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91% of San Francisco Bay fish are contaminated with PFOS forever chemicals. 83% are unsafe to eat daily and 33% are unsafe to eat even at only one half pound per week.
Other contaminants include mercury, leftover from the 1849 gold rush, as well as PCBs, dioxins, selenium, and many others.
Yet there are still many people fishing and eating these fish, mostly lower income immigrants and people of color who are just trying to get by.
https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2025/05/san-francisco-bay-fish-forever-chemicals/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WhatMatters&utm_source=31&utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=$20B Delta Tunnel project sparks fight between Newsom, lawmakers&utm_campaign=WhatMatters
CalMatters · San Francisco Bay fish are contaminated with levels of “forever chemicals” that could harm anglersFor some San Francisco Bay fish, consuming half a pound a week could be unsafe. The chemicals, found in people and animals worldwide, have been linked to cancer and other health effects.
Thames Water and Anglian Water face 53 criminal investigations over sewage | Thames Water | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/20/water-companies-investigations-thames-anglian-sewage-dumping
Good - about time!
The Guardian · Thames Water and Anglian Water face 53 criminal investigations over sewage
Today in Labor History May 18, 1979: An Oklahoma jury ruled in favor of the estate of atomic worker Karen Silkwood. Kerr-McGee Nuclear Company was ordered to pay $505,000 in actual damages and $10 million in punitive damages for negligence leading to Silkwood’s plutonium contamination. On appeal, the court reduced the settlement to a pitiful $5,000, the estimated value of her property losses. In 1984, the Supreme Court restored the original verdict, but Kerr-McGee again threatened to appeal. Ultimately, Silkwood’s family settled out of court for $1.38 million and the company never had to admit any wrongdoing.
Silkwood first started working at Kerr-McGee in 1972. She joined the Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers union and participated in a strike. After the strike, her comrades elected her to the union’s bargaining committee. She was the first woman to attain that status at Kerr-McGee. In this role, one of her duties was to investigate health and safety issues. Not surprisingly, she discovered numerous violations, including exposure of workers to contamination. The union accused Kerr-McGee of falsifying inspection records, manufacturing faulty fuel rods and other safety violations. After testifying to the Atomic Energy Commission, Silkwood discovered that her own body and home were contaminated with radiation. Her body contained 400 times the legal limit for plutonium contamination and she was expelling contaminated air from her lungs. Her house was so contaminated they had to destroy much of her personal property.
Later, she decided to go public with documentation proving the company’s negligence. She left a meeting with union officials in order to meet a New York Times journalist. She brought a binder and packet of documents supporting her allegations with her. However, she never made it, dying in a suspicious car crash. The documents were never found. Some journalists believe she was rammed from behind by another vehicle. Investigators noted damage to the read of her car that would be consistent with this hypothesis. She had also received death threats shortly before her death. However, no one has yet substantiated the claims of foul play.
Stroke patients have high levels of #MicroPlastics buildup in their necks. Capitalism and corporate greed are literally killing us all. #Capitalism #Environment #PublicHealth #contamination
www.heart.orgPlaque buildup in the necks of stroke survivors may be loaded with microplasticsMicroplastics and nanoplastics from degraded consumer products have been found in neck artery plaque, with the highest amounts in people who have had strokes, a new study finds.
Greg Cocks Over A Third Of Groundwater In USA Public-Supply Aquifers Is Anthropocene[sic]-Age And Susceptible To Surface Contamination
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00473-y <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #surface #contamination #USA #waterquality #waterresources #groundwater #publicsupply #Anthropocene #potable #waterwell #municipal #watersupply #residential #age #aquifers #regional #landsurface #contamination #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #holocene #publicsafety #pumping #sustainability
Microplastics may disrupt pollination, harm bees, other insects, flowers - The Washington Post
https://archive.ph/n1qi6
"Recent studies have shown that tiny pieces of plastics can make bees more susceptible to bacteria and viruses."
https://www.europesays.com/uk/49749/ Major supermarket issues urgent recall for popular product — ‘Do not eat!’ | UK | News #Business #contamination #FoodRecall #Morrisons #MorrisonsRecall #MorrisonsSausages #plastic #Supermarkets #UK #UnitedKingdom
'Very, very toxic': The risk of asbestos in Gaza's rubble
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8y4j91l83o
'"The Gaza rubble is a very, very toxic environment," says Professor Bill Cookson, director of the National Centre for Mesothelioma Research in London. "People are going to suffer acutely, but also in the longer term as well, things that children may carry throughout their lives."'
#Palestine #Gaza #Israel #Contamination #Asbestos
@palestine
www.bbc.com'Very, very toxic': The risk of asbestos in Gaza's rubbleThe mineral, once widely-used, releases toxic fibres into the air when disturbed that can cling to the lungs and cause cancer.
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https://www.europesays.com/fr/12731/ L’Elysée a facilité le lobbying de Nestlé alors qu’il « savait » qu’il « trichait » #Actualité #Actualités #Agroalimentaire #Contamination #eau #Élysée #EmmanuelMacron #FR #France #Nestlé #News #politique #rapport #RépubliqueFrançaise #Scandale #Sénat #Société
Contaminated soils from the 1979 oil spill in Bemidji, Minnesota.
Over 45 years later, these soils are still hydrophobic (repel water) resulting in a sparsely vegetated landscape. We're studying how industrial hemp can help remediate these soils.
#research #minnesota #soil #contamination #hemp #umn #oilspill #phytoremediation
Over 45 years later, these soils are still hydrophobic (repel water) resulting in a sparsely vegetated landscape. We're studying how industrial hemp can help remediate these soils.
#research #minnesota #soil #contamination #hemp #umn #oilspill #phytoremediation
Coastal Environments - LiDAR Mapping of Copper Tailings Impacts, Particle Retention of Copper, Leaching, and Toxicity
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https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17050922 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #coastalenvironment #coast #coastal #mine #tailings #minetailings #GlobalTailingsManagementStandard #Keweenaw #LiDAR #bathymetry #topobathy #UAS #drone #particledispersal #copper #retention #leaching #BuffaloReef #toxicity #Daphnia #benthic #organisms #risk #hazard #contamination #impacts #sediment #water #hydrology #Michigan #USA #LakeSuperior #PortageLakeVolcanic #geology #spatialanalysis #biology #ecosystems #fisheries #trout #enviornmentalimpacts #leaching #riparian #systems
![aerial images - UAS high-resolution drone elevation and bathymetry surveys (base map 9 August 2022) of shoreline retreat at the original Gay pile location after bluff removal. Overlays along the beach edge trace shorelines in 2009, 2016, and 2022. The 78 m retreat over 6 years (2016–2022); equates to a 13 m/yr rate. The previous, nearly constant, long-term retreat rate prior to 2009 averaged 7.9 m/yr (ca. 26′) [7,57]. The original Jacobsville Sandstone shoreline, before stamp sands were discharged, is marked by the red border in the far-left upper region. Note white concrete basements of the two mills and remnants of both wooden and broken concrete launders in the northern region. Environmental recovery is beginning, as benthic organisms and fish are returning to clear underwater stretches of the bedrock shelf, where waves have removed stamp sands. Scattered trees (many birch) are beginning to colonise what is left of the original Gay Pile surface.](https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/114/181/078/126/458/223/original/308a656b51dd22fa.png "aerial images - UAS high-resolution drone elevation and bathymetry surveys (base map 9 August 2022) of shoreline retreat at the original Gay pile location after bluff removal. Overlays along the beach edge trace shorelines in 2009, 2016, and 2022. The 78 m retreat over 6 years (2016–2022); equates to a 13 m/yr rate. The previous, nearly constant, long-term retreat rate prior to 2009 averaged 7.9 m/yr (ca. 26′) [7,57]. The original Jacobsville Sandstone shoreline, before stamp sands were discharged, is marked by the red border in the far-left upper region. Note white concrete basements of the two mills and remnants of both wooden and broken concrete launders in the northern region. Environmental recovery is beginning, as benthic organisms and fish are returning to clear underwater stretches of the bedrock shelf, where waves have removed stamp sands. Scattered trees (many birch) are beginning to colonise what is left of the original Gay Pile surface.")
"As War Halts, the Environmental Devastation in Gaza Runs Deep" 
https://e360.yale.edu/features/gaza-war-environment
#Gaza #War #Environment #Disaster #Damage #Water #Contamination
Yale E360As War Halts, the Environmental Devastation in Gaza Runs DeepThe war in Gaza has taken a heavy toll on the environment, with water supplies contaminated, raw sewage pouring into the Mediterranean, once-fertile soils ruined, and the land stripped of trees. Experts say the extent of the damage needs to be tallied to help plan for a recovery.
A well-funded Moscow-based global ‘news’ network has infected Western artificial intelligence tools worldwide with Russian propaganda - An audit found that the 10 leading generative AI tools advanced Moscow’s #disinformation goals by repeating false claims from the pro-Kremlin Pravda network 33 percent of the time… #AI #LLM #Contamination #DataContamination
https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/a-well-funded-moscow-based-global
NewsGuard's Reality Check · A well-funded Moscow-based global ‘news’ network has infected Western artificial intelligence tools worldwide with Russian propaganda
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948) Indian philosopher and nationalist [Mahatma Gandhi]
Letter (1947-08-29) to Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/gandhi-mahatma/75303…
Today in Labor History March 1, 1954: The U.S. detonated Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb on Bikini Atoll. It caused the worst radioactive contamination ever by the U.S. However, this occurred after years of nuclear testing and contamination of the islands and waters around them. The U.S. detonated 23 nuclear devices on the islands from 1946 to 1958. They blew up the bombs on the reef, in the sea, in the air and underwater. They relocated islanders several times, each time to supposedly safe islands. But they neglected to provide sufficient food and water, causing starvation. When the islanders tried to catch fish to eat, or grow their own crops, they were so contaminated from radioactive fallout, that it poisoned all who ate it. Women started having miscarriages and giving birth to babies with abnormalities. To this day, it is still too contaminated for inhabitants and their descendants to return. A trust fund that had been set up to help support the survivors ran out of funds in the late 2010s.
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The role, which is NOT subject to #Senate approval, is an important one. In it, Kyle Diamantas, 37, will be responsible for ensuring the safety of ~80% of the nation’s food supply. The already-overtaxed division is vital to #PublicHealth, responsible for everything from overseeing the complex manufacturing of #InfantFormula to responding to deadly bacterial #contamination & managing food supplies in the wake of hurricanes & floods.
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#SpaceX repeatedly polluted waters in #Texas: “very large exceedances of the mercury water quality criteria”
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/spacex-polluted-waters-texas-regulators-rcna166283
“SpaceX has always been polluting. And I think people are kind of brainwashed into thinking that rockets –– constructing rockets, testing rockets and blowing up rockets –– that somehow that's not causing #pollution.”
– Christopher Basaldú, a member of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe
https://www.ehn.org/spacex-faces-environmental-concerns-over-boca-chica-beach-2669135531.html
NBC News · SpaceX repeatedly polluted waters in Texas, regulators found