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Drew Crecente (they/them)<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>arstechnica</span></a></span></p><p>😎 Fun fact: </p><p>Long after X is gone forever, the public will remember who supported that <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> platform.</p><p><a href="https://games.ngo/tags/ShortTermThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShortTermThinking</span></a></p>
hanno<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> stuff:<br>Recently, my shaver broke, and for situations like this, I had an older electric shaver in a box. Which... also didn't work any more, so that didn't help. But curiously, I noted that the older shaver still had a Nickel Cadmium battery. Which is... one of the many toxic things we used to have around us, and we no longer have. and I think this is an underappreciated fact and a success of reasonable regulation. 🧵</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildfires</span></a>, including the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EatonFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EatonFire</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PalisadesFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalisadesFire</span></a>, have significant repercussions on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/marine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a>. The ash &amp; debris from these fires can enter waterways &amp; eventually the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a>, altering nutrient levels &amp; fostering conditions favorable to the growth of harmful <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AlgalBlooms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlgalBlooms</span></a>. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> byproducts from these fires can exacerbate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OceanWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OceanWarming</span></a>, further promoting the frequency of these toxic blooms. This can lead to increased production of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DomoicAcid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DomoicAcid</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineLife</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/wildfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfire</span></a> suppressants rife with <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/heavymetals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heavymetals</span></a><br>Study reveals widely used pink wildfire suppressants contain high levels of toxic heavy metals: <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cadmium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cadmium</span></a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/arsenic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arsenic</span></a>, and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/chromium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chromium</span></a>, concentrations up to 3,000x above <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/drinkingwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drinkingwater</span></a> limits. While gov and chemical makers have long concealed up to 20% of suppressants' ingredients as "trade secrets" researchers have confirmed their role in environmental <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a>, raising concerns over extensive use in residential areas<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/13/us-wildfire-suppressants-toxic-study" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/f</span><span class="invisible">eb/13/us-wildfire-suppressants-toxic-study</span></a></p>
earth.ninja<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> <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/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateEmergency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/XR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FAA</span></a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DFYEsrYpcew/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">instagram.com/p/DFYEsrYpcew/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p>In this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpEd</span></a>, a climate organizer talks about getting arrested at a private jet airport. <a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/climate-activist-criminal-charges-private-jets-hanscom-field" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">teenvogue.com/story/climate-ac</span><span class="invisible">tivist-criminal-charges-private-jets-hanscom-field</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@aboveFRL/114176391648570154" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@aboveFRL/1141</span><span class="invisible">76391648570154</span></a></p>
TheInterestedCanadian<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@ProPublica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ProPublica</span></a></span> Not surprised by Putin's Agent Orange, not willing to clean up Agent Orange. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a></p>
Nikolas Kozloff<p>You are literally a <a href="https://federated.press/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> administrator, <a href="https://federated.press/tags/LeeZeldin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeeZeldin</span></a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/trump-epa-pollution-regulation-cuts?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/19/trump-epa-pollution-regulation-cuts?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</span></a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/epa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epa</span></a></p>
LilMikeSF<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Bayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bayer</span></a> has lobbied successfully to get <a href="https://c.im/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> legislators in <a href="https://c.im/tags/DJT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DJT</span></a> era to sponsor <a href="https://c.im/tags/GagAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GagAct</span></a> bills in Midwestern states <a href="https://c.im/tags/Idaho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Idaho</span></a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Iowa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iowa</span></a>, and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Missouri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Missouri</span></a> to legislatively silence victims of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Glysophosphate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Glysophosphate</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/herbicides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>herbicides</span></a> aka <a href="https://c.im/tags/RoundUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoundUp</span></a>. </p><p>Those consumers who contracted cancers after exposure would be prevented from publicly voicing concerns or filing <a href="https://c.im/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> actions to address a <a href="https://c.im/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> poisoning. </p><p><a href="https://www.levernews.com/the-cancer-gag-act-of-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">levernews.com/the-cancer-gag-a</span><span class="invisible">ct-of-2025/</span></a></p>
Nando161<p><a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a>: Ship carrying highly <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemical</span></a> collides with tanker transporting jet <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/fuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fuel</span></a> for <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a><br><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-flagged-oil-tanker-collides-container-ship-north/story?id=119630008" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abcnews.go.com/International/u</span><span class="invisible">s-flagged-oil-tanker-collides-container-ship-north/story?id=119630008</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>BBC: Crew member missing and vessels still on fire after collision in North Sea</p><p>March 10, 2025</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenpeace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenpeace</span></a>: We are extremely concerned about multiple <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> hazards</p><p>"Greenpeace says it's 'extremely concerned' about 'multiple toxic hazards' from the North Sea ship collision.</p><p>"We've been reporting that the cargo ship was carrying 15 containers of the toxic chemical sodium cyanide. It is not clear if this has entered the water.</p><p>"The tanker was transporting jet fuel for the US government, some of which is spilling into the sea.</p><p>"'As more information emerges about what the ships were carrying, we are extremely concerned about the multiple toxic hazards these chemicals could pose to marine life,' Paul Johnston, a senior scientist at the Greenpeace Research Laboratories at Exeter University, tells the AFP news agency.</p><p>"'The jet fuel that entered the water close to a breeding ground for harbour porpoises is toxic to fish and other sea creatures,' he adds."</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cgq1pwjlqq2t" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.com/news/live/cgq1pwjlqq2t</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NorthSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthSea</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SodiumCyanide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SodiumCyanide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ShipCollision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShipCollision</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JetFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JetFuel</span></a> <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/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a></p>
Ingrid Hoeben Ⓥ 🇧🇪<p>I call it a huge mistake, this human race.</p><p>I see humans but not enough humanity (in practice).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/carnism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carnism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/humanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> said this plant was a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> threat. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> dropped a lawsuit against it</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> on Friday dropped a landmark lawsuit alleging that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a>-causing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> from a Louisiana <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/petrochemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>petrochemical</span></a> plant poses an imminent danger to nearby communities.<br>
The lawsuit alleged that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Denka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Denka</span></a> Performance Elastomer plant in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LaPlace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaPlace</span></a>, Louisiana, threatened local residents by releasing unsafe levels of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> chemical <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chloroprene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chloroprene</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/03/03/justice-department-denka-plant-pollution/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/climate-env</span><span class="invisible">ironment/2025/03/03/justice-department-denka-plant-pollution/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Butterflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Butterflies</span></a> in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> are disappearing at a ‘catastrophic’ rate<br>Butterflies are rapidly fluttering out of existence from coast to coast at a rate that scientists worry could upend <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> &amp; undercut <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pollination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollination</span></a> that sustains America’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crops</span></a>.<br>The total number of butterflies in the contiguous US has declined 22% over a 20yr period, as shrinking <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/habitat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>habitat</span></a>, rising <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/temperatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>temperatures</span></a> &amp; a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> array of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pesticides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pesticides</span></a> kill off the delicate insects.<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a><br><a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adw1633" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc</span><span class="invisible">e.adw1633</span></a></p>
Glyn Moody<p>Canadians protest imports of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> waste amid <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tariff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariff</span></a> war - <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/06/canadians-toxic-waste-trump-tariffs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/06/canadians-toxic-waste-trump-tariffs</span></a> "Move to expand landfill for US hazardous waste stirs disputes between leaders in Quebec and Montreal suburb" another fine metaphor....</p>
Nonilex<p>Okay, now <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> is claiming to be tackling <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemical</span></a> exposure &amp; heralding <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> as the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> secy. This will be very difficult for me to watch. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Liar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liar</span></a>.</p><p>Holy shit, he’s claiming a kid received <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transition</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medical</span></a> procedures at school during the school day. Literally impossible.</p><p>He says <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> care is mutilation.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/POS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POS</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/heterosexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heterosexism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> is to drop suit over alleged <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a>-causing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> is poised to drop a landmark lawsuit alleging that cancer-causing pollution from a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Louisiana</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/petrochemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>petrochemical</span></a> plant poses an imminent danger to nearby communities….<br>
The lawsuit alleges that the Denka Performance Elastomer plant in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LaPlace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaPlace</span></a>, LA, threatens local residents by releasing unsafe levels of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemical</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chloroprene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chloroprene</span></a>.<br>
<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/03/03/justice-department-denka-plant-pollution/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/climate-env</span><span class="invisible">ironment/2025/03/03/justice-department-denka-plant-pollution/</span></a></p>
Paul Houle<p>🔱 The EPA weighed two LA beachfront sites for toxic waste cleanup. These ‘hippies and hicks’ revolted</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/20/topanga-canyon-epa-waste-fires" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/f</span><span class="invisible">eb/20/topanga-canyon-epa-waste-fires</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/california" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>california</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/la" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>la</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
Carmen Zedler<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@knittingknots2" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>knittingknots2</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> is the obvious winner at the moment. And what does this <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> belligerence mean for the free world? What will happen to <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a>? 😱 <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/UkrainianArmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UkrainianArmy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/nato" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nato</span></a></p>
Frank<p>The women who made America’s microchips and the children who paid for it</p><p>The US wants to bring back domestic chipmaking. But America’s first generation of Silicon Valley factory workers endured unsafe manufacturing conditions and never got answers about kids born with birth defects.</p><p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/features/611297/manufacturing-workers-semiconductor-computer-chip-birth-defect" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/features/611297/m</span><span class="invisible">anufacturing-workers-semiconductor-computer-chip-birth-defect</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.nu/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/BirthDefects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirthDefects</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Microchips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microchips</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Manufacturing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Toxic</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Chemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chemicals</span></a></p>
Byrnejmf<p><a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/NoCoalMines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoCoalMines</span></a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/Alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alberta</span></a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/UCPFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UCPFail</span></a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/Daniellesmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Daniellesmith</span></a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/saveourwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>saveourwater</span></a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/Selenium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selenium</span></a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/Toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Toxic</span></a> contamination of water supply for millions of people downstream. Elk River a few miles west in British Columbia has terrible selenium pollution from coal mine. Same geology, same coal, same problems!</p>