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#toxins — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. “There were elders who started to get sores in their mouths because of the pesticides. We use our mouths to help in basket weaving,” Young says.

    “And then if you’re cooking in these baskets and the material has been sprayed, then people can be ingesting it.”

    Link: motherjones.com/environment/20

    #Forest #Nature #Climate #Environment #Pollution #Pesticides #Herbicides #Toxins #IndigenousRights #NativeAmericans #NaturalResources

  2. Immersion in a hot toxic soup

    From humans, wildlife and invertebrates: Simultaneous exposure of toxins and climate harms likely to cause reduced fertility

    An " ‘alarming’ effect on fertility across global species from simultaneous exposures."

    "The chemicals are ubiquitous in consumer goods, so humans are often regularly exposed."

    “There is enough evidence in both areas to act to reduce our impact on the planet...The solution to the systemic problems would involve reining in climate change and reducing the use of toxic chemicals." >>

    theguardian.com/science/2026/a
    #biodiversity #immersion #FossilFuels #ClimateCrisis #toxins #plastic #ForeverChemicals #pollution #WesternCountries #harm #ToxicChemicals #Pfas #organochlorines #pyrethroids #Phthalates #ConsumerGoods #ClimateHarms #habitability #HealthHazards

  3. Imported pests and broad-spectrum pesticide regulation

    "A “wildly toxic” chemical used to combat fire ants and the varroa mite in Australia is banned in Europe and harmful to humans – and it is poisoning waterways and killing native fauna, experts warn."

    "Australia is “a basket case” in that the chemical regulator answers to the department of agriculture, rather than to the department of health, as in Japan, the US and Europe, said Landos."

    "NSW MP Emma Hurst of the Animal Justice party said: “It is time for Australia to catch up to the rest of the world and ban fipronil.”"
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    theguardian.com/australia-news
    #pests #pesticide #regulation #fipronil #OneHealth #APVMA #neonicotinoids #floodplains #toxins #ecosystem #pollution #wildlife #biosecurity #trade

  4. UK fails to ban 36 harmful pesticides outlawed for use in EU theguardian.com/environment/20 Campaigners say Britain becoming ‘toxic poster child of Europe’ and accuse ministers of breaking Brexit promise on standards 🐝 #Brexit #Neonicotinoids #Toxins #Toxic #Wildlife #Nature #Pesticides #ToryCorruption #ToriesOut