#precautionaryprinciple — Public Fediverse posts
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Australia is proposing to allow higher residue limits of the pesticide isocycloseram on berries, while the European Union takes a much more precautionary approach and does not approve it for use on food crops.
The debate highlights a bigger difference in philosophy: Europe often asks “are we certain this is safe long term?” while Australia’s system focuses on whether exposure levels are calculated to be below a risk threshold.
When it comes to chemicals in our food supply, should we be aiming for the lowest possible exposure rather than simply staying below a limit?#foodSafety #pesticides #health #environment #australia #precautionaryPrinciple
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Australia is proposing to allow higher residue limits of the pesticide isocycloseram on berries, while the European Union takes a much more precautionary approach and does not approve it for use on food crops.
The debate highlights a bigger difference in philosophy: Europe often asks “are we certain this is safe long term?” while Australia’s system focuses on whether exposure levels are calculated to be below a risk threshold.
When it comes to chemicals in our food supply, should we be aiming for the lowest possible exposure rather than simply staying below a limit?#foodSafety #pesticides #health #environment #australia #precautionaryPrinciple
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Discarding the #PrecautionaryPrinciple with #COVID19 has had lasting consequences for our health. Learn more in this discussion co-hosted with @[email protected], with guests @[email protected] and Sarah Masih.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cb35btbviyffngey6ifig55h/post/3mq3gz3i3ec2b -
Discarding the #PrecautionaryPrinciple with #COVID19 has had lasting consequences for our health. Learn more in this discussion co-hosted with @[email protected], with guests @[email protected] and Sarah Masih.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cb35btbviyffngey6ifig55h/post/3mq3gz3i3ec2b -
THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
for June 25th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- France announces first confirmed #Ebola case
- Third case of #BirdFlu reported in #Australia
- #Aotearoa #NewZealand insists it is "well prepared" for pandemics (it's not)
- #Screwworm detections now up to 20 (TX)
- JAMA journal publishes #Covid vaccine booster study blocked by Bhattacharya
- @thesicktimes reports on Covid pre-exposure prophylactic drug #Xocova , now approved by the US #FDA
- @publichealthaction.bsky.social and @AirSupportProject to host a virtual talk on the #PrecautionaryPrinciple on June 28th
- Virtual Pride variety show on June 30th hosted by The Sick Times; Calling Up Justice's virtual Pride July 4th-5th
...and much more.
✨THREAT MODEL is free to read -- please help keep it accessible to all by becoming a patron, even $1 a month makes a difference!✨
https://www.patreon.com/violetblue/posts/pandemic-roundup-162031691
#ThreatModel #ThreatModelCovid #ThreatModelNewsletters #VioletBlue #COVIDnews #PublicHealth #CovidIsNotOver
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THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
for June 25th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- France announces first confirmed #Ebola case
- Third case of #BirdFlu reported in #Australia
- #Aotearoa #NewZealand insists it is "well prepared" for pandemics (it's not)
- #Screwworm detections now up to 20 (TX)
- JAMA journal publishes #Covid vaccine booster study blocked by Bhattacharya
- @thesicktimes reports on Covid pre-exposure prophylactic drug #Xocova , now approved by the US #FDA
- @publichealthaction.bsky.social and @AirSupportProject to host a virtual talk on the #PrecautionaryPrinciple on June 28th
- Virtual Pride variety show on June 30th hosted by The Sick Times; Calling Up Justice's virtual Pride July 4th-5th
...and much more.
✨THREAT MODEL is free to read -- please help keep it accessible to all by becoming a patron, even $1 a month makes a difference!✨
https://www.patreon.com/violetblue/posts/pandemic-roundup-162031691
#ThreatModel #ThreatModelCovid #ThreatModelNewsletters #VioletBlue #COVIDnews #PublicHealth #CovidIsNotOver
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@shinmera
This same approach & ‘costing’ apply to public health and also public libraries. Invisible when working well, costly failures when not.#costBenefit #publicHealth #publicLibraries #invisibility #failure #precautionaryPrinciple #publicGoods
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@shinmera
This same approach & ‘costing’ apply to public health and also public libraries. Invisible when working well, costly failures when not.#costBenefit #publicHealth #publicLibraries #invisibility #failure #precautionaryPrinciple #publicGoods
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Can anybody be prepared for war and economic hardship ? #TheCostOfWar #PrecautionaryPrinciple #Philosophy https://substack.com/@thecounterintuitive/note/c-234534091?r=29jpsy&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
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Can anybody be prepared for war and economic hardship ? #TheCostOfWar #PrecautionaryPrinciple #Philosophy https://substack.com/@thecounterintuitive/note/c-234534091?r=29jpsy&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
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@theguardian_us_environment "The goal of Sea Shepherd’s latest campaign is to stop all krill fishing in the Antarctic... the industry’s expansion is outpacing the time needed to gather information to assess consequences of the trade... risks irreversible damage."
#PrecautionaryPrinciple #overfishing #krill #Antarctic #ocean #fisheries
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Earth system models have generally been on track with unfolding reality, and they get better all the time.
Anyway, here's more of what Russell Vought calls "alarmism" but is better thought of as information for applying the #PrecautionaryPrinciple. These are very high stakes.
"Simultaneous droughts across multiple maize-producing regions can strike record-shattering portions of the global maize agricultural area, threatening global food security as the system is poorly adapted to large shocks. Yet the future probability of such global droughts remains unknown. Here, we close this gap by analyzing surface soil moisture data from large ensemble climate models under future emission scenarios. During 2026-2099, the chance of at least one such event is 52% (32–80%, range across models) under an intermediate emission scenario and 60% (32–100%) under high emissions, about seven to eleven times higher than expected if there were no long-term trends in soil moisture. These elevated probabilities are primarily driven by long-term drying in Brazil, Europe, and the USA. Interestingly, global record-shattering droughts do not emerge from simultaneous regional record-shattering events, but they mostly occur when several regions simultaneously face moderately extreme droughts relative to the new climate. These results demonstrate a high potential for an upcoming global record-shattering drought in crop-producing areas, an under-recognized risk for food security."
Sadly it appears the authors are unable to pay the ransom demanded by Springer-Nature so as to free their findings.
[HT to @anlomedad for pointing out that the article is indeed open access. And Springer Nature is that little bit richer. :-) ]
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Earth system models have generally been on track with unfolding reality, and they get better all the time.
Anyway, here's more of what Russell Vought calls "alarmism" but is better thought of as information for applying the #PrecautionaryPrinciple. These are very high stakes.
"Simultaneous droughts across multiple maize-producing regions can strike record-shattering portions of the global maize agricultural area, threatening global food security as the system is poorly adapted to large shocks. Yet the future probability of such global droughts remains unknown. Here, we close this gap by analyzing surface soil moisture data from large ensemble climate models under future emission scenarios. During 2026-2099, the chance of at least one such event is 52% (32–80%, range across models) under an intermediate emission scenario and 60% (32–100%) under high emissions, about seven to eleven times higher than expected if there were no long-term trends in soil moisture. These elevated probabilities are primarily driven by long-term drying in Brazil, Europe, and the USA. Interestingly, global record-shattering droughts do not emerge from simultaneous regional record-shattering events, but they mostly occur when several regions simultaneously face moderately extreme droughts relative to the new climate. These results demonstrate a high potential for an upcoming global record-shattering drought in crop-producing areas, an under-recognized risk for food security."
Sadly it appears the authors are unable to pay the ransom demanded by Springer-Nature so as to free their findings.
[HT to @anlomedad for pointing out that the article is indeed open access. And Springer Nature is that little bit richer. :-) ]
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@PeterRu Who bans whom, using what power- and who decides on safety? Getting a bit late for the #precautionaryprinciple
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@PeterRu Who bans whom, using what power- and who decides on safety? Getting a bit late for the #precautionaryprinciple
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COVID is not just a respiratory virus. It’s not a cold. It’s not “mild”.
It’s a multi system vascular virus that can do damage throughout your body.
It’s also a novel virus. Five years is not a lot of time in the lifecycle of a new disease. The more we learn, the more obvious it becomes that avoiding infection is critical for long term health.
The precautionary principle should have been applied. We need to be humble and realize that we don’t know how bad things will be in another few years.
So wear a mask. Clean and ventilate the air. Avoid high risk settings. Do whatever you can to minimize your risk of infection. Protect yourself and your communities.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s44349-025-00015-3
#covidisairborne #covidisnotover #sarscov2 #longcovid #heartdamage #disability #wearamask #PrecautionaryPrinciple
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COVID is not just a respiratory virus. It’s not a cold. It’s not “mild”.
It’s a multi system vascular virus that can do damage throughout your body.
It’s also a novel virus. Five years is not a lot of time in the lifecycle of a new disease. The more we learn, the more obvious it becomes that avoiding infection is critical for long term health.
The precautionary principle should have been applied. We need to be humble and realize that we don’t know how bad things will be in another few years.
So wear a mask. Clean and ventilate the air. Avoid high risk settings. Do whatever you can to minimize your risk of infection. Protect yourself and your communities.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s44349-025-00015-3
#covidisairborne #covidisnotover #sarscov2 #longcovid #heartdamage #disability #wearamask #PrecautionaryPrinciple
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The EU's #NovelFood framework is fit for regulating cultivated #meat; the use of the #PrecautionaryPrinciple to ban #CultivatedMeat is not justified (provisional & proportionate). Existing #regulations provide the EU gastronomic #heritage with adequate safeguards: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41538-025-00384-0 #cleanmeat
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“There are no control groups,” Campen said. “Everyone is exposed.”
And that's a real problem - I recall the story breaking that second hand smoke was contributing to breast cancer - but it took many years of reduced smoking rates before enough women had NOT been exposed to second hand smoke so that they could compare groups in a meaningful way.
One of the reasons I am heartbroken that the #PrecautionaryPrinciple has been rejected by the US. By the time you find the harm, and demonstrate linkages, the damage is done.
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“There are no control groups,” Campen said. “Everyone is exposed.”
And that's a real problem - I recall the story breaking that second hand smoke was contributing to breast cancer - but it took many years of reduced smoking rates before enough women had NOT been exposed to second hand smoke so that they could compare groups in a meaningful way.
One of the reasons I am heartbroken that the #PrecautionaryPrinciple has been rejected by the US. By the time you find the harm, and demonstrate linkages, the damage is done.
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It strikes me that many regulatory regimes are still not asking the right questions about adverse impacts - and we keep finding problems like this.
#ChemicalPollution #pesticidepoisoning but no robust #PrecautionaryPrinciple
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It strikes me that many regulatory regimes are still not asking the right questions about adverse impacts - and we keep finding problems like this.
#ChemicalPollution #pesticidepoisoning but no robust #PrecautionaryPrinciple
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I urge everyone to read this - especially if you live in LA (or have loved ones there).
I appreciate Isabel mentioning the early days of the Covid pandemic and how we were told masks weren’t necessary. How public officials didn’t model mask wearing or precautions until much much later.
It’s fitting perhaps that the folks doing the heavy lifting to protect people from the LA wildfires are disability and Covid activists.
They’ve been boots on the ground since day one, with the government even going to them for masks and clean air supplies.
The same government that tried to ban masks a few months ago, that discarded the disabled as “acceptable losses” are now asking for their help.
And they’re showing up. Because that’s what this incredible community does. It shows up for people.
If you’ve been Covid aware these last five years you’ve no doubt learned a ton about air quality. I know I have.
You know about CO2, PMs and VOCs. You know about the difference between an N95 and a P100 and why gas filters are necessary for wildfires.
You know to listen to the air quality experts who have been trying to warn us for years about the dangers of COVID and wildfire smoke.
Listen to them now. The air isn’t safe. The water isn’t safe. The homes that are still standing aren’t safe.
Even if the air quality is “ok” in Los Angeles, it’s anything but. It’s just like when we were told we didn’t have to wear masks for Covid. It’s early days and the info being given is incomplete (and best) and outright wrong (at worst).
Mask up. Engage with a local mask bloc if you can’t afford a respirator or don’t know what kind to get. Pay attention to the air quality experts.
Apply the precautionary principle. It may save your life.
#la #losangeles #wildfires #california #wearamask #airquality #precautionaryprinciple
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I urge everyone to read this - especially if you live in LA (or have loved ones there).
I appreciate Isabel mentioning the early days of the Covid pandemic and how we were told masks weren’t necessary. How public officials didn’t model mask wearing or precautions until much much later.
It’s fitting perhaps that the folks doing the heavy lifting to protect people from the LA wildfires are disability and Covid activists.
They’ve been boots on the ground since day one, with the government even going to them for masks and clean air supplies.
The same government that tried to ban masks a few months ago, that discarded the disabled as “acceptable losses” are now asking for their help.
And they’re showing up. Because that’s what this incredible community does. It shows up for people.
If you’ve been Covid aware these last five years you’ve no doubt learned a ton about air quality. I know I have.
You know about CO2, PMs and VOCs. You know about the difference between an N95 and a P100 and why gas filters are necessary for wildfires.
You know to listen to the air quality experts who have been trying to warn us for years about the dangers of COVID and wildfire smoke.
Listen to them now. The air isn’t safe. The water isn’t safe. The homes that are still standing aren’t safe.
Even if the air quality is “ok” in Los Angeles, it’s anything but. It’s just like when we were told we didn’t have to wear masks for Covid. It’s early days and the info being given is incomplete (and best) and outright wrong (at worst).
Mask up. Engage with a local mask bloc if you can’t afford a respirator or don’t know what kind to get. Pay attention to the air quality experts.
Apply the precautionary principle. It may save your life.
#la #losangeles #wildfires #california #wearamask #airquality #precautionaryprinciple
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Two snowy owls who were found dead in Toronto in December now confirmed to have died of bird flu.
We already had a teen in BC on life support with no known animal exposure.
Can we talk about the fact that these owls were found in the most populous part of the country??
#h5n1 #birdflu #pandemic #toronto #wearamask #precautionaryprinciple
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Two snowy owls who were found dead in Toronto in December now confirmed to have died of bird flu.
We already had a teen in BC on life support with no known animal exposure.
Can we talk about the fact that these owls were found in the most populous part of the country??
#h5n1 #birdflu #pandemic #toronto #wearamask #precautionaryprinciple
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It's nice that the companies who inflicted this on us and mislead us about the risks spewed all of this legally. Especially bad in the US, where faith in the #NeoliberalFallacy means applying the #PrecautionaryPrinciple is anathema. All profits to the companies and major shareholders; costs imposed on everyone.
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It's nice that the companies who inflicted this on us and mislead us about the risks spewed all of this legally. Especially bad in the US, where faith in the #NeoliberalFallacy means applying the #PrecautionaryPrinciple is anathema. All profits to the companies and major shareholders; costs imposed on everyone.
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Distressing is an understatement. And solid evidence that regulatory polices that require evidence of harm, rather than evidence of safety, failed us once again.
We need to implement the #PrecautionaryPrinciple
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Distressing is an understatement. And solid evidence that regulatory polices that require evidence of harm, rather than evidence of safety, failed us once again.
We need to implement the #PrecautionaryPrinciple
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🚨 Free book alert! (ePub and PDF!)
*Applying Reflective Equilibrium* shows each step of #reflectiveEquilibrium (RE), so anyone can use it.
This reveals the limits of reflective equilibrium, but also its real benefits.
Where to find it: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04333-8
#CriticalThinking #Logic #Ethics #Bioethics #Politics #Science #Medicine #Epistemology #Metaphilosophy #PhilosophyOfScience #PrecautionaryPrinciple #Philosophy #OpenAccess
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🚨 Free book alert! (ePub and PDF!)
*Applying Reflective Equilibrium* shows each step of #reflectiveEquilibrium (RE), so anyone can use it.
This reveals the limits of reflective equilibrium, but also its real benefits.
Where to find it: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04333-8
#CriticalThinking #Logic #Ethics #Bioethics #Politics #Science #Medicine #Epistemology #Metaphilosophy #PhilosophyOfScience #PrecautionaryPrinciple #Philosophy #OpenAccess
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@petergleick @Ardubal Instamuting people who have tried to convince me to ignore the inevitable catastrophe of nukes + capitalism
Saying nothing bad has happened yet (that we've been told about) misses my point completely. Saying regulations exist assumes they'll continue & doesn't take corruption into account
#CapitalismKills everything it touches & nukes don't pass the #PrecautionaryPrinciple for me
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@petergleick @Ardubal Instamuting people who have tried to convince me to ignore the inevitable catastrophe of nukes + capitalism
Saying nothing bad has happened yet (that we've been told about) misses my point completely. Saying regulations exist assumes they'll continue & doesn't take corruption into account
#CapitalismKills everything it touches & nukes don't pass the #PrecautionaryPrinciple for me
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Is the Atlantic Overturning Circulation Approaching a Tipping Point? By Stefan Rahmstorf (Open Access PDF)
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https://tos.org/oceanography/article/is-the-atlantic-overturning-circulation-approaching-a-tipping-pointTipping risk of the Atlantic Ocean's overturning circulation, AMOC. Keynote by Prof. Rahmstorf in Vilnius in May 2024.
"No one has taken account of all the melting ice sheets"
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHNNW8c_FaA
#FossilFuels #ocean #climate #instability #AMOC #Cryosphere #MeltingGlaciers #precipitation #TippingPoints #PrecautionaryPrinciple #harm -
Is the Atlantic Overturning Circulation Approaching a Tipping Point? By Stefan Rahmstorf (Open Access PDF)
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https://tos.org/oceanography/article/is-the-atlantic-overturning-circulation-approaching-a-tipping-pointTipping risk of the Atlantic Ocean's overturning circulation, AMOC. Keynote by Prof. Rahmstorf in Vilnius in May 2024.
"No one has taken account of all the melting ice sheets"
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHNNW8c_FaA
#FossilFuels #ocean #climate #instability #AMOC #Cryosphere #MeltingGlaciers #precipitation #TippingPoints #PrecautionaryPrinciple #harm -
#ClimateDiary Just listened to @rahmstorf’s enormously helpful &clear Alfred Wegener Medal lecture:
“Is the #AMOC Reaching a Tipping Point?”
Answer: it looks more and more likely. There are still uncertainties, especially as to “When”; but with ever increasing evidence it is clear, as Rahmstorf says: we must, must apply the #precautionaryprinciple.
During sobering conclusion a pop-up message about Taylor Swift. What a time to be alive.
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/sessionprogramme/5215#
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#ClimateDiary Just listened to @rahmstorf’s enormously helpful &clear Alfred Wegener Medal lecture:
“Is the #AMOC Reaching a Tipping Point?”
Answer: it looks more and more likely. There are still uncertainties, especially as to “When”; but with ever increasing evidence it is clear, as Rahmstorf says: we must, must apply the #precautionaryprinciple.
During sobering conclusion a pop-up message about Taylor Swift. What a time to be alive.
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/sessionprogramme/5215#
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@Brendanjones
Thanks, had hoped for responses! And I'm not at all learned in this field. But when you say "maybe that’s how it has to be in order to stay within planetary boundaries, I don’t know" - to truly differ from the planet-wide experiment like the one climaxing now, surely the #PrecautionaryPrinciple needs to be an intrinsic quality of a new culture? -
@Brendanjones
Thanks, had hoped for responses! And I'm not at all learned in this field. But when you say "maybe that’s how it has to be in order to stay within planetary boundaries, I don’t know" - to truly differ from the planet-wide experiment like the one climaxing now, surely the #PrecautionaryPrinciple needs to be an intrinsic quality of a new culture? -
Joint statement: Scientists oppose proposal from the @EU_Commission
From the perspective of the protection of health and the environment, #newgeneticengineering should not be deregulated.
#NewGE #NGTs #CRISPR #precautionaryprinciple #environmentalprotection
https://www.testbiotech.org/en/news/new-genetic-engineering-scientists-oppose-eu-commission-proposal
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New GM plants: EU Commission has lost sight of science and safety
The proposal will expose people and the environment to potentially unsafe food, feed and plants without informing citizens, say scientistshttps://gmwatch.org/en/106-news/latest-news/20305
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New GM plants: EU Commission has lost sight of science and safety
The proposal will expose people and the environment to potentially unsafe food, feed and plants without informing citizens, say scientistshttps://gmwatch.org/en/106-news/latest-news/20305
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I continue to be amazed at the advances in toxicology, and all of the unexpected and unintended health and environmental impacts.
And bewildered at the opposition to the #precautionaryprinciple . Although, I guess, we have private profits at risk if we apply that, and, hey, the costs are socialized (one way or another)
https://www.sciencealert.com/common-plastic-additive-linked-to-autism-and-adhd-scientists-discover
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@Ralph @LightFIAR 🙌😍🤩😲 Holy cow I LOVE IT! I want it!
#CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsntOver #Covidcautious #CovidConscious #Covid #PrecautionaryPrinciple #PPE #personalprotectiveequipment
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@Ralph @LightFIAR 🙌😍🤩😲 Holy cow I LOVE IT! I want it!
#CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsntOver #Covidcautious #CovidConscious #Covid #PrecautionaryPrinciple #PPE #personalprotectiveequipment
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Do #DavosSafe "colleagues" consider #BA286 safe enough to go "to work"?
Even with the best furin cleavage site (fusogenicity) and a brand new receptor binding domain this virus has to offer (to escape more immunity again).
Do they continue to pay the bogus doctors who claim that vaccination does not protect against acute infections?
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Do #DavosSafe "colleagues" consider #BA286 safe enough to go "to work"?
Even with the best furin cleavage site (fusogenicity) and a brand new receptor binding domain this virus has to offer (to escape more immunity again).
Do they continue to pay the bogus doctors who claim that vaccination does not protect against acute infections?
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@greenaspen @greenpeace_de @EU_Commission
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...#agroindustrial #lobbies, #monopolization of then possible patents on food is bound to lead to further #oligopolization.
This is my take on a very long, detailed, and well presented article.
/END (for now)
#GM #GeneEditing #CRISPR #CRISPRcas9 #PrecautionaryPrinciple #food #ethics #PublicHealth
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@greenaspen @greenpeace_de @EU_Commission
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...#agroindustrial #lobbies, #monopolization of then possible patents on food is bound to lead to further #oligopolization.
This is my take on a very long, detailed, and well presented article.
/END (for now)
#GM #GeneEditing #CRISPR #CRISPRcas9 #PrecautionaryPrinciple #food #ethics #PublicHealth
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In a nutshell--based on one of the best articles I've read in weeks:
@EU_Commission makes patronizing #GMO legislation proposal, signifying a paradigm shift that resembles #Russian roulette in #genetics of edible plants.
#Crisperisation will permit non-labelelling of GMOs.Pressured by powerful #biotech and...
#GM #GeneEditing #CRISPR #CRISPRcas9 #PrecautionaryPrinciple #food #ethics #PublicHealth
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An excellent article about the #EU European Commission's #GMO #deregulation proposal, by the journalist, former #MEP, and expert on GMOs Benedikt Haerlin
#GM #GeneEditing #CRISPR #CRISPRcas9 #PrecautionaryPrinciple #food #ethics #PublicHealth
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European Commission #EU proposal on new #GMOs is incompatible with the #PrecautionaryPrinciple
Corporate interests trump freedom of choice and biosafety