Here's Robert D. Bullard on the powerful new book from Kristina Marusic
“The ‘war on cancer’ has neglected environmental justice and the need to rid the nation of harmful chemicals. Marusic’s dramatic account puts a human face on the struggle.”
kristinamarusic.com

'A #PlasticsTreaty should foremost reduce plastics production,” Bergmann told ⁦USA TODAY⁩. “The science shows that this is the most effective & economic lever to reduce #plastic pollution.'
Ocean pollution cleanup starts by preventing plastic waste. usatoday.com/story/news/nat…

Plastic removal technologies are not a solution to the plastic crises, and may distract from upstream solutions that actually work: reducing plastic production and innovating safe, sustainable, and essential materials, products, and systems.

cell.com/one-earth/full…

The person who doesn’t follow the laws of the constitution is Donald J Trump. Again and again and again.

When I was doing my PhD research at the Bodega Marine Lab (California in the 1970s) on nearby sandy beaches we would have episodic invasions of Velella washing up on the beach in Spring. Utterly natural.

Nails in #plastic recycling's coffin: bit.ly/RecyclingCoffin reporting in Inside Climate News by James Bruggers #recycling plastics creates tons of #microplastics

Long awaited!

Extinction Rebellion Global NO longer just Western countries - heading for statistical 0 in 2045.
How many more charts do we need to take serious and urgent action?
Shanna Swan, PhD Pete Myers

@ismawati1764 Truth About Plastic IPEN: toxics-free Therese Karlsson, PhD EC BANS RUBBER CRUMB IN 3G ⚽️ PITCHES, BUT NOT UK What is also less well known is that a) the rate of women's miscarriages and infertility rates are also increasing on average 1% per year (Source: Shanna Swan, PhD) and b) plastics also interfere with the effectiveness of IVF (Source: Pete Myers)
We need to take this very seriously

by author Mark O’Connell #oped in The New York Times There is #plastic in our flesh. bit.ly/PlasticFlesh

Exposure to #EndocrineDisruptors is associated with cancers, fertility problems, obesity, and many more health disorders.

➡️ The time to act against harmful #EDCs is now, stresses Dr. Aleksandra Rutkowska.
edc-free-europe.org/science-and-te…

Nearly half of the #PFAS “forever chemicals” present in drinking water samples are not monitored by U.S. EPA , according to our new peer-reviewed analysis at NRDC 🌎🏡 and community members in 16 states. doi.org/10.1016/j.scit…

False choice from chemical industry: public health vs economic growth. Choose health, sustainability and innovation instead of old, dangerous chemistry. Op-ed bit.ly/LB-TJC-health by #LindaBirnbaum & #TerryCollins CMU Chemistry Mike Bloomberg

At least in the US, PFAS in bike chain oils has been on the
cans’ labels for years. ‘may contain’ should be ‘do contain’ , but not all brands. it’s not a ‘suggestion’… it’s a fact

A new way to spread #PFAS 'A high school in Wynne, Ark., was eviscerated, with the artificial turf from the school’s football field hurled into a house 100 yards away' by a tornado. wapo.st/3ZIaFS0 Thanks for the poison @SyntheticTurf Don't forget to forget about it

Or did you not mention that temperatures on synthetic turf in the sun will rise to 140 degrees F?

Did you forget to tell them about per fluorinated compounds PFAS (forever chemicals) in synthetic turf

Stop viewing TRUMP INDICTMENT
as 'the 1st US president to ever be indicted'
& start viewing it merely as 'Trump's 1st indictment.'

If DeSantis can be outmaneuvered by Mickey Mouse, think what China will do. washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/03…

“There are a lot of people out there who want to move beyond awareness and pink ribbons and actually do something to prevent breast cancer,” This study shows how: bit.ly/PreventBCnow
from Environmental Health News #breastcancer #prevention reporting by #AshleyJames