#chemical — Public Fediverse posts

[#TRADESHOW] 23rd #International #Chemical #Industry #Fair (#ICIF #China 2026) from September 15 to 17, 2026, at #SNIEC (#Shanghai New International #Expo #Centre). As one of the #leading chemical industry #exhibition in China, it brings together #suppliers, #manufacturers, #technology providers, and industrial #buyers across the full petrochemical and chemical #valuechain. #Event serves as a #B2B #business #platform for #global industry #cooperation. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/23rd-international-chemical-industry-fair-icif-china-2026/

Alabama farm highlights food safety as Cyclosporiasis cases rise https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/5660/ #Alabama #AlabamaDining #AlabamaFarm #AlabamaFood #AlabamaGroceryStores #AlabamaRestaurants #anniston #AqualityFarms #chemical #ConventionalAgriculturalPractice #CyclosporiasisCase #farm #FoodSafety #genera #HydroponicSystem #lettuce #pesticide #risk #SamuelSawyer #water #week

Alabama farm highlights food safety as Cyclosporiasis cases rise https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/5660/ #Alabama #AlabamaDining #AlabamaFarm #AlabamaFood #AlabamaGroceryStores #AlabamaRestaurants #anniston #AqualityFarms #chemical #ConventionalAgriculturalPractice #CyclosporiasisCase #farm #FoodSafety #genera #HydroponicSystem #lettuce #pesticide #risk #SamuelSawyer #water #week

Alabama farm highlights food safety as Cyclosporiasis cases rise https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/5660/ #Alabama #AlabamaDining #AlabamaFarm #AlabamaFood #AlabamaGroceryStores #AlabamaRestaurants #anniston #AqualityFarms #chemical #ConventionalAgriculturalPractice #CyclosporiasisCase #farm #FoodSafety #genera #HydroponicSystem #lettuce #pesticide #risk #SamuelSawyer #water #week

Alabama farm highlights food safety as Cyclosporiasis cases rise https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/5660/ #Alabama #AlabamaDining #AlabamaFarm #AlabamaFood #AlabamaGroceryStores #AlabamaRestaurants #anniston #AqualityFarms #chemical #ConventionalAgriculturalPractice #CyclosporiasisCase #farm #FoodSafety #genera #HydroponicSystem #lettuce #pesticide #risk #SamuelSawyer #water #week

[#TRADESHOW] 2026 #Chengdu #International #Petroleum & #Chemical #Technology and #Equipment #Exhibition will be held from September 21 to 23, 2026, at Chengdu Century City New International #Convention and #Exhibition #Center. As a major petroleum and chemical technology #trade #show in Southwest# China, the #event serves as a #B2B #business #platform for #oil and #gas equipment, petrochemical technology, #pipeline engineering, and #industrial solutions across #sectors. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/2026-chengdu-international-petroleum-chemical-technology-and-equipment-exhibition/

[#TRADESHOW] 2026 #Chengdu #International #Petroleum & #Chemical #Technology and #Equipment #Exhibition will be held from September 21 to 23, 2026, at Chengdu Century City New International #Convention and #Exhibition #Center. As a major petroleum and chemical technology #trade #show in Southwest# China, the #event serves as a #B2B #business #platform for #oil and #gas equipment, petrochemical technology, #pipeline engineering, and #industrial solutions across #sectors. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/2026-chengdu-international-petroleum-chemical-technology-and-equipment-exhibition/

[#TRADESHOW] 2026 #Chengdu #International #Petroleum & #Chemical #Technology and #Equipment #Exhibition will be held from September 21 to 23, 2026, at Chengdu Century City New International #Convention and #Exhibition #Center. As a major petroleum and chemical technology #trade #show in Southwest# China, the #event serves as a #B2B #business #platform for #oil and #gas equipment, petrochemical technology, #pipeline engineering, and #industrial solutions across #sectors. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/2026-chengdu-international-petroleum-chemical-technology-and-equipment-exhibition/

[#TRADESHOW] 23rd #International #Chemical #Industry #Fair (#ICIF #China 2026) from September 15 to 17, 2026, at #SNIEC (#Shanghai New International #Expo #Centre). As one of the #leading chemical industry #exhibition in China, it brings together #suppliers, #manufacturers, #technology providers, and industrial #buyers across the full petrochemical and chemical #valuechain. #Event serves as a #B2B #business #platform for #global industry #cooperation. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/23rd-international-chemical-industry-fair-icif-china-2026/

[#TRADESHOW] 23rd #International #Chemical #Industry #Fair (#ICIF #China 2026) from September 15 to 17, 2026, at #SNIEC (#Shanghai New International #Expo #Centre). As one of the #leading chemical industry #exhibition in China, it brings together #suppliers, #manufacturers, #technology providers, and industrial #buyers across the full petrochemical and chemical #valuechain. #Event serves as a #B2B #business #platform for #global industry #cooperation. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/23rd-international-chemical-industry-fair-icif-china-2026/

[#TRADESHOW] 23rd #International #Chemical #Industry #Fair (#ICIF #China 2026) from September 15 to 17, 2026, at #SNIEC (#Shanghai New International #Expo #Centre). As one of the #leading chemical industry #exhibition in China, it brings together #suppliers, #manufacturers, #technology providers, and industrial #buyers across the full petrochemical and chemical #valuechain. #Event serves as a #B2B #business #platform for #global industry #cooperation. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/23rd-international-chemical-industry-fair-icif-china-2026/

The “Quiet” Chemical Killers – Creosote

Creosote. From when I was young this stuff was the thing to put on gum poles that were set in the ground, for fence posts, telephone poles , any wood that would be exposed to the weather and the insects.

The smell was always horrible for me, but I saw our wooden gate in Wychwood that was treated with raw Linseed Oil, had to get done once a year or the wood would dry out in the Highveld sun. Many years later I put up a beautiful wood fence at my own house. Now I did not want to have to “paint” it every year with the Linseed Oil so decided to put Creosote on. I had a Border Colley, Quinn, that was like all them dogs, full of energy! While I treated the fence he was running around playing. I had put my container with Creosote on the fence, Quinn jumped and bounced off the fence, bringing the container down on him. It was on his chest mainly, thick hair, but go on his bare stomach and testicles. He loved water so washing him was no problem. The first probmlem was the exposed skin, it got very red and a little swollen. That was nothing. His testicles swelled up to twice the normal size, and he started damn dying! I had an old Scottish Vet that looked after my Border Collies, had 4, I rushed Quinn to see him. Now he was a fine fellow, loved animals… and Whiskey. His office was a converted house, he spent 3 nights , sleeping on the couch with Quinn on a mattress next to him. And a bottle of Scotch. Both survived. I then looked up Creosote, in a BOOK. Only remember one thing that stuck in my mind. It said that if you want to store eggs in a wooden shed, you cannot paint the shed with Creosote, the stored eggs will go vrot!!! (Rotten).

Jump to the here and now, my Big Five Wars, Marloth Park. I see HUNDREDs of treated pieces, of various lengths and sizes, in ALL the waterways leading to the Crocodile River IN the Kruger National Park. This alone is no good! Never mind all the poles planted here in use, and all the spilled Creosote.

Now if Creosote in the air of a shed makes an egg go rotten, what does it leach into our soil and eventually the ground water?

Modern life makes it pretty simple to look up things like this, no Dewey system any more. I already have a very good idea of what we shall find, let us have a look…..

In South Africa, the type of creosote sold and used mainly is Coal-Tar Creosote Type 2 and Type 3, manufactured in compliance with the South African National Standard (SANS 616).

First thing to check would be what this Government is using, as the articles written to date about the poisons in both pesticides and herbicides show that South Africa and Keyna use OPENLY, chemical substances that are banned in most of the world, never mind the illegal shit… that seems to have killed those 20 Elephant!!!!

SANS 616 Type 3 Creosote: This is the primary grade manufactured by suppliers like ICS Hydrocarbons. It is highly concentrated and used extensively for the high-temperature vacuum pressure impregnation of timber poles.

 SANS 616 Type 2 Creosote: Another major standard coal-tar based industrial wood preservative.

 Type C Creosote (Carbolineum): This is a thinner, modified creosote oil blend formulated specifically for manual brush-on applications. It is widely distributed to consumers at popular retail hardware outlets like Builders, Cashbuild, and Agrimark via brands such as Powafix.

The term “safe creosote” is highly misleading. In the wood preservation industry, “safe” s means that when it is applied under strict factory conditions, the chemicals become locked into the wood cells.

Coal-tar creosote even when manufactured to strict SANS 616 standards is highly toxic and heavily restricted globally due to severe environmental and health risks

The Environmental Damage

Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs): Creosote is packed with Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) like benzo(a)pyrene. These compounds are persistent, meaning they do not break down easily and remain in the ecosystem for decades.

Soil Contamination: Creosote-treated poles notoriously “bleed” or leach oily residue into the surrounding soil over time. This kills off beneficial soil microbes and can be absorbed by nearby plant roots.

Aquatic Toxicity: It is incredibly dangerous to aquatic life. If creosote leaches into groundwater or is used for structures near rivers, dams, or coastlines, it bioaccumulates in fish and invertebrates, causing mutations and death.

Looked to see what lies the marketing people come up with, obviously they going to have to lie in order to continue to sell to the New Wave “Organic Everything, Save the Planet types. They came up with this.

Creosote vs. “Creocote” (The Retail Alternative)

If you buy “creosote” at a local hardware store like Builders or Agrimark for a DIY project, you are often actually buying Creocote or a modified Carbolineum.

What it is: These are consumer-grade, thinned-down bitumen or oil-based wood derivatives designed to mimic the smell and look of real creosote.

Is it safe? While it contains significantly fewer toxic PAHs than industrial coal-tar creosote, it is still an oil-based hydrocarbon. If it washes into your garden soil or storm drains, it acts exactly like an oil spill, coating organisms and contaminating water sources.

How can anyone that is WATCHING this planet die and faster all the time because of loss of species, find this acceptable. Just ban the shit in Nature Reserve for a start…… ja ja and Pigs will soon fly…..

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The decision turned on a technical legal question, but one with enormous stakes. On the line are billions of dollars, the fate of tens of thousands of lawsuits filed by #cancer victims & the future of an #herbicide farmers say is crucial to the nation’s food supply but #health groups warn is a danger.

In an 8-1 decision, the justices ruled that federal #law preempts cancer victims from bringing lawsuits against Monsanto in state courts, where most such claims are filed.

#chemical #PublicHealth

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐚💉 Cone #snails pack a #venom with over 1,000 unique peptides – a #chemical toolkit already yielding one #FDA-approved non-addictive #painkiller.

Researchers at #Harvard and the University of #Queensland are now exploring these #toxins for treating #diabetes, nerve damage, #epilepsy, and #cancer, saying they’ve barely scratched the surface.

👉 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/cone-snail-venom-medicinal-uses/

#conotoxin #marinebiology #ziconotide #drugs #neurobiology #coralreef #biochemistry #ocean #nature

रासायनिक मूलद्रव्यांचा शोध – दमी. त्रीफोनोव, व. त्रीफोनोव (Chemical Elements How They Were Discovered In Marathi by D. N. Trifonov, V. D. Trifonov )

या पुस्तकामध्ये आपण रसायनशास्त्रातील “मुळाक्षरां “ची कशी रचना झाली, तसेच आपल्या चौकस बुद्धिमत्तेतून संशोधकांनी एकामागोमाग एकेका नव्या मूलद्रव्याचा शोध कसा लावला याचे विवेचन करणार आहोत.

बहुतेक सर्व रासायनिक मूलद्रव्यांवर अनेक पुस्तके लिहिली गेली आहेत. त्यांची संख्या एवढी प्रचंड आहे की त्यांचे एक स्वतंत्र ग्रंथालयच होईल. त्या पुस्तकांमध्ये, मूलद्रव्यांचा अंतर्भाव असणारे खडक व खनिजे, त्यांच्या नि- एकर्षणाच्या विविध पद्धती, मूलद्रव्यांचे भौतिक आणि रासायनिक गुणधर्म यांचा आढावा घेतलेला असतो. काही मूलद्रव्ये आश्चर्य वाटण्याएवढी मुबलक आहेत. त्यांचे उपयोगही अनपेक्षित वाटावेत एवढ्या भिन्नभिन्न क्षेत्रात केलेले आढळतील. खरे तर आजच्या प्रगत वैज्ञानिक युगात प्रत्येक मूलद्रव्याचा काहीना काहीतरी महत्त्वपूर्ण उपयोग आहेच आहे असेच दिसेल. प्रत्येक मूलद्रव्याचे त्याचे स्वतःचे असे खास “चरित्र” असून ती सारी आपापल्या परीने वैशिष्ट्यपूर्णही आहेत हे खरे की मूलद्रव्यांच्या शोधांच्या इतिहासाबाबत अद्यापीही बरीच संदिग्धता आहे व इतिहासकारांना न सुटलेले प्रश्न अजूनही सोडविता आलेले नाहीत. कुणी सांगावे, त्यांच्यापैकी एखादा- दुसरा इतिहासकार तुम्हीही असू शकाल !

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💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐚💉 Cone #snails pack a #venom with over 1,000 unique peptides – a #chemical toolkit already yielding one #FDA-approved non-addictive #painkiller.

Researchers at #Harvard and the University of #Queensland are now exploring these #toxins for treating #diabetes, nerve damage, #epilepsy, and #cancer, saying they’ve barely scratched the surface.

👉 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/cone-snail-venom-medicinal-uses/

#conotoxin #marinebiology #ziconotide #drugs #neurobiology #coralreef #biochemistry #ocean #nature

Residents evacuated as toxic chemical spews from tank at Garden Grove aerospace company https://www.allforgardening.com/1783259/residents-evacuated-as-toxic-chemical-spews-from-tank-at-garden-grove-aerospace-company/ #business #chemical #garden #GardenGrove #GardenGroveAerospaceCompany #incident #kurtz #MonarchStreet #Plastic #Report #Resident #SeveralBlock #south #Tank #ToxicChemical #West

Here is a problem that has been quietly gnawing at astronomers for decades.

The standard approach to detecting #life on other worlds involves scanning #exoplanet #atmospheres for #oxygen, #methane, and #ozone, whose presence is difficult to explain without #biology.

It's a clever idea, but it carries a hidden flaw. That entire shopping list was written by studying Earth. It is, inevitably, a search for life like us.

The list of ways that #chemistry alone can accidentally mimic these #biosignature gases is growing faster than the list of new ways to detect life.

Each new false positive scenario demands even more information about the #planet to rule it out, and there is a genuine question about whether that information can ever be gathered exhaustively.

But there is a solution.

#Assembly theory doesn't ask what #molecules are present in an #atmosphere. Instead, it asks how hard they were to make.

Every molecule can be assigned an assembly index, a minimum number of construction steps required to build it from basic #chemical building blocks.

Simple molecules are easy to assemble by chance, but truly complex ones, requiring many sequential steps, don't arise without something doing a great deal of deliberate selection.

That something would then be life itself.

#astrobiology #astronomy
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-life.html

Paper by Walker et al. (2026): https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.11086

Is this an old wives' tale??? #book #Bookstodon #weird #bologna #Writers #writer #WritersCoffeeClub #game #gamenight #radish #smoking #whatthehell #sandwich #chemical #body #tales

#Ukrainian #drones attack #Russian #chemical plant in #Stavropol Krai

The chemical plant, which supplies nitric acid used in the production of high #explosives such as #octogen and #hexogen, key components in #artillery #shells, has come under drone attack for the second time in two months

Following a previous strike in June, the facility had already suspended operations, according to Astra.

https://kyivindependent.com/drones-attack-chemical-plant-in-russias-stavropol-krai/

#RussianImperialism #invasions #StandWithUkraine #UkrainianDrones

#Ukraine drone strikes on Russian chemical plants tied to explosives production

As part of efforts to reduce #Russia‘s ability to produce #explosives, #ammunition, #Ukrainian Armed Forces’ #drone system with other Defense Forces units, hit facilities of Russia’s military-industrial complex overnight

The strikes hit

#Nevinnomyssk Azot #chemical plant in #Stavropol Krai
#Novokuybyshevsk Catalyst Plant in #Samara Oblast

https://kyivindependent.com/drones-target-major-russian-chemical-and-fuel-industry-plants-overnight/

#RussiaInvadedUkraine #StandWithUkraine

ChoiceEvent #83 - #BASF + #TfS: Making #Scope3 Data Work

Date: 20.03.2025
Time: 1-2pm

Speaker: Alessandro Pistillo, Director, Sustainability & #Digital Strategic Projects, BASF

"Learn how the Together for #Sustainability (TfS) framework helps drive comparability, #efficiency, and scalability in data exchange.
Understand how Scope 3 #data can become a strategic business lever, not just a reporting obligation."

https://theclimatechoice.zoom.us/webinar/register/5417383601451/WN_4ahMBA4tSe6cxKA1K9T2Mw#/registration

#scope3emissions #scope3emission #co2 #climate #chemical #digitalisierung #climatecrisis #climatechange #klimakrise #klimaschutz #klimawandel #theclimatechoice #climatechoice #berlin #impactHub

#Scientists created #microscopic reactors capable of driving light-powered #chemical processes by designing metal complex surfactants (MeCSs) that self-assemble into #nanoscale spheres called micelles. This innovation could drastically reduce #pollution in industries including #pharmaceuticals and materials science, where harmful organic solvents are often necessary.
#Chemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/02/chm02102501.html

Just like with #PFAS-laden #FirefightingFoam, less #Toxic alternatives are out there, but expense is often cited as a roadblock. TBH, things that benefit the environment and society shouldn't cost more than the toxic originals -- and toxic chemicals should be replaced! Period! Make #BigChemical pay! (Since they probably knew about the hazards but hid them from the public. As usual with Big anything these days...!)

A #PinkPowder is being used to fight #CaliforniaFires. It's getting everywhere

by Nadine Yousif, January 13, 2025

"Its use has been controversial in the past over its potential effects on the #environment.

"A lawsuit filed in 2022 by the #ForestServiceEmployees for #EnvironmentalEthics, an organisation made up of current and former employees of the #USForestService, accused the federal agency of violating the country's clean water laws by dumping #chemical #FireRetardant from planes onto forests.

"It argued that the chemical kills fish and is not effective.

"The following year, a US District judge agreed with the employees, but in her ruling allowed the Forest Service to continue using the retardant as it seeks a permit to do so from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

"The case drew the attention of communities devastated by #wildfires in the past, including the town of #ParadiseCalifornia, which was destroyed by fire in 2018.

"Its then-mayor, Greg Bolin, hailed the judge's ruling, saying it ensures communities 'have a fighting chance' in the face of fires.

"The Forest Service told NPR that this year, it phased out the use of one type of #PhosChek formula - #PhosChekLC95 - in favour of another - #MVPFx - saying that the latter is less toxic to #wildlife.

"The Forest Service also has a mandatory ban in place on dropping fire retardant in sensitive environmental areas, like waterways and habitats of endangered species. There are exceptions to the ban, however, in cases 'when human life or public safety are threatened.'"

Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93lqng957jo?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
#FireRetardant #FishKills #Wildfires #Firefighting

Just like with #PFAS-laden #FirefightingFoam, less #Toxic alternatives are out there, but expense is often cited as a roadblock. TBH, things that benefit the environment and society shouldn't cost more than the toxic originals -- and toxic chemicals should be replaced! Period! Make #BigChemical pay! (Since they probably knew about the hazards but hid them from the public. As usual with Big anything these days...!)

A #PinkPowder is being used to fight #CaliforniaFires. It's getting everywhere

by Nadine Yousif, January 13, 2025

"Its use has been controversial in the past over its potential effects on the #environment.

"A lawsuit filed in 2022 by the #ForestServiceEmployees for #EnvironmentalEthics, an organisation made up of current and former employees of the #USForestService, accused the federal agency of violating the country's clean water laws by dumping #chemical #FireRetardant from planes onto forests.

"It argued that the chemical kills fish and is not effective.

"The following year, a US District judge agreed with the employees, but in her ruling allowed the Forest Service to continue using the retardant as it seeks a permit to do so from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

"The case drew the attention of communities devastated by #wildfires in the past, including the town of #ParadiseCalifornia, which was destroyed by fire in 2018.

"Its then-mayor, Greg Bolin, hailed the judge's ruling, saying it ensures communities 'have a fighting chance' in the face of fires.

"The Forest Service told NPR that this year, it phased out the use of one type of #PhosChek formula - #PhosChekLC95 - in favour of another - #MVPFx - saying that the latter is less toxic to #wildlife.

"The Forest Service also has a mandatory ban in place on dropping fire retardant in sensitive environmental areas, like waterways and habitats of endangered species. There are exceptions to the ban, however, in cases 'when human life or public safety are threatened.'"

Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93lqng957jo?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
#FireRetardant #FishKills #Wildfires #Firefighting

Just like with #PFAS-laden #FirefightingFoam, less #Toxic alternatives are out there, but expense is often cited as a roadblock. TBH, things that benefit the environment and society shouldn't cost more than the toxic originals -- and toxic chemicals should be replaced! Period! Make #BigChemical pay! (Since they probably knew about the hazards but hid them from the public. As usual with Big anything these days...!)

A #PinkPowder is being used to fight #CaliforniaFires. It's getting everywhere

by Nadine Yousif, January 13, 2025

"Its use has been controversial in the past over its potential effects on the #environment.

"A lawsuit filed in 2022 by the #ForestServiceEmployees for #EnvironmentalEthics, an organisation made up of current and former employees of the #USForestService, accused the federal agency of violating the country's clean water laws by dumping #chemical #FireRetardant from planes onto forests.

"It argued that the chemical kills fish and is not effective.

"The following year, a US District judge agreed with the employees, but in her ruling allowed the Forest Service to continue using the retardant as it seeks a permit to do so from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

"The case drew the attention of communities devastated by #wildfires in the past, including the town of #ParadiseCalifornia, which was destroyed by fire in 2018.

"Its then-mayor, Greg Bolin, hailed the judge's ruling, saying it ensures communities 'have a fighting chance' in the face of fires.

"The Forest Service told NPR that this year, it phased out the use of one type of #PhosChek formula - #PhosChekLC95 - in favour of another - #MVPFx - saying that the latter is less toxic to #wildlife.

"The Forest Service also has a mandatory ban in place on dropping fire retardant in sensitive environmental areas, like waterways and habitats of endangered species. There are exceptions to the ban, however, in cases 'when human life or public safety are threatened.'"

Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93lqng957jo?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
#FireRetardant #FishKills #Wildfires #Firefighting

Just like with #PFAS-laden #FirefightingFoam, less #Toxic alternatives are out there, but expense is often cited as a roadblock. TBH, things that benefit the environment and society shouldn't cost more than the toxic originals -- and toxic chemicals should be replaced! Period! Make #BigChemical pay! (Since they probably knew about the hazards but hid them from the public. As usual with Big anything these days...!)

A #PinkPowder is being used to fight #CaliforniaFires. It's getting everywhere

by Nadine Yousif, January 13, 2025

"Its use has been controversial in the past over its potential effects on the #environment.

"A lawsuit filed in 2022 by the #ForestServiceEmployees for #EnvironmentalEthics, an organisation made up of current and former employees of the #USForestService, accused the federal agency of violating the country's clean water laws by dumping #chemical #FireRetardant from planes onto forests.

"It argued that the chemical kills fish and is not effective.

"The following year, a US District judge agreed with the employees, but in her ruling allowed the Forest Service to continue using the retardant as it seeks a permit to do so from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

"The case drew the attention of communities devastated by #wildfires in the past, including the town of #ParadiseCalifornia, which was destroyed by fire in 2018.

"Its then-mayor, Greg Bolin, hailed the judge's ruling, saying it ensures communities 'have a fighting chance' in the face of fires.

"The Forest Service told NPR that this year, it phased out the use of one type of #PhosChek formula - #PhosChekLC95 - in favour of another - #MVPFx - saying that the latter is less toxic to #wildlife.

"The Forest Service also has a mandatory ban in place on dropping fire retardant in sensitive environmental areas, like waterways and habitats of endangered species. There are exceptions to the ban, however, in cases 'when human life or public safety are threatened.'"

Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93lqng957jo?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
#FireRetardant #FishKills #Wildfires #Firefighting

Just like with #PFAS-laden #FirefightingFoam, less #Toxic alternatives are out there, but expense is often cited as a roadblock. TBH, things that benefit the environment and society shouldn't cost more than the toxic originals -- and toxic chemicals should be replaced! Period! Make #BigChemical pay! (Since they probably knew about the hazards but hid them from the public. As usual with Big anything these days...!)

A #PinkPowder is being used to fight #CaliforniaFires. It's getting everywhere

by Nadine Yousif, January 13, 2025

"Its use has been controversial in the past over its potential effects on the #environment.

"A lawsuit filed in 2022 by the #ForestServiceEmployees for #EnvironmentalEthics, an organisation made up of current and former employees of the #USForestService, accused the federal agency of violating the country's clean water laws by dumping #chemical #FireRetardant from planes onto forests.

"It argued that the chemical kills fish and is not effective.

"The following year, a US District judge agreed with the employees, but in her ruling allowed the Forest Service to continue using the retardant as it seeks a permit to do so from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

"The case drew the attention of communities devastated by #wildfires in the past, including the town of #ParadiseCalifornia, which was destroyed by fire in 2018.

"Its then-mayor, Greg Bolin, hailed the judge's ruling, saying it ensures communities 'have a fighting chance' in the face of fires.

"The Forest Service told NPR that this year, it phased out the use of one type of #PhosChek formula - #PhosChekLC95 - in favour of another - #MVPFx - saying that the latter is less toxic to #wildlife.

"The Forest Service also has a mandatory ban in place on dropping fire retardant in sensitive environmental areas, like waterways and habitats of endangered species. There are exceptions to the ban, however, in cases 'when human life or public safety are threatened.'"

Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93lqng957jo?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
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