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===== Are We Scenting Ourselves to Disease, Dysphoria and Even to Death? ===== | |||
[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/18/2323092/-Are-We-Scenting-Ourselves-to-Disease-Dysphoria-and-Even-to-Death?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web by dratler 18/5/25 DAILY KOS] | |||
Our current self-poisoning may be just as consequential, and far more widespread, than ancient Rome’s poisoning of its own elite (but not its ordinary people) with lead leached from lead water pipes. (Our English word for “plumbing” comes from the Latin word “plumbum” for lead, with its Periodic Table symbol “Pb.” Only Roman Emperors, senators and other elite drew their drinking water though lead pipes; ordinary Romans got their drinking water from safer concrete or stone acquaducts and fountains.) | |||
===== The secret gamble at the FDA that exposed Americans to risky drugs ===== | |||
[https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/6/24/2329152/-The-secret-gamble-at-the-FDA-that-exposed-Americans-to-risky-drugs by ProPublica 24/6/25 DAILY KOS] | |||
For two weeks, they scrutinized humming production lines and laboratories spread across the dense industrial campus, peering over the shoulders of workers at the tablet presses, mixers and filling machines that produce dozens of generic drugs for Americans. | |||
===== ‘It doesn’t have to be this way’ – Scientists confirm Iowa farm pollution is creating dire health risks ===== | |||
[https://investigatemidwest.org/2025/07/03/it-doesnt-have-to-be-this-way-scientists-confirm-iowa-farm-pollution-is-creating-dire-health-risks/ by Carey Gillam 3/7/25 Investigate Midwest] | |||
Agricultural operations across Iowa are a leading cause of significant water pollution problems in the state, posing dire risks to public and environmental health, according to a new scientific report that is sparking heated debate in the key US farm state. | |||
===== Weedkiller ingredient widely used in US can damage organs and gut bacteria, research shows ===== | |||
[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/06/weedkiller-diquat-organ-damage-study by Tom Perkins 6/7/25 The Guardian] | |||
The herbicide ingredient used to replace glyphosate in Roundup and other weedkiller products can kill gut bacteria and damage organs in multiple ways, new research shows. | |||
===== Heat and wildfire smoke affect birth outcomes, according to a new study ===== | |||
[https://www.npr.org/2025/07/05/nx-s1-5455842/heat-and-wildfire-smoke-affect-birth-outcomes-according-to-a-new-study by Alejandra Borunda 5/7/25 npr] | |||
BORUNDA: DeNicola is an environmental health expert with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. He says, that's like adding a two-liter soda bottle of blood to your body. And the heart remodels itself to pump all that extra blood. | |||
===== Why induction stoves are better than gas ===== | |||
[https://www.popsci.com/environment/why-induction-stoves-are-better-than-gas/ by Justin Pot 1/7/25 POPULAR SCIENCE] | |||
Gas stoves have a reputation as being the best, mostly because of marketing, so you might think I’m only saying I “upgraded” to induction because of environmental conviction. And I’ll admit using less energy motivated the switch (I like saving money) but efficiency alone is not why I’m saying that induction is better. | |||
===== Tick Populations Are Booming Across the U.S. And Displaying ‘Alarming’ New Behavior ===== | ===== Tick Populations Are Booming Across the U.S. And Displaying ‘Alarming’ New Behavior ===== | ||
