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jeanoappleseedFor decades, I ate Grape Nuts for breakfast. <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Eggs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Eggs</a> were off limits due to <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/HighCholesterol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HighCholesterol</a>. When I discovered I had <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ElevatedGlucose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElevatedGlucose</a>, I had to cut carbs. No Grape Nuts in 6 months now!I easily eat 18 eggs a weeks!! And my cholesterol is the best it's ever been! I’m gobsmacked. It's like my glucose issues (though barely scratching the surface) were affecting my cholesterol. And my glucose is too under control.But the insurance no longer wants to pay for the <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/CGM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CGM</a> (<a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ContinuousGlucoseMonitor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ContinuousGlucoseMonitor</a>) which is the tool that has allowed me to get my blood in such perfect condition - overall BEST TESTS in about 30 years. They don't want to pay because I'm not diabetic. At least not technically. Though I've never done an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test.However, certain foods I must avoid completely or my glucose spikes and start going like a roller coaster. And they haven't told me what that is. To me, it sounds like, you know… diabetes… But the A1C test is now normal (was pre-diabetic). But it's normal because the CGM shows me when I don't eat the right things/quantities/combinations. And it's allowing me to learn. Could it be that I am beginning to be diabetic but able to manage it because of the sensor? And the endocrinologist I had gone to see has quit. Not that she was that useful. So checking again with my doctor

DoomsdaysCWNotorious US <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChemicalPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ChemicalPlant</a> polluting water with toxic <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PFAS</a>, lawsuit claims Complaint says <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chemours" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Chemours</a> factory dramatized in Hollywood movie <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DarkWaters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#DarkWaters</a> continues to pollute <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WestVirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WestVirginia</a> river by Tom Perkins, January 27, 2025"The chemical giant Chemours’s notorious West Virginia PFAS plant is regularly polluting nearby water with high levels of toxic 'forever chemicals', a new lawsuit alleges."It represents the latest salvo in a decades-old fight over pollution from the plant, called Washington Works, which continues despite public health advocates winning significant legal battles.The new federal complaint claims <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WashingtonWorks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WashingtonWorks</a> has been spitting out levels of PFAS waste significantly higher than what a discharge permit has allowed since 2023, which is contaminating the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OhioRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#OhioRiver</a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ParkersburgWestVirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ParkersburgWestVirginia</a>, a town of about 50,000 people in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Appalachia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Appalachia</a>."The factory was the focal point of a Hollywood movie, Dark Waters. It dramatized the story of how the pollution widely sickened Parkersburg residents, and the David v Goliath legal saga in which a group of residents and attorneys took on Chemours, then part of DuPont. The findings ‘highlight the importance of careful scrutiny of novel chemicals’, said Irene Jacz, a study co-author and Iowa State economist."An epidemiological study stemming from the case blew the lid off of the health risks of PFAS, and ultimately cost <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DuPont" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#DuPont</a> about $700m."Though the landmark case still reverberates across the regulatory landscape, the suit started almost 25 years ago, concluded in 2016, and Chemours’s pollution continues. The new lawsuit is part of other legal actions related to the facility that have filled the gap left by weak regulatory action, local advocates say. The never-ending struggle 'wears you out', added Joe Kiger, a Parkersburg resident who was one of the original litigants in 2001."'We have put up with this for 24 years, and [Chemours] is still polluting, they’re still putting this stuff in the water,' Kiger said."The new lawsuit, filed by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WestVirginiaRiversCoalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WestVirginiaRiversCoalition</a>, alleges 'numerous violations' since the level of PFAS the company is permitted to discharge per a consent order was lowered in early 2023. Among the contaminants are <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PFOA</a>, a PFAS chemical to which virtually no level of exposure in drinking water is safe, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalProtectionAgency" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#EnvironmentalProtectionAgency</a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#EPA</a>) has found. It also includes <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GenX" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#GenX</a>, a compound for which the EPA has similarly found very low exposure levels can cause health problems."The EPA ordered Chemours to take corrective action, but the company has done nothing in response, and the agency has not taken further action, the suit states. The complaint does not mention drinking water, which is largely filtered. But the suit alleges the ongoing pollution prevents residents from using the river for recreation."In a statement, Chemours said the 'concerns are being addressed' through the consent order. It also noted it was renewing discharge permits with the state, and was working with regulators 'to navigate both the consent order and the permit renewal process'."'Chemours recognizes the Coalition as a community stakeholder and invites the Coalition to engage directly with the Washington Works team,' a spokesperson wrote."The EPA and West Virginia Rivers Coalition declined to comment because litigation is ongoing."Kiger and others who have taken on Chemours and DuPont railed against the company, accusing it of 'greed' and putting profits above residents’ health. Some in Parkersburg refer to the waste as the 'Devil's Piss'."'They do what they can to make money,' said Harry Deitzler, a West Virginia attorney who helped lead past lawsuits. "'The officers in the corporation sometimes don’t care about what’s right and wrong – they need to make money for shareholders and the lawsuits make everyone play by the same rules.'"Still, most residents are not aware of the ongoing pollution, those who spoke with the Guardian say. Chemours is a large employer that still wields power locally, and spends heavily on charitable giving. Many remain supportive of the company, regardless of the pollution, Kiger said."'That’s the kind of stuff you’re up against,' he added. 'People put a blind trust in them. It could be snowing out and Chemours would tell everyone it’s 80F [27C] and sunny, and everyone will grab their tan lotion.'"The saga began in the late 1990s when the plant’s pollution was suspected of sickening nearby livestock, and an investigation by attorneys revealed the alarming levels at which PFAS was being discharged into the water and environment."A class action lawsuit yielded about $70m in damages for area residents in 2004, but the litigation did not prove DuPont’s PFAS pollution was behind a rash of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#cancer</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KidneyDisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#KidneyDisease</a>, stubbornly high cholesterol and other widespread health problems in the region. "Instead of dividing the settlement up among tens of thousands of residents, which would have only provided each with several hundred dollars, the money went toward developing an epidemiological study with independent scientists to verify that widespread local health issues were caused by DuPont’s pollution."The move was a gamble that ultimately paid off – the study of about 70,000 people showed by 2012 that PFOA probably caused some forms of cancer, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThyroidDisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ThyroidDisease</a>, persistently <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HighCholesterol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#HighCholesterol</a>, pregnancy-induced <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hypertension" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#hypertension</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/autoimmune" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#autoimmune</a> problems. "Subsequent studies have shown links between the chemical and a host of other serious health problems – <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BirthDefects" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BirthDefects</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/neurotoxicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#neurotoxicity</a>, kidney disease and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LiverDisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LiverDisease</a> – that residents in the area suffered."DuPont and Chemours in 2017 settled for $671m in costs for about 3,500 injury suits, and have paid more to install water-filtration systems throughout the region. Separately, Chemours in 2023 settled with the state of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ohio" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Ohio</a> for $110m for pollution largely from Washington Works."The EPA and state regulatory agencies have at times been staffed with former DuPont managers or industry allies, and litigation has been the only way to get any meaningful movement, said Rob Bilott, the attorney who led the original class-action suit.'"It’s infuriating,' Bilott said. 'It took decades of making DuPont documents and internal data public, and getting the story out through movies, news articles, books and public engagement, and that’s what finally pushed the needle here. This is the impact of citizens forcing it through decades of litigation.'"The latest lawsuit is a citizen’s suit under the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CleanWaterAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#CleanWaterAct</a>. Such suits give citizens the power to ask a judge to enforce federal law when a polluter is violating it and regulators fail to act."The lawsuit asks a judge to order the company to pay $66,000 for each day it has been in violation, which is stipulated in the permit. That would total around $50m, but the main goal is to stop the pollution."The EPA has acknowledged Chemours is violating the law, but has 'taken no further enforcement action regarding Chemours’s violations as of the date of this complaint', the suit reads."Source: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/27/chemours-pfas-pollution-lawsuit" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/27/chemours-pfas-pollution-lawsuit</a>Archived: <a href="https://archive.ph/p3wA6" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://archive.ph/p3wA6</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFASPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PFASPollution</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PollutionRunoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PollutionRunoff</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DevilsPiss" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#DevilsPiss</a>

Punk Metal n BowieOregonLive: People’s Pharmacy: Doctors should warn of psychosis side effect of this commonly prescribed medication <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/atorvastatin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#atorvastatin</a> for high LDL cholesterol. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/highcholesterol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#highcholesterol</a> <a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/advice/2024/03/peoples-pharmacy-doctors-should-warn-of-psychosis-side-effect-of-this-commonly-prescribed-medication.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.oregonlive.com/advice/2024/03/peoples-pharmacy-doctors-should-warn-of-psychosis-side-effect-of-this-commonly-prescribed-medication.html</a>

DoomsdaysCWIt's about f-ing time!!! WTF!The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#EPA</a> is proposing that '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForeverChemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ForeverChemicals</a>' be considered <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hazardous" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#hazardous</a> substances by Ayana ArchieFeb, 02 2024 "The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing that nine <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PFAS</a>, also known as "forever chemicals," be categorized as hazardous to human health."The EPA signed a proposal Wednesday that would deem the chemicals "hazardous constituents" under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act."For the agency to consider a substance a hazardous constituent, it has to be toxic or cause cancer, genetic mutation or the malformations of an embryo. The full list of the nine substances can be found here."The agency cited various studies in which forever chemicals were found to cause a litany of "t#oxic effects" in humans and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#animals</a>, including, but not limited to cancer, a decreased response to vaccinations, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HighCholesterol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#HighCholesterol</a>, decrease in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fertility" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#fertility</a> in women, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/preeclampsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#preeclampsia</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/thyroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#thyroid</a> disorders and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/asthma" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#asthma</a>, the EPA said."Short for "per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances," PFAS cover thousands of man-made chemicals. PFAS are often used for manufacturing purposes, such as in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NonstickCookware" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#NonstickCookware</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/adhesives" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#adhesives</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/firefighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#firefighting</a> foam, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/turf" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#turf</a> and more [ex, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SkiWax" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#SkiWax</a>]."PFAS have been called "forever chemicals" because they break down very slowly and can accumulate in people, animals and the environment. Last summer, a study by the U.S. Geological Survey found that the man-made chemicals are present in nearly half the country's tap water supply."The survey tested for 32 types of PFAS, though there are more than 12,000, the USGS said, and they can pose a health threat even at very small amounts."In June, the chemical manufacturer 3M said it would pay about $10 billion in lawsuit settlements to help detoxify water supplies across the country, after plaintiffs claimed the company's firefighting foam and other products were responsible for contaminating <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TapWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#TapWater</a> with PFAS."The proposed rule will be open for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicComment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PublicComment</a> once it is uploaded to the Federal Register, under docket number EPA-HQ-OLEM-2023-0278."<a href="https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/npr/1228540721/the-epa-is-proposing-that-forever-chemicals-be-considered-hazardous-substances" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/npr/1228540721/the-epa-is-proposing-that-forever-chemicals-be-considered-hazardous-substances</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFASPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PFASPollution</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PFOS</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Wildlife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Cancer</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Contamination" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Contamination</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Chemicals</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodPackaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FoodPackaging</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Plastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Plastics</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FireFightingFoam" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FireFightingFoam</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Firefighters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Firefighters</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Mining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lubricants" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Lubricants</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Electronics</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Cosmetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Cosmetics</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PFOS</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PFNA</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFHxS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PFHxS</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFB" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PFB</a> GenXChemicals <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PFOA</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Toxic</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DowChemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#DowChemical</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DuPont" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#DuPont</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/3M" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#3M</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BASF" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BASF</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Teflon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Teflon</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RainWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#RainWater</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SkiWax" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#SkiWax</a>

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