Environmental Hazards
Environmental Hazards
On Aug. 18, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it will end the use of chlorpyrifos – a pesticide associated with neurodevelopmental problems and impaired brain function in children – on all food products nationwide. #Chlorpyrifos #pesticidepollution
Climate groups are expressing deep concern following an Interior Department announcement, Monday that the Biden administration will resume oil and gas drilling leases on public lands and waters #FossilFuels #ClimateEmergency
Many couples struggling with infertility are asking a big question in male reproductive health: Does environmental toxicity contribute to male infertility? #maleinfertility
An intense lobbying campaign by the pro-fossil fuel Australian government succeeded Friday in keeping the Great Barrier Reef off a list of World Heritage Sites considered “in danger.” GreatBarrierReef
According to a new, peer-reviewed study by the Environmental Working Group, the FCC must consider the latest scientific research, which shows radiation from wireless devices can affect health, especially for children. #wirelessradiation
Following record-breaking temperatures in the Canadian province, endless rows of mussels with dead meat attached inside the shell, along with other dead creatures like sea stars and barnacles #HeatWave2021 #climateaction
The Indigenous-led fight against Line 3 continued Tuesday as water protectors descended on the area of Willow River where Canadian energy giant Enbridge is working to install a “climate-wrecking” tar sands pipeline #StopLine3
The record-shattering heatwave currently scorching the Pacific Northwest has been linked to hundreds of deaths in the region over just the past week, with British Columbia alone reporting at least 486 “sudden and unexpected” fatalities since last Friday. #HeatWave2021
Frightening video shows fire resembling lava spewing from beneath the ocean to its surface due to an oil pipeline rupture. #GulfofMexico #Pemex
Here are a bunch of links for protection against 5G and other EMFs, as more and more satellites are launched and turned on. #5gprotection
A new assessment of climate change in the two national parks and surrounding forests and ranchland warns of the potential for significant changes as the region continues to heat up. #climatechange #YellowstoneNationalPark
Shiva calls Gates’ book, “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster,” which pushes for the elimination of age-old farming traditions and widespread adoption of fake meat, “rubbish” #billgates #vandanashiva
Beekeepers lost nearly half of their colonies between April 2020 and April 2021, according to the Bee Informed Partnership survey. #savethebees
The Group of 7 leaders last week ended their summit without a firm and clear commitment on how they’re going to deliver on the annual $100 billion climate finance pledge they made over a decade ago, sparking criticism from United Nations climate chief Patricia Espinosa. #climatechange #G7Summit2021
A group of Indigenous women opposed to the Line 3 pipeline on Thursday invited Interior Secretary Deb Haaland—the first Native American woman to hold her Cabinet position and a professed critic of fossil fuel infrastructure on public and tribal lands—to visit northern Minnesota and “learn more about the impacts” of the tar sands project first-hand. #StopLine3
