#toxins — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #toxins, aggregated by home.social.
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‘Tidal wave’ of Pfas being launched to satisfy AI industry, campaigners warn | Pfas | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/14/pfas-firms-tidal-wave-forever-chemicals-ai-industry-demand-datacentresAll that matters is increasing profits. Even human life matters less.
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‘Tidal wave’ of Pfas being launched to satisfy AI industry, campaigners warn | Pfas | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/14/pfas-firms-tidal-wave-forever-chemicals-ai-industry-demand-datacentresAll that matters is increasing profits. Even human life matters less.
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‘Tidal wave’ of Pfas being launched to satisfy AI industry, campaigners warn | Pfas | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/14/pfas-firms-tidal-wave-forever-chemicals-ai-industry-demand-datacentresAll that matters is increasing profits. Even human life matters less.
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‘Tidal wave’ of Pfas being launched to satisfy AI industry, campaigners warn | Pfas | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/14/pfas-firms-tidal-wave-forever-chemicals-ai-industry-demand-datacentresAll that matters is increasing profits. Even human life matters less.
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‘Tidal wave’ of Pfas being launched to satisfy AI industry, campaigners warn | Pfas | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/14/pfas-firms-tidal-wave-forever-chemicals-ai-industry-demand-datacentresAll that matters is increasing profits. Even human life matters less.
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🧠 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 #𝘛𝘰𝘹𝘪𝘯𝘴: Living within 1 mile of a golf course links to a 2.25x higher risk of #Parkinsons disease. #Science #Wissenschaft suspect toxic #pesticides leach into local water, extending risks up to 3 miles. #Neurology #Health #Environment #Research #MedSky #Umwelt #Eco #Bio #Data
https://techfixated.com/study-shows-people-living-within-a-mile-of-a-golf-course-had-more-than-twice-the-risk-of-developing-parkinsons-disease-with-elevated-risk-extending-to-about-three-miles-before-declining-beyo/ -
Toxic air pollution here and there
After weeks of spraying pesticides, then burning the logged plantations, the smoke lingered in a smoulderscape that left soot on all objects and ln lungs. Now the rain washes the cocktail of herbicides together with the ultrafine particle smoke into the surrounding soil and waterways. Negative externalities caused by the NSW government's Forestry Corporation. >>
https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/116179883788004782The large-scale deconstruction of oil wells elsewhere
Pulverising oil wells into our atmosphere"Reports are emerging of black rain falling over parts of Iran in the hours after US-Israeli airstrikes on oil depots on the weekend, with some outlets describing it as “acid rain”. Iranian residents have reported headaches, difficulty breathing, and oil-contaminated rain settling on buildings and cars."
"This rain would include acids but also likely a host of other pollutants that are harmful to humans and the environment in the short and long term.This black rain indicates toxic pollutants such as hydrocarbons, ultrafine particles known as PM2.5, and carcinogenic compounds called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have made their way into the rain. When ultrafine particles (PM2.5) are inhaled, they can get into your bloodstream. This has been linked to a range of health impacts including cancers, neurological conditions (such as cognitive impairment), and various cardiovascular conditions." >>
https://theconversation.com/what-is-the-acid-rain-in-the-wake-of-us-bombings-in-iran-an-atmospheric-scientist-explains-277849
#pollution #AirPollution #FossilFuel #combustion #BlackRain #chemicals #toxins #water #EcologicalDisaster #FCNSW #war #atmosphere #climate #governance -
Scientists Thought #Parkinsons Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the #Water
New ideas about #ChronicIllness could revolutionize treatment, if we take the research seriously.
By David Ferry, December 10, 2025
Excerpt: "Sometime before 1953, a massive plume of #trichlorethylene, or #TCE, had entered the groundwater beneath #CampLejeune. TCE is a highly effective solvent—one of those midcentury wonder chemicals—that vaporizes quickly and dissolves whatever grease it touches. The spill’s source is debated, but grunts on base used TCE to maintain machinery, and the dry cleaner sprayed it on dress blues. It was ubiquitous at Lejeune and all over America.
"And TCE appeared benign, too—you could rub it on your hands or huff its fumes and feel no immediate effects. It plays a longer game. For approximately 35 years, Marines and sailors who lived at Lejeune unknowingly breathed in vaporized TCE whenever they turned on their tap. The Navy, which oversees the Marine Corps, first denied the toxic plume’s existence, then refused to admit it could affect Marines’ health. But as Lejeune’s vets aged, cancers and unexplained illness began stalking them at staggering rates. Marines stationed on base had a 35 percent higher risk of developing kidney cancer, a 47 percent higher risk of Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a 68 percent higher risk of multiple myeloma. At the local cemetery, the section reserved for infants had to be expanded.
"Meanwhile, Langston had spent the remainder of the 1980s setting up the California Parkinson’s Foundation (later renamed the Parkinson’s Institute), a lab and treatment facility equipped with everything needed to finally reveal the cause of the disease. 'We thought we were going to solve it,' Langston told me. Researchers affiliated with the institute created the first animal model for Parkinson’s, identified a pesticide called #Paraquat as a near chemical match to #MPTP, and proved that farm workers who sprayed Paraquat developed Parkinson’s at exceedingly high rates.
"Then they showed that identical twins developed Parkinson’s at the same rate as fraternal twins—something that wouldn’t make sense if the disease were purely genetic, since identical twins share DNA and fraternal twins do not. They even noted TCE as a potential cause of the disease, Langston says. Each revelation, the team thought, represented another nail in the coffin of the genetic theory of Parkinson’s."
Read more:
https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-thought-parkinsons-was-in-our-genes-it-might-be-in-the-water/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/w8kFq#TCE #Solvents #DryCleaningFluid #Toxins #ToxicContamination #ParkinsonsDisease #WaterIsLife #WaterContamination
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Time for RFK Jr. to expose the dark truth about the pill
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"An antidote for carbon monoxide poisoning could come from bacteria.
Mice treated with a tweaked version of a bacterial protein rapidly cleared carbon monoxide from their blood, safely eliminating it through urine, researchers report in the Aug. 12 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences."
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/carbon-monoxide-antidote-bacteria