Some chemical flame retardants (CFRs), added to furniture to make it less flammable, have been linked to cancers, neurological + reproductive disorders.
The UK uses higher levels of CFRs than other countries who have decreased fire incidents as much as we have.
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No es por nada pero yo todavía me acuerdo de cuándo la Confederación Hidrográfica del Tajo tenía su propio geoportal (como el Mírame Duero de la CHDuero, el SIA de la CHJúcar, etc) y hoy me encuentro con que ahora te redirigen al Ministerio. ¿Perdón? 😂
I'm happy to report that the final draft of my new book is in copy editing!
The book is called When the Well is Dry: How Water Fuels Violence and Shapes Peace.
It's about the history and trends of violence over freshwater and how to move from conflict to cooperation.
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The accumulated waste of generations of mass consumption is decaying in landfill, + the chemicals those goods were drenched in - lead, mercury, cadmium, PFAS, PCBs - are seeping slowly back out into water, soil + air.
Our report with @investigate-europe.eu:
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🤚🌊 Hands off our water!
@ec.europa.eu plans to revise the Water Framework Directive after mining industry's request. This puts our drinking water, rivers, wetlands, and wildlife at risk.
Europe must protect its waters, not sell them for short-term industrial gain 🛑
#HandsOffNature #RESourceEU
Announcing that you plan to revise the Water Framework Directive to make it easier to mine raw materials—which no doubt will benefit defence contracting, further fueling the war machine—sure is a choice, and the European Commission made that choice. Outstanding, truly.
Firefighting foam, one of the key sources of PFAS pollution in Lake Zug, was historically made with PFOS + PFOA. Both these varieties of PFAS are now internationally banned due to links to cancers, ulcerative colitis, liver, thyroid+ kidney disorders.
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Moreover this vote shows shameless politicking of EPP siding with far-right groups in European Parliament to push through its disastrous #deregulation agenda that cuts protections for people and planet.
It's another step forward towards Trumpification of EU politics & should worry us greatly.
Disastrous votes in European Parliament this morning including on #Omnibus1 changes to #DueDiligence rules:
⚠️Fewer companies reporting
⚠️Scrapping of mandatory climate transition plans
This is just days after 100+ legal experts said Omnibus 1 could be illegal
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🚨A report commissioned by @healthandenv.bsky.social highlights link between harmful #ChemicalPollution and rising #infertility and hormonal #cancer rates amongst European men.
🧪Key chemicals of concern include endocrine disruptors, #PFAS, and heavy metals.
More in our news story👉 buff.ly/iRljN9V
los más jóvenes (?) no recordaréis cuando se seguía esto al minuto y alcanzó los 638 puntos, con el país al borde del default y una cuenta en twitter específica siguiéndola en directo.
Ayer a favor de hacer la kale borroka por Gaza; hoy diciendo que hay que soltarle pasta por la cara a la clase rentista parasitaria que ha hundido en la miseria a este país: terminaremos todos en terapia para tratarnos ocho años de refuerzo intermitente en una relación tóxica con un novio muy guapo.
Menos mal que Almeida dijo en su día "somos fascistas, pero sabemos gobernar". Envejeció fatal la frase, aunque no es que a la gente que les vota le importe tampoco, vaya.
Anda que menudo genio al que se le ocurrió cerrar el tramo de Ciudad Universitaria de la Línea 6 durante la vuelta a clase.
«Mala gente que camina y va apestando la tierra».
Sobre esto que comenta @hdlg.bsky.social, acabo de echar los números de lo que costaría mi formación a precios actuales. Y suma casi 150.000 €. A mis 41, no he pagado esa cifra en impuestos ni por asomo.
Que la gente joven tenga la percepción de no haberse beneficiado de los impuestos es un drama.
España vive una catástrofe ambiental nunca vista: los megaincendios rebasan ya la capacidad de extinción.
Las llamas han arrasado este 2025 casi 350.000 hectáreas.Más de la mitad de la superficie calcinada ha sucedido en menos de una semana.
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Anda que lo de Marta Rivera diciendo que para qué quieres fuentes públicas en Madrid cuando puedes tomarte una caña fría es surrealista.
Photo of hydrologist Michelle Sneed holding a pole marking changes in land surface elevation at a location in California between 1988 and 2016.
Photo of hydrologist Michelle Sneed holding a pole marking changes of 4.8 feet in land surface elevation at a location in California between 1988 and 2013.
Photo of hydrologist Michelle Sneed holding a pole marking 7.3 feet drop in land surface elevation at a location in California between 1965 and 2013.
But then Michelle Sneed (former USGS hydrologist) did a series of them around the central valley, because they are an excellent data visualization and science communication tool to convey the magnitude of change. These are a few examples.
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For some reason it bothers me a lot that this doesn't acknowledge that this graphic is a remake of two sets of very important USGS historical photos documenting & visualizing land subsidence from groundwater withdrawals in CA's Central Valley.
Yes, the USGS work is public domain, but still.
a photo of a glacier lake at 1900 meters above sea level, with mountains at both side and a dam 200 meters above it. the lake is extremely blue. on the left shore you can see conifers.
a photo of a glacial valley with its characteristic "U" shape, all covered in lush, green pastures, shrubs and trees. in the background, the mountains with their snowcaps (or what's left of them).
photo of a waterfall, taken from almost the bottom. it falls, framed by green slopes, from what's left of a quaternary glacier.
I had a great time in the Pyrenees.
What do frying pans, lipsticks, waterproof gear & firefighting foam have in common? They may all contain PFAS, aka forever chemicals!
If you want to know more about the lobbying battle behind these nasty molecules, join us on a free lobby tour on 23 June at 5h30pm
Sign in 👉 ceo@corporateeurope.org
Esta es la "libertad" de Ayuso: multas de hasta 1 millón de euros en su nueva Ley de Universidades (art. 90) #MordazaUniversitaria
Desde @cgt.es acabamos de filtrar el último borrador de la Ley, ocultado por el Gobierno de la CAM.
Entra en nuestro canal 👉 t.me/CGT_UCM_PDI/...
It goes both ways, too. Precautionary principle (being stringent with limits when the effects of a substance on human health are still being studied or studies are non-conclusive) is a policy-making decision, not a scientific one.
We all know the OECD definition is very broad, and that you can't regulate certain compounds the same as others, but that is a policy-making issue, not a scientific one. You don't change the definition of an orange just because you can't grow oranges in your USDA zone—same goes for this.
The thing that happens with PFAS (and that the signing scientists make very clear) is that we keep getting obfuscation by conflating science with policy-making decisions, oftentimes in bad faith.
Os invito a ver este vídeo que hice a una pareja de osos pardos el pasado domingo en las montañas de Asturias. Como puede verse, el macho es casi el doble de tamaño que la hembra. Afortunadamente, aunque su población sigue en peligro, se está recuperando bien. Disfrutadlo.
Sigo realizando entrevistas para mi tesis doctoral sobre el consumo de heroína en el Madrid de los 80-90. Me interesa mucho contactar con voluntarios, familiares, profesionales que abordaron el tema y consumidores/ex-consumidores. ¡Agradezco difusión! ☺️
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