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I Ate'nt Dead, or mayben't I am? 😂

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ContamiNation My Quest to Survive in a Toxic World by McKay Jenkins

An investigation into the dangers of the chemicals present in our daily lives, along with practical advice for reducing these toxins in our bodies and homes, from acclaimed journalist McKay Jenkins.

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A few years ago, journalism professor McKay Jenkins went in for a routine medical exam. What doctors found was not routine at all: a tumor, the size of a navel orange, was lurking in his abdomen. When Jenkins returned to the hospital to have the tumor removed, he was visited by a couple of researchers with clipboards. They had some questions for him. Odd questions. How much exposure had he had to toxic chemicals and other contaminants? Asbestos dust? Vinyl chlorine? Pesticides? A million questions, all about seemingly obscure chemicals. Jenkins, an exercise nut and an enviro-conscious, organic-garden kind of guy, suddenly realized he'd spent his life marinating in toxic stuff, from his wall-to-wall carpeting, to his dryer sheets, to his drinking water.
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    Chemical Soups Around Cool Stars

    This artist's conception shows a young, hypothetical planet around a cool star. A soupy mix of potentially life-forming chemicals can be seen pooling around the base of the jagged rocks.

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    : in Current Biology finds infant pigtailed visiting 3 x more likely to die young from poisoning. are detrimental to infant development https://www.idiv.de/en/news/news_single_view/5235.html

    #News: #Research in Current Biology finds infant pigtailed #macaques visiting #palmoil #plantations 3 x more likely to die young from #pesticide poisoning. #Agricultural #chemicals are detrimental to infant development #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife https://www.idiv.de/en/news/news_single_view/5235.html

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    The Science and Technology of the Environment

    Understanding current environmental issues requires having a critical eye to all information related to the release and distribution of chemicals into the environment.

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    This new book offers scientists, researchers, and students an essential understanding of natural environments and the way in which they function by providing clear explanations of the fundamental aspects of environmental science and technology from a multidisciplinary perspective. Written in a convenient and easy-to-read style, this volume covers the important aspects of environmental science and technology, focusing on the many issues that are related to the effects of chemical waste on various ecosystems as well as on pollutant mitigation and clean-up. The volume discusses several key environmental problems such as pollution, ozone layer depletion, acid rain, and global warming affecting the Earth’s atmosphere, aquasphere, and geosphere over the past four decades. The author takes an interdisciplinary approach to explain the environmental conditions of earth affected by physical, chemical, biological, and human interactions that transform and transport materials and energy. The Science and Technology of the Environment is a ready-at-hand guide to the many issues that are related to the effects of chemicals on various ecosystems as well as to pollutant mitigation and clean-up (...) Provides an essential understanding of natural environments and how they function by giving clear explanations of the fundamental aspects of environmental science and technology from a multidisciplinary perspective.
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    The Has Found More Than a Dozen Contaminants in Drinking but Hasn’t Set Safety Limits on Them

    The inaction on regulating contaminants — including those that likely cause , reproductive or developmental issues — found in the water of millions of Americans illustrates shortcomings in the U.S. response to environmental threats, say experts.

    https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-safe-drinking-water-act-contaminants-regulation?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

    ScienceDesk , to Random stuff
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    There are thousands of facilities storing large quantities of hazardous chemicals in the U.S.

    Axios has an interactive tracker that answers: "Where are they, what are they and what happens when things go wrong?"

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    EPA Approved a Fuel Ingredient Even Though It Could Cause in Virtually Every Person Exposed Over a Lifetime

    An document shows that a new ingredient has a lifetime cancer risk more than 1 million times higher than what the agency usually finds acceptable — even greater than another Chevron fuel’s sky-high risk disclosed earlier this year.

    https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-approved-chevron-fuel-ingredient-cancer-risk-plastics-biofuel?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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