#novelentities — Public Fediverse posts
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Monsanto the villain again.
Michael Sheen investigates cancer concern around chemical dumping - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czekx5g39elo -
Sources of microplastics in agricultural soils. Agriculture itself includes plastic mulches and plastic-coated fertilisers. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114980
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Can Microplastic Pollution Change Soil-Water Dynamics? Results from Controlled Laboratory Experiments. Yup.
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/14/21/3430
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Quite a few billion pieces of extra plastic and copper, etc., and we once got off our lazy butts and used our metabolism for batteries! Oh and now everyone wants one in every room. Now we feel entitled.
#Plastic #PlasticPollution #CarryingCapacity #PlanetaryBoundaries #NovelEntities #Oil #Waste #Landfill
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This is a good update of the #PlanetaryBoundaries. #NovelEntities (#plastics and #chemicals) are a central boundary important to the functioning of the planet. We are testing and regulating a disappearingly small number of the 350 000 substances that can damage the planet.
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RT @KateRaworth
The Planetary Boundaries framework will soon be updated. What will be different in PB 3.0? Watch this excellent talk by Prof. Will Steffen on wha…
https://twitter.com/KateRaworth/status/1612749010976280577
