#arsenic — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #arsenic, aggregated by home.social.
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Illustration by R. C. Kedzie, from Shadows from the Walls of Death (1874).
Source: US National Library of Medicine / Internet Archive
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/1f7c39e7-fc04-4009-91c8-778a659aa549
#poison #wallpaper #decorative #green #arsenic #death #patterns #color #decorations #design #art #publicdomain
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Illustration by R. C. Kedzie, from Shadows from the Walls of Death (1874).
Source: US National Library of Medicine / Internet Archive
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/1f7c39e7-fc04-4009-91c8-778a659aa549
#poison #wallpaper #decorative #green #arsenic #death #patterns #color #decorations #design #art #publicdomain
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Austin neighborhood tap water tests uncover lead and arsenic in homes https://phys.org/news/2026-07-austin-neighborhood-uncover-arsenic-homes.html
#Austin #environment #water #tapwater #lead #arsenic #pollution
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Austin neighborhood tap water tests uncover lead and arsenic in homes https://phys.org/news/2026-07-austin-neighborhood-uncover-arsenic-homes.html
#Austin #environment #water #tapwater #lead #arsenic #pollution
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Protect Groundwater from Arsenic at Grand Canyon Uranium Mine
Arsenic levels are rising in a uranium mine's monitoring well near the #GrandCanyon. The mining company is asking Arizona regulators to raise the well's #arsenic limit at Pinyon Plain #uranium mine (formerly Canyon Mine).
#PublicLands
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Protect Groundwater from Arsenic at Grand Canyon Uranium Mine
**Arsenic levels are rising in a uranium mine's monitoring well near the Grand Canyon.** The mining company is asking Arizona regulators to raise the well's #arsenic limit at Pinyon Plain #uranium mine (formerly Canyon Mine). Raising the limit could put precious #GrandCanyon region groundwater at risk.
#PublicLands
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 💧☠️ In the Argentinian #Andes, San Antonio de los Cobres residents drink #water with #arsenic levels 20 times the safe limit.
#Uppsala University researchers found they carry a #gene variant that turns arsenic into a form their bodies can safely flush out.
👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/humans-in-the-andes-seem-to-have-evolved-a-strange-genetic-ability
#argentina #evolution #genetics #naturalselection #dna #biology #science #sanantoniodeloscobres #atacama #health #medicine
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 💧☠️ In the Argentinian #Andes, San Antonio de los Cobres residents drink #water with #arsenic levels 20 times the safe limit.
#Uppsala University researchers found they carry a #gene variant that turns arsenic into a form their bodies can safely flush out.
👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/humans-in-the-andes-seem-to-have-evolved-a-strange-genetic-ability
#argentina #evolution #genetics #naturalselection #dna #biology #science #sanantoniodeloscobres #atacama #health #medicine
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Hello les ergonautes, est-ce qu'il existe une version du cavalier (https://ergol.org/installation/cavalier.pdf) avec toutes les layers de symboles visibles à un seul endroit ? (4 par touches)
De même pour Kanata+Arsenic en version vim-friendly, est-ce qu'un cavalier ISO existe ?
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Hello les ergonautes, est-ce qu'il existe une version du cavalier (https://ergol.org/installation/cavalier.pdf) avec toutes les layers de symboles visibles à un seul endroit ? (4 par touches)
De même pour Kanata+Arsenic en version vim-friendly, est-ce qu'un cavalier ISO existe ?
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Hello les ergonautes, est-ce qu'il existe une version du cavalier (https://ergol.org/installation/cavalier.pdf) avec toutes les layers de symboles visibles à un seul endroit ? (4 par touches)
De même pour Kanata+Arsenic en version vim-friendly, est-ce qu'un cavalier ISO existe ?
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Hello les ergonautes, est-ce qu'il existe une version du cavalier (https://ergol.org/installation/cavalier.pdf) avec toutes les layers de symboles visibles à un seul endroit ? (4 par touches)
De même pour Kanata+Arsenic en version vim-friendly, est-ce qu'un cavalier ISO existe ?
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Hello les ergonautes, est-ce qu'il existe une version du cavalier (https://ergol.org/installation/cavalier.pdf) avec toutes les layers de symboles visibles à un seul endroit ? (4 par touches)
De même pour Kanata+Arsenic en version vim-friendly, est-ce qu'un cavalier ISO existe ?
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#Pollution à l’ #arsenic et au #plomb : des #écoles touchées, et des alertes ignorées
En avril une alerte a été déclenchée à #BagneauxsurLoing en #SeineetMarne en raison d’une pollution aux métaux lourds due à 2 usines, Keraglass https://www.keraglass.com/en/home et Corning https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corning_(entreprise) Des taux alarmants de plomb ont été mesurés dans l’école maternelle entre 2023 et 2025. En réalité, cela fait plus de15 ans que les signaux d’alerte se multiplient https://reporterre.net/Pollution-a-l-arsenic-et-au-plomb-des-ecoles-touchees-et-des-alertes-ignorees
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Plomb, arsenic, cadmium : pourquoi il faut se méfier de la poterie
> Face à l’engouement pour la poterie, des céramistes s’inquiètent des dangers liés à l’émail et mettent en place des mesures protectrices dans leur atelier. Elles espèrent une prise de conscience du milieu et des autorités sanitaires.
https://reporterre.net/Faire-de-la-poterie-peut-exposer-aux-metaux-lourds
#Santé #Alimentation #Céramiques #Poteries #Métaux_lourds #Plomb #Arsenic #Cadmium #FdC #RevueDePresse
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Plomb, arsenic, cadmium : pourquoi il faut se méfier de la poterie
> Face à l’engouement pour la poterie, des céramistes s’inquiètent des dangers liés à l’émail et mettent en place des mesures protectrices dans leur atelier. Elles espèrent une prise de conscience du milieu et des autorités sanitaires.
https://reporterre.net/Faire-de-la-poterie-peut-exposer-aux-metaux-lourds
#Santé #Alimentation #Céramiques #Poteries #Métaux_lourds #Plomb #Arsenic #Cadmium #FdC #RevueDePresse
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Plomb, arsenic, cadmium : pourquoi il faut se méfier de la poterie
> Face à l’engouement pour la poterie, des céramistes s’inquiètent des dangers liés à l’émail et mettent en place des mesures protectrices dans leur atelier. Elles espèrent une prise de conscience du milieu et des autorités sanitaires.
https://reporterre.net/Faire-de-la-poterie-peut-exposer-aux-metaux-lourds
#Santé #Alimentation #Céramiques #Poteries #Métaux_lourds #Plomb #Arsenic #Cadmium #FdC #RevueDePresse
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Plomb, arsenic, cadmium : pourquoi il faut se méfier de la poterie
> Face à l’engouement pour la poterie, des céramistes s’inquiètent des dangers liés à l’émail et mettent en place des mesures protectrices dans leur atelier. Elles espèrent une prise de conscience du milieu et des autorités sanitaires.
https://reporterre.net/Faire-de-la-poterie-peut-exposer-aux-metaux-lourds
#Santé #Alimentation #Céramiques #Poteries #Métaux_lourds #Plomb #Arsenic #Cadmium #FdC #RevueDePresse
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Plomb, arsenic, cadmium : pourquoi il faut se méfier de la poterie
> Face à l’engouement pour la poterie, des céramistes s’inquiètent des dangers liés à l’émail et mettent en place des mesures protectrices dans leur atelier. Elles espèrent une prise de conscience du milieu et des autorités sanitaires.
https://reporterre.net/Faire-de-la-poterie-peut-exposer-aux-metaux-lourds
#Santé #Alimentation #Céramiques #Poteries #Métaux_lourds #Plomb #Arsenic #Cadmium #FdC #RevueDePresse
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Illustration by R. C. Kedzie, from Shadows from the Walls of Death (1874).
Source: US National Library of Medicine / Internet Archive
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/76a9a54b-aad2-4bd3-9104-edfc80c49352
#poison #wallpaper #decorative #green #arsenic #death #patterns #color #decorations #design #art #publicdomain
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Illustration by R. C. Kedzie, from Shadows from the Walls of Death (1874).
Source: US National Library of Medicine / Internet Archive
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/76a9a54b-aad2-4bd3-9104-edfc80c49352
#poison #wallpaper #decorative #green #arsenic #death #patterns #color #decorations #design #art #publicdomain
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(Thanks Brenda Norrell) https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/05/protest-energy-fuels-uranium-mines-at.html#more
Energy Fuels Pinyon Plain uranium mine (near the #GrandCanyon) wants state regulators to allow a higher level of arsenic in groundwater Coconino aquifer under the facility.
https://www.knau.org/knau-and-arizona-news/2026-05-18/scientists-uranium-mining-company-clash-on-allowing-higher-arsenic-levels-in-groundwater -
The libs are SO owned right now
https://piefed.social/c/political_memes/p/2075916/the-libs-are-so-owned-right-now
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The libs are SO owned right now
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Same Old Songs [création sonore et diffusion, avec Flavio Virzi, de la nouvelle pièce de danse de Maud Blandel, avec Jessica Allemann, Lou Couton, Karine Dahouindji et Maya Masse (en alternance)].
10.06 @ Arsenic, Lausanne (Première)
11.06 @ ´´ ´´
12.06 @ ´´ ´´
13.06 @ ´´ ´´https://arsenic.ch/en/spectacle/maud-blandel-same-old-songs/
#maudblandel #romainsimon #batonxxl #virginiawoolf #arsenic #lausanne #dansecontemporaine
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Illustration by R. C. Kedzie, from Shadows from the Walls of Death (1874).
Source: US National Library of Medicine / Internet Archive
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b1bbf688-07e8-4991-a156-ef680e41ec58
#poison #wallpaper #decorative #green #arsenic #death #patterns #color #decorations #design #art #publicdomain
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🚨 Tin giật gân tại TPHCM: Đối tượng tự chế thuốc độc Arsenic trioxide (thạch tín) ngay trong phòng ngủ để bán trái phép cho các cửa hàng thiết bị nha khoa. Chất độc cực mạnh này được sản xuất thủ công, đe dọa nghiêm trọng đến an toàn cộng đồng!
#TinNóng #ViPhạmPhápLuật
#ThạchTín #ChấtĐộcCựcMạnh #SảnXuấtTráiPhép #ThiếtBịNhaKhoa #TPHCM
#HotNews #IllegalProduction #ToxicSubstance #Arsenic #DentalEquipmenthttps://vietnamnet.vn/che-thuoc-chua-thach-tin-trong-phong-ngu-ban-cho-cua-hang-thiet-bi
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Health hazard assessment and cooking effects on toxic metals in marine fish from the mediterranean sea at the Damietta Coast, Egypt https://www.diningandcooking.com/2484807/health-hazard-assessment-and-cooking-effects-on-toxic-metals-in-marine-fish-from-the-mediterranean-sea-at-the-damietta-coast-egypt/ #arsenic #cadmium #EnvironmentalSciences #HealthHazards #HumanitiesAndSocialSciences #lead #Mediterranean #MediterraneanSeafood #mercury #multidisciplinary #RiskFactors #SandSmelt #Sardines #science #ThinlipGreyMullet
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Health hazard assessment and cooking effects on toxic metals in marine fish from the mediterranean sea at the Damietta Coast, Egypt https://www.diningandcooking.com/2484807/health-hazard-assessment-and-cooking-effects-on-toxic-metals-in-marine-fish-from-the-mediterranean-sea-at-the-damietta-coast-egypt/ #arsenic #cadmium #EnvironmentalSciences #HealthHazards #HumanitiesAndSocialSciences #lead #Mediterranean #MediterraneanSeafood #mercury #multidisciplinary #RiskFactors #SandSmelt #Sardines #science #ThinlipGreyMullet
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Health hazard assessment and cooking effects on toxic metals in marine fish from the mediterranean sea at the Damietta Coast, Egypt https://www.diningandcooking.com/2484807/health-hazard-assessment-and-cooking-effects-on-toxic-metals-in-marine-fish-from-the-mediterranean-sea-at-the-damietta-coast-egypt/ #arsenic #cadmium #EnvironmentalSciences #HealthHazards #HumanitiesAndSocialSciences #lead #Mediterranean #MediterraneanSeafood #mercury #multidisciplinary #RiskFactors #SandSmelt #Sardines #science #ThinlipGreyMullet
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"Our modelling estimates the clams are forming up to 30 tonnes of calcium carbonate daily in Lake Karāpiro alone.
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The result? Impaired arsenic removal. Without stable calcium, flocs (clumps of particles) don’t form properly, letting arsenic slip through." -
"Our modelling estimates the clams are forming up to 30 tonnes of calcium carbonate daily in Lake Karāpiro alone.
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The result? Impaired arsenic removal. Without stable calcium, flocs (clumps of particles) don’t form properly, letting arsenic slip through." -
Le coup de crayon de Godin, dans le Devoir. (Clin d’œil à Uderzo).
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"She called for #government #transparency, acknowledging the #KokRiver #pollution as a #critical #security #threat.. #Senator Angkhana Neelapaijit, chair of the Senate Committee on #Political #Development, visited the area with #civil #society members. She expressed shock that #provincial #authorities had known about the #arsenic #contamination but were allegedly asked by higher-ups to #suppress the #information."
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"She called for #government #transparency, acknowledging the #KokRiver #pollution as a #critical #security #threat.. #Senator Angkhana Neelapaijit, chair of the Senate Committee on #Political #Development, visited the area with #civil #society members. She expressed shock that #provincial #authorities had known about the #arsenic #contamination but were allegedly asked by higher-ups to #suppress the #information."
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"She called for #government #transparency, acknowledging the #KokRiver #pollution as a #critical #security #threat.. #Senator Angkhana Neelapaijit, chair of the Senate Committee on #Political #Development, visited the area with #civil #society members. She expressed shock that #provincial #authorities had known about the #arsenic #contamination but were allegedly asked by higher-ups to #suppress the #information."
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A #waterway of life is turning deadly
"June 10, te #Pollution Control Dept posted results fr its 4th round of #water sampling (May 26–30), showing consistent #arsenic #contamination at all monitored locations.. Abnormally high turbidity & arsenic levels were found near te #Myanmar border, strongly suggest'g contamination fr #upstream #mining activity.. parallels te ongoing #scamcentre #crisis along te border, which remains unresolved despite #government interventions" 1/2
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/special-reports/3052061/a-waterway-of-life-is-turning-deadly -
The smoke from #Canada’s #wildfires may be even more #toxic than usual
A legacy of #mining means that #ToxicMetals could be carried along plumes of smoke.
by Matt Simon, June 5, 2025
"More than 200 wildfires are blazing across central and western Canada, half of which are out of control because they’re so hard for crews to access, forcing 27,000 people to evacuate. Even those nowhere near the wildfires are suffering as smoke swirls around Canada and wafts south, creating hazardous air quality all over the midwestern and eastern parts of the United States. The smoke is even reaching Europe.
"As the climate changes, the far north is drying and warming, which means wildfires are getting bigger and more intense. The area burned in Canada is now the second largest on record for this time of year, trailing behind the brutal wildfire season of 2023. That year, the amount of #carbon blazed into the atmosphere was about three times the country’s #FossilFuel emissions. And the more carbon that’s emitted from wildfires — in Canada and elsewhere — the faster the #PlanetaryWarming, and the worse the fires.
" 'There’s obviously the #ClimateFeedback concern,' said Mike Waddington, an environmental scientist at McMaster University in Ontario who studies Canada’s forests. 'But increasingly we’re also concerned about the smoke.'
"That’s because there’s much more to wildfire smoke than charred sticks and leaves, especially where these blazes are burning in Canada. The country’s #forests have long been #mined, operations that loaded #soils and #waterways with #ToxicMetals like #lead and #mercury, especially before clean-air standards kicked in 50 years ago. Now everyone downwind of these wildfires may have to contend with that legacy and those pollutants, in addition to all the other nasties inherent in #WildfireSmoke, which are known to exacerbate respiratory and cardiac problems.
" 'You have there the burning of these organic soils resulting in a lot of carbon and a lot of #ParticulateMatter,' said Waddington. 'Now you have this triple whammy, where you have the metals #remobilized in addition to that.'
"What exactly is lurking in the smoke from Canadian wildfires will require further testing by scientists. But an area of particular concern is around the mining city of #FlinFlon, in #ManitobaCanada, which is known to have elevated levels of toxic metals in the landscape, said Colin McCarter, an environmental scientist who studies pollutants at Ontario’s #NipissingUniversity. Flin Flon’s 5,000 residents have been evacuated as a wildfire approaches, though so far no structures have been destroyed.
"But a fire doesn’t need to directly burn mining operations to mobilize toxicants. For example, in #Yellowknife, in Canada’s #NorthwestTerritories, #GoldMining operations between 1934 and 2004 spread #arsenic as far as 18 miles away, adding to a landscape with an already high concentration of naturally occurring arsenic. In a paper published last year, Waddington and McCarter estimated that between 1972 and 2023, wildfires around Yellowknife fired up to 840,000 pounds of arsenic into the atmosphere. Arsenic is a known carcinogen associated with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and developmental problems, according to the World Health Organization. (After the 2023 #LahainaFire in Maui, officials reported elevated levels of arsenic, lead, and other toxic substances in ash samples. California officials also found lots of lead in smoke from 2018’s #CampFire.)"
Source:
https://grist.org/climate/canada-wildfire-smoke-toxic-arsenic/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us#WaterIsLife #SoilIsLife #AirIsLife #Mining #ToxicLegacy #FirstNations #Canada #Pollution #Worldwide #AQI #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #AirQualityIndex
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The smoke from #Canada’s #wildfires may be even more #toxic than usual
A legacy of #mining means that #ToxicMetals could be carried along plumes of smoke.
by Matt Simon, June 5, 2025
"More than 200 wildfires are blazing across central and western Canada, half of which are out of control because they’re so hard for crews to access, forcing 27,000 people to evacuate. Even those nowhere near the wildfires are suffering as smoke swirls around Canada and wafts south, creating hazardous air quality all over the midwestern and eastern parts of the United States. The smoke is even reaching Europe.
"As the climate changes, the far north is drying and warming, which means wildfires are getting bigger and more intense. The area burned in Canada is now the second largest on record for this time of year, trailing behind the brutal wildfire season of 2023. That year, the amount of #carbon blazed into the atmosphere was about three times the country’s #FossilFuel emissions. And the more carbon that’s emitted from wildfires — in Canada and elsewhere — the faster the #PlanetaryWarming, and the worse the fires.
" 'There’s obviously the #ClimateFeedback concern,' said Mike Waddington, an environmental scientist at McMaster University in Ontario who studies Canada’s forests. 'But increasingly we’re also concerned about the smoke.'
"That’s because there’s much more to wildfire smoke than charred sticks and leaves, especially where these blazes are burning in Canada. The country’s #forests have long been #mined, operations that loaded #soils and #waterways with #ToxicMetals like #lead and #mercury, especially before clean-air standards kicked in 50 years ago. Now everyone downwind of these wildfires may have to contend with that legacy and those pollutants, in addition to all the other nasties inherent in #WildfireSmoke, which are known to exacerbate respiratory and cardiac problems.
" 'You have there the burning of these organic soils resulting in a lot of carbon and a lot of #ParticulateMatter,' said Waddington. 'Now you have this triple whammy, where you have the metals #remobilized in addition to that.'
"What exactly is lurking in the smoke from Canadian wildfires will require further testing by scientists. But an area of particular concern is around the mining city of #FlinFlon, in #ManitobaCanada, which is known to have elevated levels of toxic metals in the landscape, said Colin McCarter, an environmental scientist who studies pollutants at Ontario’s #NipissingUniversity. Flin Flon’s 5,000 residents have been evacuated as a wildfire approaches, though so far no structures have been destroyed.
"But a fire doesn’t need to directly burn mining operations to mobilize toxicants. For example, in #Yellowknife, in Canada’s #NorthwestTerritories, #GoldMining operations between 1934 and 2004 spread #arsenic as far as 18 miles away, adding to a landscape with an already high concentration of naturally occurring arsenic. In a paper published last year, Waddington and McCarter estimated that between 1972 and 2023, wildfires around Yellowknife fired up to 840,000 pounds of arsenic into the atmosphere. Arsenic is a known carcinogen associated with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and developmental problems, according to the World Health Organization. (After the 2023 #LahainaFire in Maui, officials reported elevated levels of arsenic, lead, and other toxic substances in ash samples. California officials also found lots of lead in smoke from 2018’s #CampFire.)"
Source:
https://grist.org/climate/canada-wildfire-smoke-toxic-arsenic/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us#WaterIsLife #SoilIsLife #AirIsLife #Mining #ToxicLegacy #FirstNations #Canada #Pollution #Worldwide #AQI #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #AirQualityIndex
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The smoke from #Canada’s #wildfires may be even more #toxic than usual
A legacy of #mining means that #ToxicMetals could be carried along plumes of smoke.
by Matt Simon, June 5, 2025
"More than 200 wildfires are blazing across central and western Canada, half of which are out of control because they’re so hard for crews to access, forcing 27,000 people to evacuate. Even those nowhere near the wildfires are suffering as smoke swirls around Canada and wafts south, creating hazardous air quality all over the midwestern and eastern parts of the United States. The smoke is even reaching Europe.
"As the climate changes, the far north is drying and warming, which means wildfires are getting bigger and more intense. The area burned in Canada is now the second largest on record for this time of year, trailing behind the brutal wildfire season of 2023. That year, the amount of #carbon blazed into the atmosphere was about three times the country’s #FossilFuel emissions. And the more carbon that’s emitted from wildfires — in Canada and elsewhere — the faster the #PlanetaryWarming, and the worse the fires.
" 'There’s obviously the #ClimateFeedback concern,' said Mike Waddington, an environmental scientist at McMaster University in Ontario who studies Canada’s forests. 'But increasingly we’re also concerned about the smoke.'
"That’s because there’s much more to wildfire smoke than charred sticks and leaves, especially where these blazes are burning in Canada. The country’s #forests have long been #mined, operations that loaded #soils and #waterways with #ToxicMetals like #lead and #mercury, especially before clean-air standards kicked in 50 years ago. Now everyone downwind of these wildfires may have to contend with that legacy and those pollutants, in addition to all the other nasties inherent in #WildfireSmoke, which are known to exacerbate respiratory and cardiac problems.
" 'You have there the burning of these organic soils resulting in a lot of carbon and a lot of #ParticulateMatter,' said Waddington. 'Now you have this triple whammy, where you have the metals #remobilized in addition to that.'
"What exactly is lurking in the smoke from Canadian wildfires will require further testing by scientists. But an area of particular concern is around the mining city of #FlinFlon, in #ManitobaCanada, which is known to have elevated levels of toxic metals in the landscape, said Colin McCarter, an environmental scientist who studies pollutants at Ontario’s #NipissingUniversity. Flin Flon’s 5,000 residents have been evacuated as a wildfire approaches, though so far no structures have been destroyed.
"But a fire doesn’t need to directly burn mining operations to mobilize toxicants. For example, in #Yellowknife, in Canada’s #NorthwestTerritories, #GoldMining operations between 1934 and 2004 spread #arsenic as far as 18 miles away, adding to a landscape with an already high concentration of naturally occurring arsenic. In a paper published last year, Waddington and McCarter estimated that between 1972 and 2023, wildfires around Yellowknife fired up to 840,000 pounds of arsenic into the atmosphere. Arsenic is a known carcinogen associated with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and developmental problems, according to the World Health Organization. (After the 2023 #LahainaFire in Maui, officials reported elevated levels of arsenic, lead, and other toxic substances in ash samples. California officials also found lots of lead in smoke from 2018’s #CampFire.)"
Source:
https://grist.org/climate/canada-wildfire-smoke-toxic-arsenic/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us#WaterIsLife #SoilIsLife #AirIsLife #Mining #ToxicLegacy #FirstNations #Canada #Pollution #Worldwide #AQI #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #AirQualityIndex
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The smoke from #Canada’s #wildfires may be even more #toxic than usual
A legacy of #mining means that #ToxicMetals could be carried along plumes of smoke.
by Matt Simon, June 5, 2025
"More than 200 wildfires are blazing across central and western Canada, half of which are out of control because they’re so hard for crews to access, forcing 27,000 people to evacuate. Even those nowhere near the wildfires are suffering as smoke swirls around Canada and wafts south, creating hazardous air quality all over the midwestern and eastern parts of the United States. The smoke is even reaching Europe.
"As the climate changes, the far north is drying and warming, which means wildfires are getting bigger and more intense. The area burned in Canada is now the second largest on record for this time of year, trailing behind the brutal wildfire season of 2023. That year, the amount of #carbon blazed into the atmosphere was about three times the country’s #FossilFuel emissions. And the more carbon that’s emitted from wildfires — in Canada and elsewhere — the faster the #PlanetaryWarming, and the worse the fires.
" 'There’s obviously the #ClimateFeedback concern,' said Mike Waddington, an environmental scientist at McMaster University in Ontario who studies Canada’s forests. 'But increasingly we’re also concerned about the smoke.'
"That’s because there’s much more to wildfire smoke than charred sticks and leaves, especially where these blazes are burning in Canada. The country’s #forests have long been #mined, operations that loaded #soils and #waterways with #ToxicMetals like #lead and #mercury, especially before clean-air standards kicked in 50 years ago. Now everyone downwind of these wildfires may have to contend with that legacy and those pollutants, in addition to all the other nasties inherent in #WildfireSmoke, which are known to exacerbate respiratory and cardiac problems.
" 'You have there the burning of these organic soils resulting in a lot of carbon and a lot of #ParticulateMatter,' said Waddington. 'Now you have this triple whammy, where you have the metals #remobilized in addition to that.'
"What exactly is lurking in the smoke from Canadian wildfires will require further testing by scientists. But an area of particular concern is around the mining city of #FlinFlon, in #ManitobaCanada, which is known to have elevated levels of toxic metals in the landscape, said Colin McCarter, an environmental scientist who studies pollutants at Ontario’s #NipissingUniversity. Flin Flon’s 5,000 residents have been evacuated as a wildfire approaches, though so far no structures have been destroyed.
"But a fire doesn’t need to directly burn mining operations to mobilize toxicants. For example, in #Yellowknife, in Canada’s #NorthwestTerritories, #GoldMining operations between 1934 and 2004 spread #arsenic as far as 18 miles away, adding to a landscape with an already high concentration of naturally occurring arsenic. In a paper published last year, Waddington and McCarter estimated that between 1972 and 2023, wildfires around Yellowknife fired up to 840,000 pounds of arsenic into the atmosphere. Arsenic is a known carcinogen associated with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and developmental problems, according to the World Health Organization. (After the 2023 #LahainaFire in Maui, officials reported elevated levels of arsenic, lead, and other toxic substances in ash samples. California officials also found lots of lead in smoke from 2018’s #CampFire.)"
Source:
https://grist.org/climate/canada-wildfire-smoke-toxic-arsenic/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us#WaterIsLife #SoilIsLife #AirIsLife #Mining #ToxicLegacy #FirstNations #Canada #Pollution #Worldwide #AQI #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #AirQualityIndex
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The smoke from #Canada’s #wildfires may be even more #toxic than usual
A legacy of #mining means that #ToxicMetals could be carried along plumes of smoke.
by Matt Simon, June 5, 2025
"More than 200 wildfires are blazing across central and western Canada, half of which are out of control because they’re so hard for crews to access, forcing 27,000 people to evacuate. Even those nowhere near the wildfires are suffering as smoke swirls around Canada and wafts south, creating hazardous air quality all over the midwestern and eastern parts of the United States. The smoke is even reaching Europe.
"As the climate changes, the far north is drying and warming, which means wildfires are getting bigger and more intense. The area burned in Canada is now the second largest on record for this time of year, trailing behind the brutal wildfire season of 2023. That year, the amount of #carbon blazed into the atmosphere was about three times the country’s #FossilFuel emissions. And the more carbon that’s emitted from wildfires — in Canada and elsewhere — the faster the #PlanetaryWarming, and the worse the fires.
" 'There’s obviously the #ClimateFeedback concern,' said Mike Waddington, an environmental scientist at McMaster University in Ontario who studies Canada’s forests. 'But increasingly we’re also concerned about the smoke.'
"That’s because there’s much more to wildfire smoke than charred sticks and leaves, especially where these blazes are burning in Canada. The country’s #forests have long been #mined, operations that loaded #soils and #waterways with #ToxicMetals like #lead and #mercury, especially before clean-air standards kicked in 50 years ago. Now everyone downwind of these wildfires may have to contend with that legacy and those pollutants, in addition to all the other nasties inherent in #WildfireSmoke, which are known to exacerbate respiratory and cardiac problems.
" 'You have there the burning of these organic soils resulting in a lot of carbon and a lot of #ParticulateMatter,' said Waddington. 'Now you have this triple whammy, where you have the metals #remobilized in addition to that.'
"What exactly is lurking in the smoke from Canadian wildfires will require further testing by scientists. But an area of particular concern is around the mining city of #FlinFlon, in #ManitobaCanada, which is known to have elevated levels of toxic metals in the landscape, said Colin McCarter, an environmental scientist who studies pollutants at Ontario’s #NipissingUniversity. Flin Flon’s 5,000 residents have been evacuated as a wildfire approaches, though so far no structures have been destroyed.
"But a fire doesn’t need to directly burn mining operations to mobilize toxicants. For example, in #Yellowknife, in Canada’s #NorthwestTerritories, #GoldMining operations between 1934 and 2004 spread #arsenic as far as 18 miles away, adding to a landscape with an already high concentration of naturally occurring arsenic. In a paper published last year, Waddington and McCarter estimated that between 1972 and 2023, wildfires around Yellowknife fired up to 840,000 pounds of arsenic into the atmosphere. Arsenic is a known carcinogen associated with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and developmental problems, according to the World Health Organization. (After the 2023 #LahainaFire in Maui, officials reported elevated levels of arsenic, lead, and other toxic substances in ash samples. California officials also found lots of lead in smoke from 2018’s #CampFire.)"
Source:
https://grist.org/climate/canada-wildfire-smoke-toxic-arsenic/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us#WaterIsLife #SoilIsLife #AirIsLife #Mining #ToxicLegacy #FirstNations #Canada #Pollution #Worldwide #AQI #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #AirQualityIndex
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From CNN: Dangerously high levels of #arsenic and #cadmium found in store-bought #rice, report finds
#ConsumerAlertshttps://www.cnn.com/2025/05/15/health/arsenic-cadmium-rice-wellness
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From CNN: Dangerously high levels of #arsenic and #cadmium found in store-bought #rice, report finds
#ConsumerAlertshttps://www.cnn.com/2025/05/15/health/arsenic-cadmium-rice-wellness
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Girl Scout cookies contain these TOXIC ingredients!! ☠️ - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKuBlA6wm18 🤯🔴 🔴 🔴 🔴 🔴 🔴 🔴 🔴
#GirlScoutUSA #GirlScoutCookies #ThinMints #PeanutButterPatties #Toxic #Harmful #Glyphosate #HeavyMetals #Arsenic #Lead #Mercury
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De l’arsenic dans les déchets électroniques
🔴 "Environ 100 000 tonnes de déchets électroniques entrent au Canada chaque année depuis l’étranger pour être recyclés. La vaste majorité provient des États-Unis (73 %), de l’Allemagne (18 %) et du Brésil (6 %), sans nécessiter de permis. La plupart s’en vont à la Fonderie Horne."
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2136094/dechets-electronique-dangereux-fonderie-horne-ministre-environnement-steven-guilbeault-convention-bale
#Québec #Canada #PLC #Horne #santé #arsenic #environnement #CAQ #Glencore
