#toxics — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #toxics, aggregated by home.social.
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With a rich payout to lawyers but little for plaintiffs, Bayer’s Roundup settlement faces critics, doubts
Listen to the audio version of this article (generated by AI). A class action settlement proposed in the…
#Germany #DE #Europe #EU #Europa #Bayer #Courts #Food&Farming #GersonSmoger #Glyphosate #Health #MDL #missouri #Monsanto #NorthernDistrictofCalifornia #PublicJusticeFoundation #Science #Toxics #USSupremeCourt
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EtO: no smell, no color. Just cancer near schools. EPA wants to gut the rules. https://twp.ai/9OWbHa #EPA #cancer #environmentaljustice #publichealth #airquality #toxics #environment
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This is more than a little unsettling, esp since "levels are especially alarming because children commonly eat fruits like grapes and strawberries, and children are most at risk from the chemicals’ toxic effects,"
But I'm sure the #PartyOfLife wouldn't support policies that hurt children, would they??
Toxic Pfas residue identified on 37% of California produce, new analysis finds
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/29/pfas-residue-california-produce-analysis?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other -
This is more than a little unsettling, esp since "levels are especially alarming because children commonly eat fruits like grapes and strawberries, and children are most at risk from the chemicals’ toxic effects,"
But I'm sure the #PartyOfLife wouldn't support policies that hurt children, would they??
Toxic Pfas residue identified on 37% of California produce, new analysis finds
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/29/pfas-residue-california-produce-analysis?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other -
This is more than a little unsettling, esp since "levels are especially alarming because children commonly eat fruits like grapes and strawberries, and children are most at risk from the chemicals’ toxic effects,"
But I'm sure the #PartyOfLife wouldn't support policies that hurt children, would they??
Toxic Pfas residue identified on 37% of California produce, new analysis finds
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/29/pfas-residue-california-produce-analysis?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other -
This is more than a little unsettling, esp since "levels are especially alarming because children commonly eat fruits like grapes and strawberries, and children are most at risk from the chemicals’ toxic effects,"
But I'm sure the #PartyOfLife wouldn't support policies that hurt children, would they??
Toxic Pfas residue identified on 37% of California produce, new analysis finds
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/29/pfas-residue-california-produce-analysis?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other -
This is more than a little unsettling, esp since "levels are especially alarming because children commonly eat fruits like grapes and strawberries, and children are most at risk from the chemicals’ toxic effects,"
But I'm sure the #PartyOfLife wouldn't support policies that hurt children, would they??
Toxic Pfas residue identified on 37% of California produce, new analysis finds
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/29/pfas-residue-california-produce-analysis?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other -
Processed foods may affect men’s fertility hormones and waistlines https://www.diningandcooking.com/2378476/processed-foods-may-affect-mens-fertility-hormones-and-waistlines/ #ChemicalRegulation #Children'sHealth #EndocrineDisruptingChemicals #francais #france #French #FrenchDiet #pfas #phthalates #PublicHealth #toxics
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"Today's decision proves that collective action works. The 3,100 submissions opposing a 100-fold increase in glyphosate residues represent thousands of New Zealanders who refused to accept a future of higher chemical residues in their food. Farmers, consumers, health advocates, and environmental champions came together and changed the course of food policy in this country."
Organic Aotearoa New Zealand, 2025
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Dismantling of EPA’s Scientific Research Arm Fulfills Key Chemical Industry Goal
#trump #fascism #antiscience #chemicalindustry #toxics #environmentalracism #environmentaljustice #rachelcarson #climatejustice #ScienceforthePeople
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Publix pulls baby food pouches over lead contamination risk https://www.diningandcooking.com/2080293/publix-pulls-baby-food-pouches-over-lead-contamination-risk/ #Children'sHealth #food #PublicHealth #toxics
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#presentació #juntas Som Rezero, una fundació independent sense ànim de lucre que promou una societat més justa, saludable i lliure de #residus i #toxics Ho fem través de la generació de coneixement, la #incidencia política, l’execució de projectes pioners i l’assessorament a agents socials, econòmics i administracions.
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"Ashley Furniture spokespeople said the company follows all laws and regulations for furniture manufacturing."
This is a reminder that the "laws and regulations" just define the worst you can do without criminal or civil penalties.
The laws and regulations do not mean that it is safe. Just that the company cannot be held accountable for their actions if they follow "all laws and regulations"
#toxics hide behind regulations strongly influenced by industry
#formaldehyde #HazardousExposures #ChemicalPollution in your home (or car/suv/truck/van)
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"Ashley Furniture spokespeople said the company follows all laws and regulations for furniture manufacturing."
This is a reminder that the "laws and regulations" just define the worst you can do without criminal or civil penalties.
The laws and regulations do not mean that it is safe. Just that the company cannot be held accountable for their actions if they follow "all laws and regulations"
#toxics hide behind regulations strongly influenced by industry
#formaldehyde #HazardousExposures #ChemicalPollution in your home (or car/suv/truck/van)
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"Ashley Furniture spokespeople said the company follows all laws and regulations for furniture manufacturing."
This is a reminder that the "laws and regulations" just define the worst you can do without criminal or civil penalties.
The laws and regulations do not mean that it is safe. Just that the company cannot be held accountable for their actions if they follow "all laws and regulations"
#toxics hide behind regulations strongly influenced by industry
#formaldehyde #HazardousExposures #ChemicalPollution in your home (or car/suv/truck/van)
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"Ashley Furniture spokespeople said the company follows all laws and regulations for furniture manufacturing."
This is a reminder that the "laws and regulations" just define the worst you can do without criminal or civil penalties.
The laws and regulations do not mean that it is safe. Just that the company cannot be held accountable for their actions if they follow "all laws and regulations"
#toxics hide behind regulations strongly influenced by industry
#formaldehyde #HazardousExposures #ChemicalPollution in your home (or car/suv/truck/van)
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"Ashley Furniture spokespeople said the company follows all laws and regulations for furniture manufacturing."
This is a reminder that the "laws and regulations" just define the worst you can do without criminal or civil penalties.
The laws and regulations do not mean that it is safe. Just that the company cannot be held accountable for their actions if they follow "all laws and regulations"
#toxics hide behind regulations strongly influenced by industry
#formaldehyde #HazardousExposures #ChemicalPollution in your home (or car/suv/truck/van)
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After Hurricane Helene, NC residents learn of reports of chemical burns from polluted mud: “Our regulatory agencies… are not immune from being influenced by the corporations that really are looking out for their bottom line.” @helenwsantoro @LeverNews
https://www.levernews.com/after-the-storms-the-toxic-secrets-left-behind/ #climate #Toxics -
EPA IG office backs retaliation claims by scientists during the Trump administration: “I was turned into a pariah…It made me question whether I wanted to continue in my job.” @fastlerner @propublica https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-scientists-faced-retaliation-after-finding-harm-from-chemicals
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Just one more piece of evidence about how trustworthy the industry's claims of safety are:
Maybe the precautionary principle is a good idea? If you don't look for toxic consequences, you won't find them. And "complying with all requirements and laws" doesn't mean risks have been adequately assessed.
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India's high rice yields come at a nutrient cost and higher arsenic levels. #agriculture #Toxics yield and export focused ag is very different from planning for food security.
https://www.tbsnews.net/agriculture/indias-high-rice-yields-come-nutrient-cost-what-about-bangladesh-807074 -
In #Canada we don't collect this information on #pesticide use and we basically know nothing about where pesticides are used. #Toxics #cdnpoli #environment
https://www.science.org/content/article/after-protests-u-s-agency-drops-plan-limit-pesticide-use-report -
Chlormequat Found In Cheerios, Quaker Oats May Cause Fertility Issues, Study Suggests #pesticides #Toxics
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ariannajohnson/2024/02/16/chemical-found-in-cheerios-quaker-oats-may-cause-fertility-issues-study-suggests-what-to-know-about-chlormequat/ -
Vets urged to cut pesticide flea treatments with imidacloprid, fipronil amid river pollution fears #Pesticides #toxics
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/01/vets-pesticide-flea-treatments-river-pollution-pet-owners-toxic-insecticides-hands -
@toxicsfree #chlorothalonil is Still allowed in Canada and extremely heavily used. Health Canada has been sitting on proposed restrictions for a long time now, and may be considering reversing them. #toxics #pesticides #cdnpoli
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@toxicsfree #chlorothalonil is Still allowed in Canada and extremely heavily used. Health Canada has been sitting on proposed restrictions for a long time now, and may be considering reversing them. #toxics #pesticides #cdnpoli
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Monsanto hit with $175M verdict against Roundup
https://www.ehn.org/roundup-lawsuit-2666088361.html
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Prosecution of chemours in Holland while EPA allows imports from Dutch factories to US #PFAS #toxics
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2023/10/public-prosecutor-launches-criminal-probe-into-chemours-factory/ -
☠️ EU abandons promise to ban toxic chemicals in consumer products
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🤦🏿♂️ Segregation’s toxic past re-emerges in North Carolina’s lead-poisoned playgrounds
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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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It was proposed for a global ban under Stockholm convention nearly 10 years ago. This business acts like it came out of nowhere. #Toxics https://www.carexcanada.ca/profile/pentachlorophenol/
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@AlisonCreekside You might find this an interesting LISTEN: Dr Bruce Lanphear, an expert on exposure to #toxics, discussing the reasons for his resignation as the co-chair of the Health Canada pesticide advisory committee, and how regulators are failing to protect the Canadian public from agricultural “poisons” https://www.ehn.org/pesticide-regulation-2664943723.html
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Conservationists Push EPA to Add 1,000+ Pollutants to 'Outdated' List of Toxic Chemicals #toxics #PFAS #atrazine
https://www.commondreams.org/news/conservationists-push-epa-to-add-1000-pollutants-to-outdated-list-of-toxic-chemicals -
👉 We should know Commission’s thinking & how unaccountable RSB could be influencing it.
We need:
➡️ Robust & ambitious REACH proposal published now
➡️ Full transparency of #BetterRegulation process now, followed by major overhaul of deregulatory thinking behind it
➡️ Lobby firewall to protect decision-making from #Toxics industry -
Illegal, cancer-causing chlorinated paraffins detected in Canadian toys and electronics, new U of T study finds | The Star #toxics
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2023/04/11/illegal-cancer-causing-chemicals-detected-in-canadian-toys-and-electronics-new-u-of-t-study-finds.html -
Wilderness Committee @wildernews
Toxic chemicals are being sprayed over re-growing forests across Canada. Logging companies are using glyphosate to kill everything but their cash crops, decimating #biodiversity & putting communities at risk. #stopthespray #pesticides #toxics #biodiversity #forestsMore in our latest paper 🔽
wildernesscommittee.org
Glyphosate: Controversial loggi -
At today's House appropriations hearing, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack claimed more research is needed to find out what levels of PFAS are safe in our food supply (we actually already know it’s zero).
More in my newsletter:
https://hillheat.substack.com/p/votes-by-pro-polluter-majorities
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Check out some new factsheets from @CHEMTrust on harmful chemicals in food contact materials like packaging
The factsheets - in multiple languages - focus on 5 countries (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and Spain) and feature information on studies that have found harmful chemicals in food packaging, biomonitoring studies, public perceptions and actions taken:
#Packaging #HazardousChemicals #Toxics #FCM #BPA #PFAS #ForeverChemicals
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Stop letting local fish listen to Iron Maiden! They won’t stop head-banging and it’s annoying! Love, the National Park Service
(A lot of mines around the country are still waiting for remediation: Mine site owners largely abandoned them rather than clean them up.)
#dadjokes #heavymetal #toxics #pollution #contamination #mining #jokes #naturejokes
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Hello humans of the #Mastoverse :) By way of introduction, I spend most of my waking hours exploring how to regulate #plastic in order to reduce harm to ecosystem + human health, environmental injustice and #climate chaos.
#ScienceTwitter was a great resource but #ScienceMastodon could be much greater (no algorithms!). Let's grow this community!
#toxics #EDCs #PFAS #microplastics #SUPs #plasticpollution #plastictreaty
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Hello humans of the #Mastoverse :) By way of introduction, I spend most of my waking hours exploring how to regulate #plastic in order to reduce harm to ecosystem + human health, environmental injustice and #climate chaos.
#ScienceTwitter was a great resource but #ScienceMastodon could be much greater (no algorithms!). Let's grow this community!
#toxics #EDCs #PFAS #microplastics #SUPs #plasticpollution #plastictreaty
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Hello humans of the #Fediverse :) By way of introduction, I spend most of my waking hours exploring how to regulate #plastic in order to reduce harm to ecosystem + human health, environmental injustice and #climate chaos.
#ScienceTwitter was a great resource but #ScienceMastodon could be much greater (no algorithms!). Let's grow this community!
#toxics #EDCs #PFAS #microplastics #SUPs #plasticpollution #plastictreaty
