#toxics — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #toxics, aggregated by home.social.
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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 -
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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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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"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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"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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"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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#USA under #Drumpf insists on irksome negotiating table role as biggest obstacle to solving petty perennial #plastic #pollution #crisis poisoning many parts of the #globe
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/19/sustainability/us-plastics-pollution-deal-geneva/ #PetroChemicals #Toxics
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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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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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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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"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 -
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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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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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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@peterjriley2024 really troubling to see an organic fruit producer with ECOCERT from the Vancouver lower mainland on this map. Also the Ontario Ginseng used #DDT #pesticides #toxics
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Monsanto hit with $175M verdict against Roundup
https://www.ehn.org/roundup-lawsuit-2666088361.html
#ycombinator #toxics #herbicide #Roundup #glyphosate -
Monsanto hit with $175M verdict against Roundup
https://www.ehn.org/roundup-lawsuit-2666088361.html
#ycombinator #toxics #herbicide #Roundup #glyphosate -
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/ -
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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☠️ 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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🤦🏿♂️ 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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@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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@kevinrns
Disturbing story! Maybe the #Plastics will kill us before the #ClimateCatastrophes?
#Maui #Toxics #MauiFire #ContaminatedWater -
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 -
👉 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
