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Bytes Europe<p>New Guidance on Managing Environmental Threats to Children <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/717323/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/717323/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/child" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>child</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/childhood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>childhood</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Children</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/compensation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compensation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Earnings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earnings</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EnvironmentalExposure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalExposure</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EnvironmentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EnvironmentalMedicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalMedicine</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HIV</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HIVDisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HIVDisease</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HIVInfection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HIVInfection</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/income" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>income</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/kids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kids</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Pediatrics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pediatrics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/poisoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poisoning</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/pollutant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollutant</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PracticeManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PracticeManagement</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/referral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>referral</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/remuneration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>remuneration</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/revenue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>revenue</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/salary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>salary</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SalaryNegotiations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SalaryNegotiations</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SDOH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SDOH</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SocialDeterminantsOfHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialDeterminantsOfHealth</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SocialDeterminantsOfHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialDeterminantsOfHealth</span></a>(SDOH) <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/toxicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxicity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/toxicology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxicology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/toxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxins</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> is driving me crazy, let's look north to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> for some probity...</p><p>'<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alberta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UCP</span></a> to vote on celebrating <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CO2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CO2</span></a>, and not recognizing it as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollutant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollutant</span></a></p><p>A proposal to stop labelling <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/carbondioxide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carbondioxide</span></a> as a pollutant and instead celebrate it as a "foundational nutrient for all life on Earth” will be up for debate at the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnitedConservativeParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedConservativeParty</span></a>’s annual general meeting in November.'</p><p>😬 😬 😬 </p><p><a href="https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/10/18/news/alberta-ucp-vote-co2-not-pollutant" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nationalobserver.com/2024/10/1</span><span class="invisible">8/news/alberta-ucp-vote-co2-not-pollutant</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatecrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/globalwarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>globalwarming</span></a></p>
CelloMom On Cars<p>1970 Clean Air Act Was Intended to Cover Carbon Dioxide, Study Finds</p><p>"A new review of historical records challenges the conclusion of the Supreme Court. Tthe research finds that the authors of the 1970 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CleanAirAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CleanAirAct</span></a> understood that burning fossil fuels would warm the planet, and they considered <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CarbonDioxide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonDioxide</span></a> to be a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollutant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollutant</span></a>. While lawmakers did not view CO2 as an imminent threat, they did believe the greenhouse gas would eventually need to be regulated."</p><p><a href="https://e360.yale.edu/digest/clean-air-act-climate-change" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">e360.yale.edu/digest/clean-air</span><span class="invisible">-act-climate-change</span></a></p>
input.translation<p>A <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a>-funded study used <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellites</span></a> to measure nitrogen dioxide, a traffic-related <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/pollutant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollutant</span></a>, near 150,000 large warehouses across the U.S. The asthma-causing pollutant jumped 20 percent in those areas, and even more near the busiest facilities. 1/2</p><p>gift link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/24/climate/e-commerce-truck-pollution.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-k0.rD1_.341SToJGxX4I&amp;smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/07/24/climate</span><span class="invisible">/e-commerce-truck-pollution.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-k0.rD1_.341SToJGxX4I&amp;smid=url-share</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ieji.de/tags/pollutants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollutants</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/airpollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>airpollution</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/fossilfuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossilfuels</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/logistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logistics</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/ecommerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecommerce</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a></p>
Matt Willemsen<p>Glitter Has a Dark Side, And It's Causing Even More Harm Than We Realized<br><a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/glitter-has-a-dark-side-and-its-causing-even-more-harm-than-we-realized" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencealert.com/glitter-has-a</span><span class="invisible">-dark-side-and-its-causing-even-more-harm-than-we-realized</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/glitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glitter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/harmful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harmful</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollutant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollutant</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sunlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sunlight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photosynthesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photosynthesis</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scientists</span></a> spot <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pollutant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollutant</span></a> marks on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/coral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coral</span></a> for first time</p><p><a href="https://talker.news/2024/02/09/scientists-spot-pollutant-marks-on-coral-for-first-time/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">talker.news/2024/02/09/scienti</span><span class="invisible">sts-spot-pollutant-marks-on-coral-for-first-time/</span></a></p>
Matthias C. Rillig<p>Experiment currently running in one of our climate chambers.<br>This is to study effects of various pollutants on the plant-soil system.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/experiment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>experiment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pollutant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollutant</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plants</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>Researchers are only beginning to uncover the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> cocktail of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/chemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemicals</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/microplastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microplastics</span></a>, and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/heavymetals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heavymetals</span></a> hidden in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/car" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>car</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/truck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>truck</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/tires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tires</span></a>. But experts say these tire <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emissions</span></a> are a significant source of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/air" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>air</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/waterpollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterpollution</span></a> and may be affecting humans as well as wildlife. Scientists found that <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/raingardens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>raingardens</span></a> could prevent more than 90 percent of a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/dangerous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dangerous</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/tire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tire</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/pollutant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollutant</span></a> from entering <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/streams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>streams</span></a> <a href="https://e360.yale.edu/features/tire-pollution-toxic-chemicals" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">e360.yale.edu/features/tire-po</span><span class="invisible">llution-toxic-chemicals</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>NASA Maps Reveal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Toxic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Emissions</span></a> Over Major <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> Cities</p><p>by Adam Kovac, August 24, 2023</p><p>"NASA’s new space-based air pollution monitoring system has sent back its first maps, showing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CarTraffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarTraffic</span></a> brings down air quality in several <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MajorCities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MajorCities</span></a>. </p><p>"The six maps were made from data from the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TEMPO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TEMPO</span></a>), which launched in April. In scans taken over a six-hour period on August 2, high concentrations of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NitrogenDioxide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NitrogenDioxide</span></a>, a toxic <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pollutant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollutant</span></a> tied to car and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/smokestack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smokestack</span></a> emissions, can be seen hovering over <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LasVegas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LasVegas</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WashingtonDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonDC</span></a>.</p><p>"While the location of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirPollution</span></a> shown in the maps isn’t surprising, the data is only the tip of the iceberg for TEMPO, the first space-based instrument designed to continuously monitor air quality over <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NorthAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthAmerica</span></a>. TEMPO principal investigator Kelly Chance said there are currently 50 scientific studies under way that will make use of data generated by the program. The program will truly get underway in October when the instrument will begin transmitting hourly daytime scans."</p><p><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/nasa-maps-reveal-toxic-emissions-over-major-us-cities/ar-AA1fJw0N?rc=1&amp;ocid=winp1taskbar&amp;cvid=f894eb50594546ae9f00a7401608cf2c&amp;ei=5" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/travel/news/nasa</span><span class="invisible">-maps-reveal-toxic-emissions-over-major-us-cities/ar-AA1fJw0N?rc=1&amp;ocid=winp1taskbar&amp;cvid=f894eb50594546ae9f00a7401608cf2c&amp;ei=5</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToxicEmissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicEmissions</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Farmers</span></a> Deceived About <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sewage</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sludge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sludge</span></a> Safety</p><p>April 2, 2010</p><p>"On March 27th [2010] Citizens for Sludge-Free Land sent a letter to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Virginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Virginia</span></a> Department of Environmental Quality and US <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> Region 3 that information provided to Virginia landowners about using sewage sludges as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fertilizer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fertilizer</span></a> is deceptive. Land application permits are being granted in several Virginia counties without informing farmers of the serious risks associated with this practice. The VA code specifies, that to be valid, these permits can only be granted with the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InformedConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InformedConsent</span></a> of the landowner.</p><p>"The Federal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CleanWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CleanWater</span></a> Act defines sewage sludge as a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pollutant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollutant</span></a>. Most of the pollutants that sewage treatment plants remove from wastewater concentrate in the resulting sludge. Exempt from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hazardous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hazardous</span></a> and solid waste laws, sludge is being spread on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/agricultural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agricultural</span></a> land, despite mounting scientific evidence and field reports that using this contaminated waste as a cheap fertilizer is neither safe, beneficial, nor sustainable.</p><p>"The Virginia Cooperative Extension Service as well as Nutri-Blend Inc., the company that needs permits to spread sludge, are failing to provide landowners with the necessary facts, so they can make an informed decision whether or not to treat their land with sludge. The widely distributed Extension Service biosolids fact sheets-- although deceptively dated May 9, 2009-- provide out-dated, inaccurate, incomplete, and in some cases, misleading information. They overstate the alleged benefits and totally ignore the known risks and recent documented evidence of adverse health and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> impacts linked to sludge use. The fact sheets and brochures give the illusion that land applying sewage sludge, a complex and variable mixture of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanWaste</span></a> and thousands of industrial <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/chemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemicals</span></a>, many of which are <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> and persistent, is a safe and normal agricultural practice.</p><p>"The information provided to landowners deceptively downplays the health risks of exposure to odors, odorant compounds, endotoxins, bacteria-laden dusts, and toxic gases at land application sites that can cause severe and permanent <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lung</span></a> damage. Nor are farmers told that typical sludges generated in industrialized urban areas contain not only pathogens, but also <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PCBs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCBs</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dioxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dioxins</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/carcinogens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carcinogens</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pharmaceuticals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pharmaceuticals</span></a>, flame retardants [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PFAS</span></a>], and hormone disrupting chemicals that can damage developing organisms in parts per trillion. Many of these pollutants do not break down once they are applied to land. Worse, partial breakdown products are often more toxic than the parent material. Yet federal regulations require testing and standards for only nine toxic metals. Perhaps most important, the information provided to farmers fails to disclose that the National Academies of Science has indicated that while there are serious health concerns associated with many of the constituents of sewage sludge, there is too much uncertainty to scientifically predict the true health and environmental risks, when this complex waste mixture is applied to land.</p><p>"Finally, farmers are not told that sludge-exposure has been linked to illnesses, human deaths, livestock mortalities, groundwater pollution, and permanently degraded land. Unless there is a true and accurate disclosure of all the risks associated with this practice, there can be no true consent.</p><p>"Without informed consent, the state should not be issuing permits."</p><p>Link to archived web page (TY <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>internetarchive</span></a></span>!):<br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221227022631/https://organicconsumers.org/press/farmers-deceived-about-sewage-sludge-safety" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2022122702</span><span class="invisible">2631/https://organicconsumers.org/press/farmers-deceived-about-sewage-sludge-safety</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PFOS</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChemicalIndustries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChemicalIndustries</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToxicWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicWaste</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForeverChemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeverChemicals</span></a></p>
The Big Data Cluster<p>"Characterizing <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/hydrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hydrology</span></a> and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/pollutant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollutant</span></a> inputs in urban <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/watersheds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watersheds</span></a> requires the consideration of both the natural and manmade <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a>."</p><p>Fascinating <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CriticalZone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalZone</span></a> research from the latest <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USGS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USGS</span></a> WaterMarks Newsletter.</p><p><a href="https://www.usgs.gov/centers/new-england-water-science-center/science/delineating-high-resolution-urban-drainage-systems" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">usgs.gov/centers/new-england-w</span><span class="invisible">ater-science-center/science/delineating-high-resolution-urban-drainage-systems</span></a></p>
Vivek Mutalik<p>Continuous <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/bioreactors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bioreactors</span></a> enable high-level bioremediation of diesel-contaminated seawater at low and mesophilic temperatures using <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Antarctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antarctic</span></a> bacterial <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/consortia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consortia</span></a>: <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Pollutant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollutant</span></a> analysis and microbial community composition - ScienceDirect</p><p><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0269749123001410" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedirect.com/science/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle/abs/pii/S0269749123001410</span></a></p>