with. Things that you wouldn’t want to get on your skin or somehow ingest.
However, there is a category beyond that of #substances that are so dangerous that many #chemists wouldn’t want to work with them under any circumstances.
#PlaneAlert ICAO: #8005B9 Tail: #VTBRS
Owner: #GrasimIndustries
Aircraft: #Gulfstream G550
2023/05/16 05:34:09
#GLF5 #Bizjet #Chemicals #Conglomerate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasim_Industries
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=8005B9&showTrace=2023-05-16&zoom=7&lat=48.707653&lon=14.184723×tamp=1684208049
"These toxic, commonly-used chemicals have been added to a list of globally banned substances"
https://grist.org/regulation/more-than-150-countries-agree-to-ban-3-toxic-chemicals/
#PlaneAlert ICAO: #3C9579 Tail: #DBEKY
Owner: #BASF
Aircraft: #Dassault Falcon 2000LX
2023/05/13 14:37:02
#F2TH #Tapes #Chemicals #Dyes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASF
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=3C9579&showTrace=2023-05-13&zoom=7&lat=48.803604&lon=10.227004×tamp=1683981422
#PlaneAlert ICAO: #3C9579 Tail: #DBEKY
Owner: #BASF
Aircraft: #Dassault Falcon 2000LX
2023/05/12 12:54:30
#F2TH #Tapes #Chemicals #Dyes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASF
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=3C9579&showTrace=2023-05-12&zoom=7&lat=49.273030&lon=8.616751×tamp=1683888870
#PlaneAlert ICAO: #3CBC49 Tail: #DBOBI
Owner: #BASF
Aircraft: #Dassault Falcon 2000LX
2023/05/11 19:01:32
#F2TH #Tapes #Chemicals #Dyes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASF
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=3CBC49&showTrace=2023-05-11&zoom=7&lat=51.474020&lon=9.100113×tamp=1683824492
"The world's most common type of litter, cigarette filters leach thousands of toxic chemicals and microplastics into the environment."
#Environment #Cigarettes #Smoking #Microplastics #Chemicals
https://www.treehugger.com/its-time-to-ban-cigarette-filters-7488323
New preprint explained in a🧵by @BCarneyAlmroth:
#PlasticPollution is a novel entity, new substance that are foreign to the Earth system. #Production levels and complexity of #chemicals used exceeds the #SafeOperatingSpace for humanity, we are beyond #PlanetaryBoundaries.
Preprint:
https://eartharxiv.org/repository/view/5369/
Thread:
https://twitter.com/BCarneyAlmroth/status/1656249696673751041?s=20
"In ‘Cancer Alley’, US chemical giants mount campaign against grassroots organizers"
"‘Toxic trail of pollution’: states step up to curb the use of ‘forever chemicals’"
#Chemicals #Pollution #PFAS #ForeverChemicals
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/02/pfas-state-federal-legislation-industry-response
The Scope 3 challenge: Solutions across the materials value chain
Check it out! 👇
https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/metals-and-mining/our-insights/the-scope-three-challenge-solutions-across-the-materials-value-chain
#MckinseySustainability #Mining #Metals #Operations #GlobalForces #Sustainability #Chemicals #EnergyResourcesAndMaterials #MetalsAndMiningInsights
#Chemicals are present in every aspect of our lives. Do you know what they are & how they impact your health?
On our website we offer information on specific #EEAtopics that are crucial to address in the transition to #sustainability.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1654131354437599232
To european cyanotypists...
Where are you buying your chemicals?
I can't find anywhere selling anything except Jacquard versions, which are small quantities and quite expensive. Are there alternatives?
Thank you!
@neon_livide @lokigwyn @tomaszsusul
@Sammael99
@swietalucja
#cyanotype #blueprint #cameraless #CameralessPhotography #chemicals #alternativeprocess #ferricammoniumcitrate #potassiumferricyanide #european #sunprint
Australia fails to adequately monitor effect of agricultural chemicals in humans, report finds.
“ There are also no national sources of data on pesticides in groundwater, urban stormwater, drinking #water, #soil, or in #wildlife, the researchers found. The only long-term #monitoring of #pesticides in the environment was as part of the protection of the Barrier Reef and it was limited to 22 pesticides. Globally, Australia is one of the heavier users of pesticides in food production. This is partly because of Australia’s unique conditions and #farming methods. But even these statistics are hard to find.”
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/may/03/australia-fails-to-adequately-monitor-effect-of-agricultural-chemicals-in-humans-report-finds
#Agvet #Chemicals #Regulation #OHS #Food #Safety #InTheDark #Organic ?
"EU environmental watchdog criticises calls to stall pesticides cut"
#EU #Europe #EuropeanUnion #Environment #Chemicals #Pesticides
"A plan to ban up to 7,000 of the most potentially dangerous chemicals on the European market by 2030 is failing badly, according to a study."
Smoke Some Weeds: Lasers Could Make Herbicide Obsolete - We’ve all tangled with unwelcome plant life at one point or another. Whether crabg... - https://hackaday.com/2023/04/26/smoke-some-weeds-lasers-could-make-herbicide-obsolete/ #engineering #originalart #agriculture #greenhacks #chemicals #herbicide #interest #chemical #science #farming #weeding #farmer #lasers #crops #laser #weeds #farm
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BASF’s record is deeply troubling:
⚗️ Production of hazardous #chemicals including persistent & “forever” chemicals #PFAS
🧪Export of toxic pesticides to global south
🌱Promotion of #GM
🏭Huge climate footprint & appetite for #FossilFuels
https://corporateeurope.org/en/chemical-romance-politicians-basf
"Chemical maker DuPont on Monday increased its 2030 Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction goal to 50% and also set a new 2030 Scope 3 GHG emissions reduction goal of 25% from a base year of 2020."
What you need to know about a common chemical linked to a increased risk of #Parkinson's disease
By Evan Dawson,
Megan Mack, April 25, 2023
"Parkinson’s disease is the fastest growing brain condition in the world. A new paper co-authored by Dr. Ray Dorsey at the University of Rochester Medical Center shows that a common chemical may be fueling the rise of the disease. #Trichloroethylene (#TCE) is used to #DryClean clothes, to #decaffeinate coffee, and to #degrease metal. It was one of the main contaminant at the Marine Corps base #CampLejeune and has been found in up to one-third of the #groundwater in the U.S. According to the research, TCE is linked with a 500 percent increased risk of Parkinson’s disease."
(5/n)
"...strong carbon-fluorine bonds. That means such #chemicals are both highly stable and useful in products designed to repel grease and water [#hydrophobic]. But it also means they do not readily #biodegrade..."
Breakthroughs like the one in #Canada are therefore sorely needed because the Forever Chemicals might as well be called "Everywhere Chemicals", too:
"Widely used in consumer products such as #cookware and #clothing, these substances are turning up *everywhere* from..."
(3/n)
"...the two #ForeverChemicals, #PFAS] #Bifenthrin, #Epoxiconazole, and [the for #bees highly toxic #neonicotinoid (1)] #Thiametoxam."
On a more positive note, however, there was some good news in March 2023: diamonds are forever, but the #ForeverChemicals may yet be broken up by human ingenuity:
"...University of #BritishColumbia #researchers develop #silica-based material with ability to absorb wider range of harmful #chemicals..."
(2/n)
"...#farms using the #pesticides and the international #food and #drinks companies they supply.
...used in some of #Brazil’s largest #sugar and #orange farms during the 2020 #harvesting period.
We spoke to #scientists and representatives of the #European Food Safety Agency (#EFSA) and the European #Chemicals Agency (#ECHA) who confirmed the #hazardous nature of the active substances of these pesticides, which include ..."
RT @eiopa_europa_eu: Hello @EU_ECHA 👋
@EU_ECHA works to protect people and the #environment from harmful #chemicals. ☣️
🧪The agency contributes to a well-functioning internal market, innovation and the competitiveness of the chemicals industry. #SaferChemicals
👉 https://echa.europa.eu/ https://t.co/iUuOEIM3DX
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ECHA/status/1650459455929331717
An exciting #job #opportunity has arisen in our #team @EnvAgency!
Could you or someone you know be our new Senior Advisor on #chemicals of emerging concern?
Apply by 14th May- full details here: https://environmentagencyjobs.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/mobile-0/appcentre-1/brand-2/user-58074/xf-a15182d5e5e6/candidate/so/pm/1/pl/1/opp/26395-Senior-Advisor-for-Chemicals-of-Emerging-Concern-26395/en-GB
Please boost!
#vacancy #jobalert #recruiting #news #pollution #jobs #work #environment
"Exposure to ‘forever chemicals’ could be contributing to obesity, a new study shows."
Why is it that impregnated wood is so much cheaper than untreated wood, as in the difference in price can be as much as 5€ for the otherwise exact same piece of wood...
#Chemicals #Hazardous #Environment #Wood #Timber
RT @EU_ECHA: Do you manufacture, use or import #chemicals? Three new #EU_CLP hazard classes for classifying, labelling and packaging substances and mixtures enter into force today.
Check our webpage for more information on the application dates and related advice.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1649007442687062016
Do you manufacture, use or import #chemicals? Three new #EU_CLP hazard classes for classifying, labelling and packaging substances and mixtures enter into force today.
Check our webpage for more information on the application dates and related advice.
🔗https://fcld.ly/clpnewclassest
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ECHA/status/1649007258720694274
Every day should be #EarthDay 🌍as there is no planet B.
Together with the European Commission and EU countries, #ECHA works to identify and control harmful #chemicals to protect the environment.
Join us in our mission for #SaferChemicals and a cleaner future.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ECHA/status/1649372940310290432
RT @EU_ECHA: Do you manufacture, use or import #chemicals? Three new #EU_CLP hazard classes for classifying, labelling and packaging substances and mixtures enter into force today.
Check our webpage for more information on the application dates and related advice.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ECHA/status/1649356481819561984
🧪Ali izdelujete, uporabljate ali uvažate kemikalije? #EU_CLP
V veljavo so stopila nova pravila🇪🇺 glede razvrščanja, označevanja in pakiranja , ki uvajajo nove razrede nevarnosti za endokrine motilce in obstojne snovi.
Več @EU_ECHA 👇: https://echa.europa.eu/fr/new-hazard-classes-2023
RT @EU_ECHA: Do you manufacture, use or import #chemicals? Three new #EU_CLP hazard classes for classifying, labelling and packaging substances and mixtures enter into force today.
…
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EKvSloveniji/status/1649353397848375300
"The Atacama Trench in the Pacific Ocean off the coasts of Peru and Chile is one of the deepest places in the world, and researchers found that a globally banned toxin exists there — tens of thousands of feet below the ocean’s surface. "
Recently I read the book ‘Count Down’ by Dr Shanna Swan & Stacey Colino about the harm toxic chemicals are doing to our health & fertility. Based on their book, and resources they share, I have put together The Big Checklist For Avoiding Toxic Chemicals:
https://daveunderwood.wordpress.com/2021/05/19/the-big-checklist-for-avoiding-toxic-chemicals/
#Health #Chemicals #Fertility #Environment #Lifestyle #Fitness
"A group of toxic PFAS chemicals that industry has claimed is safe to use in food packaging are concerning and present a health threat because they can break off and end up in food and drinks, a new peer-reviewed study finds."
#PFAS #ForeverChemicals #Chemicals
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/17/pfas-forever-chemicals-food-containers-study
"Almost all of the UK’s waterways are polluted. In 2022, a House of Commons Committee report on the state of UK rivers concluded that no river in England was free from chemical contamination. Only 14% of UK rivers had a “good” ecological status."
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Water #Rivers #Pollution #Chemicals #Environment
1st came #climatechange stripes https://lnkd.in/eyYS8dTZ
Then came #biodiversity stripes https://lnkd.in/eJqjGut8
Now just published in ES&T for #science #communication of the 3rd Planetary Crisis of Chemical Pollution & Waste we have #chemical #stripes
More in the article here: https://lnkd.in/esrtHyTt
Fantastic to collaborate with @hanspeterarp, Dagny Aurich, @schymane and Sarah Hale
#scicomm #chemicals #climate #crisis #pfas #SilentSpring #environment
Lawmakers Have Renewed the Effort to Ban Asbestos
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Citing ProPublica’s reporting, lawmakers on Thursday reintroduced a bill that would ban the use of #asbestos in the United States, bringing it in line with dozens of countries that have outlawed the carcinogenic substance.
🎙️ ✨ A new episode has been published on @ITSPmagazine
Show: Audio Signals With @Marcociappelli & @seanmartin
Episode: How to avoid the use of Toxic Chemicals in our Waterways? And why have people become so dependent on shortcuts that often create bigger problems in the long run?
Guest: Tara Lordi
Podcast format: Video & Audio
Enjoy!
👉 https://www.itspmagazine.com/audio-signals
#waterways #freshwater #environment #tech #technology #toxic #chemicals
"If you feel like suddenly we’re hearing a lot more about the witches’ brew of toxic or hazardous or just plain dirty and smelly #chemicals used to make these #polymers, there’s a reason for that. Worldwide production of #plastic has nearly doubled since the start of the 21st century, as oil-and-gas giants look for profitable uses of their #FossilFuels while a #ClimateChange-weary world looks increasingly to transition toward wind or solar power or electric cars."
Canadian Pacific train derails in North Dakota | CTV News https://bit.ly/3nuhI3i #CPRail #Chemicals #CanadiabPacific #Derailment #uspoli #cdnpoli @cdnpoli @canadiangreens
In “Breaking Bad,” Walter White uses ricin to murder a business executive. The villain in “Casino Royale” tries to get James Bond killed with digitalis. In the TV series “Midsomer Murders,” the fungus, Amanita verna, is the weapon of choice.
Many other poisons turn up repeatedly in books and movies.
How they really work is fascinating.
#Engineers at the University of British Columbia have developed a new #water #treatment that removes “forever #chemicals” ( #PFAS ) from drinking water safely, efficiently – and for good.
#Engineering #Chemistry #Environmental #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/03/eng03222301.html
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BASF said that proposed EU #chemicals strategy reforms “puts a big question mark over the future of chemicals in Europe”.
Times are tough, it says. 2600 job losses are planned.
But for BASF shareholders, the 2022 dividend will match 2021: €3 bn.
https://corporateeurope.org/en/chemical-romance-politicians-basf
Six former #phillies died from the same #BrainCancer. We tested the Vet’s #turf and found #dangerous #chemicals. Tests run on two of the samples by Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories Environmental Testing found the turf contained 16 different types of #PFAS, or per-and #polyfluoroalkyl substances — so-called #ForeverChemicals which the EPA has said cause “adverse health effects that can devastate families.” https://www.inquirer.com/news/inq2/astroturf-vet-artificial-turf-pfas-forever-chemicals-glioblastoma-cancer-phillies-1980-20230307.html
A team of #scientists from the University of Michigan and two universities in Italy has demonstrated that an #imaging system that uses special #nanoparticles can provide a real-time, high-resolution #chemical map that shows the distribution of #chemicals of interest in a #tumor.
#Cancer #Chemistry #Nanotechnology #Medical #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/03/chm03012301.html
Disturbing details from Grist about the Ohio train crash and chemical spill...
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"The train derailment in Ohio was a disaster waiting to happen"
https://grist.org/accountability/train-derailments-business-usual-railroad-industry/
When a freight train filled with volatile chemicals derailed in rural Ohio earlier this month, it set off a chain of reactions: the evacuation of a town of nearly 5,000 people; a massive black plume of smoke from a controlled burn; the death of fish in local waterways; and the necessity of monitoring the local air for pollutants.
Justin Mikulka, a reporter who spent years researching the rail industry’s pitfalls and disasters and wrote the book Bomb Trains: How Industry Greed and Regulatory Failure Put the Public at Risk, said weakened regulations and a rush to reopen is to be expected.
“While the trains are still burning, they’re rebuilding the rails,” Mikulka says. “It’s an excellent example of how they put profit over public safety.”
In the last two decades, train lengths have increased by 25 percent, according to the Government Accountability Office. Currently, the Federal Railroad Administration does not have a limit on how long a train can be.
A Northfolk Southern spokesperson told Grist that there were three operators on board the train that derailed, one conductor, one engineer, and a conductor trainee. In recent years, rail companies have lobbied for one-person crews to cut costs.
When crews are stretched thin, Mikulka said, accidents and derailments are just waiting to happen. He said calls from workers for increased safety measures have gone unheard. “There are so many different points in this process where we look at how we can make it safer, and the rail company says ‘Yeah, but we don’t want to pay for that.’”
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The scariest thing to me is that something like this *will* happen again. It's only a matter of time, and the next one might occur in a more highly populated area, which could then get even uglier and deadlier.
Eww... 🤢
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The Great Salt Lake in Utah is in danger of disappearing, and it’s not just a concern for the unique ecosystem that depends on it. As the lake levels decrease, 800 square miles of lakebed are being exposed, and the soil is full of natural and manmade toxins such as mercury, arsenic, and selenium. With the wind and dust storms, the toxins can spread to more than 2.5 million people, posing a risk to human health.
Scientists predict that the Great Salt Lake could become the Great Toxic Dust Bowl within five years, threatening the air quality and health of millions.
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Welcome to your 21st century eco-apocalypse 🔥 🧨🔥
FULL STORY -- https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environment/scientists-warn-great-salt-lake-could-become-a-great-toxic-dustbowl/
Biden's delayed response to #EastPalestine - not commenting for a week, letting Trump go there first - could easily cost #Democrats #Pennsylvania in #2024 so please don't coddle him right now.
I have a few readers, it seems, who are offended, even scandalized, each time I suggest there could be anything at all wrong with the good 'ol USA and its holy scripture, Capitalism.
So get ready, people, I'm doin' it again!
This time I'll refer you to an article on Medium which takes the recent rail disaster in Ohio as a starting point, and from there finds three overall lessons for us to learn...
Lesson 1: Capitalists don’t care about the biosphere
Lesson 2: Capitalists don’t care about people
Lesson 3: Capitalists don’t care about the future
It's a very good piece, and I hope you'll go there and read the whole thing.
https://sacredkarailee.medium.com/human-sacrifice-and-you-capitalisms-big-ask-221f1cba0ce8
Near the end, the author has this to say...
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Clearly, the mechanism for dealing with environmental contaminants is to diffuse them into the biosphere and let nature pick up the tab. That’s why they set the chemicals on fire in East Palestine.
They’re doing the same thing with ‘forever chemicals’. These chemicals cannot be degraded by biologic processes and simply accumulate in the environment to such an extent that it’s currently unsafe to drink ordinary rainwater.
We’re at the point where nature is simply overwhelmed by our civilizational overflows and is in the process of collapsing around us as a result.
How long can our civilization withstand the corrosion brought about by unfettered capitalism? How long must we be bound to laws which do not protect us, but which sacrifice us instead in an orgy of indifference, incompetence, and inequality?
We made this world, and we could just as easily make it different:
“Train Derails In Michigan With One Car Carrying Hazardous Materials”
"Multiple reports say that authorities are responding to a massive train derailment in Van Buren Township, #Michigan. Only one car in the train was carrying hazardous materials, reportedly showing no sign of leaking or damage at this time. Authorities are asking people to avoid the area. The Michigan derailment comes less than two weeks after a train carrying toxic #chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio.”
https://crooksandliars.com/2023/02/another-train-derailment-one-car-carrying
Timeline of the ongoing disaster in Ohio. Very unpleasant but perhaps essential reading, compiled by Eric Feigl-Ding (@drericding), epidemiologist & health economist.
https://drericding.substack.com/p/ohios-chernobyl-was-entirely-preventablebut
The recent train derailment and chemical spill in Ohio is a complete tragedy of errors. Given how badly the original situation was handled, and how poorly it's still being managed, it seems only a matter of time before another potentially even worse disaster will occur.
Here is an update from Grist, with some scary details...
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Nearly two weeks after a train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed in rural Ohio, questions still linger about the lasting effects of the incident and the speed at which residents were returned to their homes.
According to the manifest of contents inside the railcars provided to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from Norfolk Southern, undisclosed amounts of butyl acrylate, a hazardous chemical known to cause skin irritation that is used in plastic production, and propylene glycol, a generally non-toxic chemical used in food packaging, spilled during the derailment. Additionally, undisclosed amounts of ethylhexyl acrylate, a carcinogen linked to aquatic death, and petroleum spilled at the site.
On Tuesday, Ohio environmental regulators confirmed that butyl acrylate was found in nearby waterways and that the spill did make its way to the Ohio River.
The release of hazardous chemicals barrelling through rural Ohio late in the night have caused a variety of concerns. Residents have reported headaches, dizziness, and fevers since returning home on February 8 as they continue to conduct voluntary home air and water tests.
Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine said he learned that the train cars were marked as non-hazardous, and thus officials weren’t notified that the train would be crossing through the state.
The governor called on Congress to look into the regulations that would allow a train carrying multiple cars with hazardous substances to be labeled non-hazardous.
The derailment did not result in any immediate human fatalities, but residents are now reporting deaths of pets, chickens, and foxes. Given the spill’s proximity to the Ohio River Basin, which touches 14 states in the region, concerns of surrounding pollution have popped up in middle Tennessee, Kentucky, Cincinnati, Ohio, and West Virginia.
In addition to the vinyl chloride, various other chemicals were spilled, leading to concern for water, soil, and groundwater pollution.
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources confirmed 3,500 dead fish in waterways as well as deceased hellbender salamanders, an endangered species in the state.
FULL ARTICLE HERE -- https://grist.org/accountability/derailed-train-cars-ohio-not-labeled-toxic-cargo/
No doubt there is a *lot* that we are not being told about this chemical inferno/debacle taking place in Ohio.
Government officials and the legacy media both have quick to minimize any dangers. But I don't trust them. Is there any reason why I should, or why anyone should?
Here is a story, however, from an independent media source that provides useful info --
https://www.uncoverdc.com/2023/02/13/ohio-train-derailment-vinyl-chloride-exposure-is-dangerous-long-term-health-hazard/
The toxic disaster in East Palestine, Ohio after the chemical releases following the train derailment reveal classic #toxic
disaster management techniques.
The true extent of the danger and seriousness of the event is not made clear to people when it happens. Instead their anxieties are managed.
This is a way to protect capital, and liability rather than living creatures. It is similar to the denial of there having been #nuclear meltdowns at #Fukushima for three months by the government of Japan. This was to protect reputation and perceptions, not human beings.
My advice, as always: when an industrial disaster happens, what you are being told about the hazards on the first day are, at best, 10% of the real dangers you face. Always assume that you should get away as fast as possible. Finding out you are wrong later is easier than the opposite.
Months ago, I proposed a short article about #cellulosic #ethanol. Well ... here's a 4,000 cover story words about renewed hope for ethanol as an intermediate for low-carbon #chemicals and fuels! https://cen.acs.org/business/specialty-chemicals/ethanol-fuel-low-carbon-future/101/i6 #sustainability #CO2
Headline from the Guardian --
"Ohio catastrophe is ‘wake-up call’ to dangers of deadly train derailments"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/11/ohio-train-derailment-wake-up-call
Some people are making comparisons of this Ohio train wreck to the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl. But to me there's another historical event that seems far more similar and also provides an even more ominous warning for us: the chemical gas leak that occurred in Bhopal, India, in 1984, killing tens of thousands of people.
https://www.britannica.com/event/Bhopal-disaster
I'm old enough to remember when this happened, and it was horrific. Could something just as bad take place today in the United States?
As oil companies eagerly produce ever greater amounts of petrochemicals for making plastics and as demand for those plastics keeps increasing year after year, and as capitalists continue lobbying for relaxed safety regulations and lowered environmental protection to increase their profits, along with reduced wages and shabbier working conditions for train personnel, it all seems to create the perfect recipe for another deadly disaster.
Let's hope I'm wrong.
Under the Biden administration, the transportation department has proposed a suspension of the Trump-era LNG rule allowing the substance to be transported via rail and to replace it with a new rule. The suspension was supposed to be published by June 2022, but it and the new rule have been delayed twice, and are now supposed to be final in March, Ong said.
Still, the US transportation department (DoT) in 2020 approved a rule to allow liquified natural gas, or LNG, to be shipped via rail with no additional safety regulations. Trains can now run 100 or more tank cars filled with 30,000 gallons of the substance, largely from shale fields to saltwater ports.
Just 22 train tank cars filled with LNG hold the same amount of energy as the Hiroshima bomb, a coalition of environmental groups wrote in comments to regulators opposing the LNG rail rule change in 2020. That is raising fears of a catastrophe if a proposed LNG port is built in New Jersey, which could take shipments from two 100-car trains daily that would run through nearby metro Philadelphia.
Up to 50% of volatile Bakken crude oil refined on the east coast currently runs through metro Pittsburgh, RPPP estimated, and about 176,000 Pittsburghers live in the derailment blast zone.
“The railroads are playing Russian roulette with Pittsburgh,” he said.
About 4.5m tons of toxic chemicals are shipped by rail each year and an average of 12,000 rail cars carrying hazardous materials pass through cities and towns each day, according to the US Department of Transportation.
#moreyouknow #interesting #facts #train #toxic #chemicals #environment
Norfolk Southern said 20 of the more than 100 cars were classified as carrying hazardous materials — defined as cargo that could pose any kind of danger “including flammables, combustibles, or environmental risks.” Graham said 14 cars carrying vinyl chloride were involved in the derailment “and have been exposed to fire,” and at least one “is intermittently releasing the contents of the car through a pressure release device as designed.”
https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-ohio-evacuations-fires-5d399dc745f51ef746e22828083d8591
Few days ago a train carrying hazardous materials derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. Crews have since been burning off the toxic chemicals. Claims that air/water quality are safe are turning out to be false. Evacuation orders are even being lifted as people return to the area. No-one died.
Controlled Release of Toxic Chemicals Planned to Avoid Explosion of Derailed Train
https://www.commondreams.org/news/toxic-chemical-release-avoid-derailed-train-explosion
This is a possibility in many US cities & towns, with densely populated areas at risk. Why is this? You know the answer--it's the most profitable way to do things. Oh, there may be a few accidents along the way (there have been), but...well, what you gonna do about it, huh?
#Trains #Chemicals #Explosions #Evacuation
#Plastics and #chemicals exceed the #PlanetaryBoundaries for novel entities, based on the excessive production rates, lack of transparency and toxicity data, and our inability to mitigate harm
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.1c04158
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Spending some time on a snowy Sunday to jot down some thoughts for @anjakrieger and @PlastispherePod. Many #chemicals in #plastics are #toxic! They harm human and environmental health and render safe #recycling a sheer pipedream.
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Interesting. Research on a new possible mosquito repellent.
"The new cyclic compounds had pleasant, much fainter odors and were easier to dissolve in water, meaning they can be formulated without high concentrations of alcohol. Some were as effective as DEET and picaridin at repelling Asian tiger mosquitos"
"France has dropped plans to allow sugar beet growers to use again this year a pesticide banned over risks to bees, after a European Union court rejected such exemptions, the country's agriculture minister said on Monday."
#Cigarettebutt filters are #toxic! They are made of a semisynthetic material and contribute to #microfiber pollution. They also contain 1000s of #chemicals. We found that leachates induced mortality and developmental deformities in midge larvae.
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Erbium [Er 068] is a lanthanide, a rare-earth element, originally found in the gadolinite mine in Ytterby, Sweden. A large variety of medical applications (i.e. dermatology, dentistry) rely on the erbium ion's 2940 nm emission, which is highly absorbed in water in tissues, making its effect very superficial making it helpful in laser surgery, and for the efficient production of steam which produces enamel ablation by common types of dental laser. #elements #periodictable #chemicals #erbium
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A fantastic opportunity to help design & implement new #groundwater #projects investigating #chemicals & #microplastic particles in the water environment
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Truly #brilliant man.
I had heard one of his favorite #parlor games was to drink #household #chemicals.
He knew the ones to drink and in what quantities along with neutralizing agents to prevent himself from any real harm.
The things he could have done with an actual computer from today...
"#Natural" doesn't mean it's safe. Strychnine is natural too.
"No #chemicals" is impossible. Everything in nature is made out of chemical compounds.
"No #poisons". Nearly everything in nature is poisonous. It's the dose that matters. You can be poisoned by water.
"Essential oils" are not essential. It's a pretty bad misnomer.
All these words above and more, are abused by people who reject #science and try to part you from your money by using scare tactics.
A producer of plant-based #organic #acids and a developer of synthetic bio-based materials and services are partnering on new #sustainable industrial #chemicals. https://sciencebusiness.technewslit.com/?p=44110 #Science #Business #Engineering #SyntheticBiology #Microbes #Chemistry
I’m an #environmental #policy professional living/working in #Brussels, current focus is #chemicals & #circulareconomy at the #EU level. Just started a new position at ECOS (enviro standards). I spent about 10 years in #rural central #pennsylvania working in #agriculture and in 2018 ran for office.
I’m a #mom to a nearly 6 year old, love to ride my #tern #ebike, and have an Australian Shepherd #dog named Mocha. I hope to (re)connect with many of my friends and followers 🥲
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A #scientist by background, but working on #environmentalpolicy for over 20 years, particularly #EUPolicy on #chemicals, #waste and #sustainability
My work includes #advocacy, #scicomm, #collaborating with #GreenNGOs, #academics, #policymakers & coping with #IndustryLobbying
Exec Dir #CHEMTrust, earlier worked 2x at #FriendsoftheEarth
Based #London #UK but focus on #EU level, so know #Brexit
first hand!
Have lived in #Brussels, #Glasgow, #Edinburgh, #York, #Boston
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