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#toxins — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #toxins, aggregated by home.social.

  1. Is pesticide spray on food leading to movement disorders?
    Precautionary principle - ban paraquat

    "Paraquat and the related herbicide diquat are fast-acting weedkillers that farming groups say are essential for controlling resistant weeds."

    "Multiple epidemiological studies from different groups of scientists have shown that people exposed to paraquat have around a three times greater risk [of developing Parkinson's disease]."

    'The chemicals have been under review by the APVMA since 1997 and they are banned in the EU, the UK and China due to their toxicity.'

    "There are now multiple epidemiological studies or real-world exposure studies that have suggested that paraquat increases the risk of Parkinson's disease by around threefold...Like Australia, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to allow restricted use of the pesticide despite ongoing health concerns." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-06-08/neu

    Visualising the “blanket of agricultural toxins” from space
    This Yellow Glyphosate Map Reveals Where Farmers in the Netherlands Spray the Controversial Herbicide >>
    europeanpressprize.com/article
    #food #pesticides #glyphosate #Roundup #paraquat #weedkillers #SprayDrift #volatilisation #neurotoxicity #MovementDisorders #toxins #harm #farm #workers #residents #councils #LoggingIndustry #science #APVMA #regulation #Australia #SoilDegradation #water

  2. 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.”"
    >>
    theguardian.com/australia-news
    #pests #pesticide #regulation #fipronil #OneHealth #APVMA #neonicotinoids #floodplains #toxins #ecosystem #pollution #wildlife #biosecurity #trade

  3. A cocktail of toxins is poisoning our fields. Its effect on humans? Nobody can tell us

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    Many of the chemicals being spread as sewage sludge are untested or can’t be assessed. That’s why I’m suing for answers, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

    #agriculture #toxins #malfeasance #profitmotive

  4. 1st bloom has emerged 🙌

    #Anthurium #andraeanum ( #AKA #FlamingoFlower or #LaceLeaf or #PaintersPalette ). The #flowers are called #inflorescences & have two parts: the #spathe & the #spadix . This type of inflorescence is a #hallmark of the #plant family #Araceae that Anthurium adraeanum belongs to.

    In #NASA ’s #CleanAir #Study - A. andraeanum was #scientifically #proven to #remove #toxins like #formaldehyde & #ammonia from the air 🥰

    #cultivated #houseplants #PlantEducation

  5. Cats may be poisonous! 🐱☣️

    "Fel d 1, the major cat allergen, may satisfy some criteria to be considered a toxin. In this sense, domestic cats would be considered poisonous mammals (able to present a toxin but devoid of specialized toxin-delivery apparatus). ... This Fel d 1 profile is strikingly similar to loris BGE protein, a secretoglobin present in slow loris venom." scielo.br/j/jvatitd/a/FZwWdPMn

    HT @siege octodon.social/@siege/10592949
    #Cats #Loris #Poisons #Toxins #CatAllergy #Biology #Toxicology