earthling<p>Climate Change Impacts on Toxins and Health Effects by Amal Saad-Hussein et al, 2025</p><p>This book covers the impact of global warming on environmental toxins, occupational toxins, food toxins, marine toxins and agricultural toxins. It discusses the current knowledge on the environmental and health effects of these toxins, and how these toxins could be aggravated through global warming and the worsening environmental conditions. </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonfiction</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxins</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a></p>
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Nonya Bidniss<p>On new Poisons and Pestilence podcast episode I was pleasantly surprised the guest was Reid Kirby, a <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23military" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#military</a> historian of chemical and biological weapons I used to correspond with on those matters from time to time. He discusses the history of <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ricin" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ricin</a> toxin. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23BiologicalWeapons" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BiologicalWeapons</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Toxins" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Toxins</a><br><br><a href="https://poisonsandpestilence.podbean.com/e/41-bonus-episode-poisoned-weapons-with-reid-kirby/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">41 Bonus Episode: Poisoned We...</a></p>
Bruce MacDonald<p>“You really want to know: ‘What’s in the air, what’s in the water, what’s in the ash that blew into my kitchen cabinet? Do I let my dog outside?’” she said. “All these questions were coming up and we thought, ‘We really need to serve the community.’” Indeed, while the initial findings will be focused on firefighters’ exposure, the team is also looking into residents’ exposure to heavy metals and chemicals.<br><a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-03-27/palisades-eaton-firefighters-high-levels-of-mercury-and-lead" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">latimes.com/california/story/2</span><span class="invisible">025-03-27/palisades-eaton-firefighters-high-levels-of-mercury-and-lead</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/toxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxins</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LAFires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LAFires</span></a></p>
rexi<p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-025-01733-9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41560-025</span><span class="invisible">-01733-9</span></a></p><p>(cheers, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, please don't forget to check for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxins</span></a> in a fire or violent pressure change) </p><p>"…exhibit a high ionic conductivity, low desolvation barrier and interface stabilization…enables stable, fast cycling of practical LMBs with high stability… 400 cycles…and high power density (pouch cell: 639.5 W kg−1). Furthermore, the Li-metal pouch cell survived nail penetration, revealing its high safety."</p>
H4Heights<p>This Septic Isle, this Plague Nation.<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/21/tonnes-sludge-uk-farmland-sewage-farms-toxins-food-system" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/mar/21/tonnes-sludge-uk-farmland-sewage-farms-toxins-food-system</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Shit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shit</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Toxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Toxins</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Farming</span></a></p>
Punk Metal n Bowie<p>ProPublica: Industry-Backed Legislation Would Bar the Use of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Science</span></a> Behind Hundreds of Environmental Protections<br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EPA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/toxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>toxins</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Cancer</span></a><br /><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/legislation-targets-epa-science-toxic-chemicals" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/legisla</span><span class="invisible">tion-targets-epa-science-toxic-chemicals</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>High <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bacteria</span></a> levels prompt <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/beach" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>beach</span></a> closures across several US States </p><p>NEW YORK, July 2: </p><p>"Several states have closed beaches to swimmers in recent days due to elevated levels of bacteria in the water, posing health risks to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/beachgoers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>beachgoers</span></a>.</p><p>"In <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Massachusetts</span></a>, the Department of Public Health (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MDPH" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MDPH</span></a>) reported closures at 37 beaches as of Monday afternoon due to 'bacterial exceedance.' High levels of fecal bacteria were detected, prompting warnings against swimming or entering the water to prevent potential illness.</p><p>"Meanwhile, in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Coronado" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Coronado</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>California</span></a>, three beaches have been closed since June 26 due to bacteria levels exceeding health standards, according to the San Diego County’s Department of Environmental Health and Quality. These closures are typically linked to sewage or chemical spills.</p><p>"In <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NewYork</span></a>’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SuffolkCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SuffolkCounty</span></a>, an advisory was issued last week against bathing at 63 beaches due to increased bacteria levels caused by heavy <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rainfall" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rainfall</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/stormwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>stormwater</span></a> runoff.</p><p>"Officials in Massachusetts identified the bacteria as enterococci, commonly found in the intestinal tracts of warm-blooded animals, including humans. The presence of enterococci suggests possible contamination of water bodies by fecal waste, as noted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Enterococci" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Enterococci</span></a> bacteria can cause various infections, including urinary tract infections and potentially severe conditions like blood infections and endocarditis, according to the National Institutes of Health.</p><p>"Heavy rains following prolonged droughts can wash animal or human excrement into water bodies, including oceans, while overwhelming sewage systems may lead to untreated sewage contaminating the water.</p><p>"Additionally, Massachusetts reported closures of two beaches due to high levels of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cyanobacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cyanobacteria</span></a>, also known as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlueGreenAlgae" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BlueGreenAlgae</span></a>. Although not infectious themselves, cyanobacteria can produce <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/toxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>toxins</span></a> harmful to humans upon ingestion, causing symptoms such as headaches, stomach pain, and skin irritation."</p><p>Read more:</p><p><a href="https://www.arabtimesonline.com/news/high-bacteria-levels-prompt-beach-closures-across-several-us-states/#google_vignette" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">arabtimesonline.com/news/high-</span><span class="invisible">bacteria-levels-prompt-beach-closures-across-several-us-states/#google_vignette</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WaterPollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Extinction</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Um, water filters are great for humans, but what are all the other living beings who rely on water going to do? smh</p><p>What to do if you’re worried about “<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForeverChemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ForeverChemicals</span></a>” in your drinking water</p><p>A new EPA rule imposes federal regulations for the first time. Here’s what you can do on your own. </p><p>By Li Zhouli@vox.com<br />Apr 11, 2024, </p><p>"In the meantime, there are things individuals can do to reduce their exposure to the chemicals: First, they can check with their public utility about whether there has been PFAS detected in their area. (If they use a private well, they can get it tested.) And if PFAS has been found in their water supply, they can utilize filtration systems to screen it out."</p><p><a href="https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/7/7/23787372/pfas-forever-chemicals-drinking-water-filters" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">vox.com/politics/2023/7/7/2378</span><span class="invisible">7372/pfas-forever-chemicals-drinking-water-filters</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PFAS</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PFOA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Toxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Toxins</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Extinction</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Wool can be made without killing animals. I think we need to go back to using <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hemp" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hemp</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wood" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wood</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wool" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wool</span></a> -- and less synthetics. But most of all, make furniture and rugs that last -- so generation after generation can use them!</p><p>What You Need to Know About <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OffGassing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OffGassing</span></a></p><p>Even after an install, a project’s furnishings and finishes can leach harmful chemicals into the air for years through a process called off-gassing. Here’s how you can combat it.</p><p>by Audrey Gray</p><p>"'Okay, I want to tell you about some things,' she recalls telling her client, going on to carefully explain the dangers inherent in both flooring choices—primarily the health impacts of chemical inhalants. Not only would these <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/chemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>chemicals</span></a> flood a home during the installation of new <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/carpet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>carpet</span></a> or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/vinyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>vinyl</span></a> planks, but they would continue to gradually leach into the air for years to come—a more subtle (but dangerous) process referred to as off-gassing. Thompson didn’t want her client’s family exposed to a vapor stew of chemicals every day, least of all in the yoga space, where the whole point was to breathe deeply while near the floor.</p><p>"She offered her client some carefully sourced options such as an all-wool carpet with a natural <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rubber" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rubber</span></a> pad, and advocated for solid, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sustainably" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sustainably</span></a> sourced wood downstairs instead of a composite of plastics. 'I thought she’d be excited,' Thompson says. 'But because of her beliefs about animal rights, I learned that wool wasn’t acceptable to her…and there were price point issues too. I thought, ‘Wow, this is a whole new level I hadn’t encountered.’”</p><p>"Welcome to what materials experts call 'one of the most complicated issues in health and wellness,' the murky and unregulated (at least in the U.S.—Europe is much stricter) relationships humans have with thousands of airborne <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/toxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>toxins</span></a> emanating from our building materials, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/furnishings" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>furnishings</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CleaningProducts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CleaningProducts</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CarInteriors" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CarInteriors</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/iPads" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>iPads</span></a>, and even <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/candles" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>candles</span></a>.</p><p>"'Nobody’s telling you what is coming from all those vapors mixing in the air,' says Jillian Pritchard Cooke, the founder of Wellness Within Your Walls, an education consultancy focused on dramatically reducing the dangers of off-gassing in the built environment. 'It’s up to us to understand the individual effects each chemical can have on your <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NervousSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NervousSystem</span></a>, your <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lungs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lungs</span></a>, and your cellular makeup. We need to be doing right by our clients.'</p><p>"Designers have, of course, been aware of the dangers of volatile organic compounds (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VOCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VOCs</span></a>) for a long time, and have helped influence some wins in the marketplace, like the rising popularity of low- or no-VOC paints and the 2015 ban Home Depot and Lowe’s instituted in 2015 on toxic <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/phthalates" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>phthalates</span></a> (a class of industrial chemicals that help make plastic bendy) in flooring.</p><p>"But the problem endures, and unfortunately, many of the worst effects of VOCs—showing up in health conditions—accumulate over long periods of time. </p><p>"One of the best arguments for incorporating <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>vintage</span></a> pieces in design, apart from saving space in landfills and decreasing carbon emissions, is that they are far safer from an off-gassing perspective. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Recycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Recycling</span></a> building materials (for instance, saving the doors during a retrofit) helps too."</p><p><a href="https://getpocket.com/explore/item/what-you-need-to-know-about-off-gassing?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">getpocket.com/explore/item/wha</span><span class="invisible">t-you-need-to-know-about-off-gassing?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Recycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Recycle</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Repair" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Repair</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Reuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Reuse</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThrowawayCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ThrowawayCulture</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Synthetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Synthetics</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Plastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Plastics</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Underconsumption" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Underconsumption</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Gut <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/microbiota" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>microbiota</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/neurological" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>neurological</span></a> effects of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/glyphosate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>glyphosate</span></a></p><p>by Lola Rueda-Ruzafa , Francisco Cruz, Pablo Roman, Diana Cardona </p><p>August, 2019</p><p>"There are currently various concerns regarding certain <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>environmental</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/toxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>toxins</span></a> and the possible impact they can have on developmental diseases. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Glyphosate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Glyphosate</span></a> (Gly) is the most utilised <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/herbicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>herbicide</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>agriculture</span></a>, although its widespread use is generating controversy in the scientific world because of its probable carcinogenic effect on human cells. Gly performs as an inhibitor of 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phospate synthase (EPSP synthase), not only in plants, but also in bacteria. An inhibiting effect on EPSP synthase from intestinal microbiota has been reported, affecting mainly beneficial bacteria. To the contrary, Clostridium spp. and Salmonella strains are shown to be resistant to Gly. Consequently, researchers have suggested that Gly can cause <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dysbiosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dysbiosis</span></a>, a phenomenon which is characterised by an imbalance between beneficial and pathogenic <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/microorganisms" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>microorganisms</span></a>. The overgrowth of bacteria such as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/clostridia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>clostridia</span></a> generates high levels of noxious metabolites in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/brain" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>brain</span></a>, which can contribute to the development of neurological deviations. This work reviews the impact of Gly-induced intestinal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dysbiosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dysbiosis</span></a> on the central nervous system, focusing on emotional, neurological and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/neurodegenerative" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>neurodegenerative</span></a> disorders. A wide variety of factors were investigated in relation to brain-related changes, including highlighting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/genetic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>genetic</span></a> abnormalities, pregnancy-associated problems, diet, infections, vaccines and heavy metals. However, more studies are required to determine the implication of the most internationally used herbicide, Gly, in behavioural disorders."</p><p><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31442459/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/314424</span><span class="invisible">59/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Monsanto" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Monsanto</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Roundup" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Roundup</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Farmers</span></a> allege link between popular <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/herbicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>herbicide</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Parkinsons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Parkinsons</span></a> disease</p><p>November 29, 2023</p><p>"It is against the law to use <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/paraquat" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>paraquat</span></a> in China, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and dozens of other countries. Many countries have banned the herbicide due to its extreme <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/toxicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>toxicity</span></a>, while others have expressed concerns over the possible risk for Parkinson's disease.</p><p>"Yet the herbicide, manufactured by a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Swiss" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Swiss</span></a> company that is owned by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Chinese</span></a> state, is still widely used throughout the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> in part because it is a highly effective way to kill weeds. </p><p>"The company, Syngenta, says that paraquat, which it produces under the name Gramoxone, 'is safe for its intended and labelled use.'</p><p>"Clayton Tucholke, who used Gramoxone for years on his farm in LaBolt, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthDakota" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SouthDakota</span></a>, and has since been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, says otherwise.</p><p>"'It should have been pulled, I think, you know, so it didn't happen to somebody else,' Tucholke told ABC News.</p><p>"A 76-year-old father and grandfather, Tucholke lived on his farm with his wife Denise, but as the symptoms of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Parkinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Parkinson</span></a>'s have worsened, he says he was forced to give up his career in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>agriculture</span></a> and had to move to the nearby town of Milbank to be closer to medical professionals.</p><p>"Daily tasks have become arduous for Tucholke, who now has to travel to physical therapy three times a week to slow the progression of his symptoms.</p><p>"'This man was so independent,' Denise Tucholke said. 'And his independence has been taken from him, which is unfair.'</p><p>"The Tucholkes are among the more than 4,000 Americans who have filed lawsuits as part of a multi-district litigation against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Syngenta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Syngenta</span></a>, which currently manufactures <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gramoxone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gramoxone</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chevron" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Chevron</span></a>, which distributed it in the U.S. from 1966 until 1986.</p><p>"Although Syngenta and Chevron told ABC News that there is no scientific evidence that supports a causal link between <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/paraquat" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>paraquat</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Parkinsonsdisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Parkinsonsdisease</span></a>, the Tucholkes and other plaintiffs allege that such a link exists, arguing that Syngenta and Chevron knew or should have known that the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/herbicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>herbicide</span></a> could 'cause severe <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/neurological" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>neurological</span></a> injuries.'</p><p>"'Our daughter and son-in-law are still <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>farming</span></a>. I think any time [a] chemical is applied to the fields that they have to use, they should know what's going to happen,' Denise Tucholke said.</p><p>"'All the generations that are coming up afterwards need to know,' she said."</p><p>Read more:<br /><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/farmers-allege-link-between-popular-herbicide-and-parkinson-s-disease/ar-AA1kG0mK?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=023a0b3dc83c49e3943ad9df4c7fd305&ei=12" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/health/other/far</span><span class="invisible">mers-allege-link-between-popular-herbicide-and-parkinson-s-disease/ar-AA1kG0mK?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=023a0b3dc83c49e3943ad9df4c7fd305&ei=12</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SyngentaKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SyngentaKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChevronKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ChevronKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Herbicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Herbicide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Toxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Toxins</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EnvironmentalPollution</span></a></p>
Polyrical - music and politics<p>Plastitastrophe</p><p>Plastics and Human Health - Minder-Monaco Commission<br />Consuming Plastic - Matte<br />Plastic Recycling and Toxins - Perkins<br />Dow Sneaker Recycling Program - Doctorow<br />US Plastic Recycling - The Last Beach Cleanup and Beyond Plastics<br />Defending Litterers - Taheri<br />Buy Nothing Movement - Bajwa<br />Moment of Zinn - The Sugarcubes - “Dear Plastic”</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/plastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>plastic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/recycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>recycling</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/litter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>litter</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dow" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dow</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/toxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>toxins</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/buynothing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>buynothing</span></a></p><p><a href="https://movingtrainmedia.com/ycbn/plastitastrophe" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">movingtrainmedia.com/ycbn/plas</span><span class="invisible">titastrophe</span></a></p>
Leftist Lawyer<p>Alternative definition of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Capitalism</span></a>:</p><p>The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>state</span></a> sanctioned <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/embezzlement" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>embezzlement</span></a> from our progeny of the natural resources presently entrusted to us. </p><p>Think about it. The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Econ" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Econ</span></a> 101 definition of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>profit</span></a> can be summarized by unit of production as the amount the public is willing to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pay</span></a>, less the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/expense" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>expense</span></a> of production. Simple, right? </p><p>Wrong.</p><p>Because "production" always produces things (called negative externalities) that impact the purchasing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/public" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>public</span></a> long after production, that simply don't get counted as an expense of production. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Heat" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Heat</span></a>. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CO2" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CO2</span></a>. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Refuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Refuse</span></a>. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Toxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Toxins</span></a>. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Depression" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Depression</span></a>. Etc. You will never see these expenses of production on the product label, because those things, are the "profit" we ALLOW the capitalists to pocket.</p><p>Now, in the past, we thought this was ok because we didn't understand the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/relationship" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>relationship</span></a> between the capitalist "economy" and the law of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>conservation</span></a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>energy</span></a>. We failed to understand we're working within a closed system. Any physicist worth a shit sees the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/insanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>insanity</span></a> of this system today.</p><p>That's the root of this <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/toot" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>toot</span></a>: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/@LeftistLawyer/109368652923920994" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kolektiva.social/@LeftistLawye</span><span class="invisible">r/109368652923920994</span></a>. The time of not <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/accounting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>accounting</span></a> for the real <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/costs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>costs</span></a> of capitalism is done. Every year we continue to allow this reckless system to persist, we <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/embezzle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>embezzle</span></a> the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/resources" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>resources</span></a> of our children's future. It's an antiquated, and profoundly dangerous, arguably criminal, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/economic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>economic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/system" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>system</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environmentalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Environmentalism</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ecology</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Physics</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Children" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Children</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Socialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Socialist</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Anarchist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Anarchist</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ClimateAction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CO2" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CO2</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KeepItInTheGround" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KeepItInTheGround</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NaturalResources" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NaturalResources</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Crime</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Criminal</span></a></p>
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