Did you know pesticides are a substantial source of PFAS? Nearly 1/4th of all US conventional pesticide active ingredients were organofluorines & 14% were PFAS, and for active ingredients approved in the last 10 years, increased to 61% organofluorines and 30% PFAS. ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/...
Unreasonably happy about this news :) Save the snot otter!
Amazing news 🎉: After decades of advocacy, the USFWS today proposed to protect #monarchbutterflies as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
The once-common orange-and-black butterflies have declined by 90% in recent decades.
More info 🦋: biodiv.us/4g69lRT
A Bay Area child has H5N1 bird flu, another awaits confirmation. A Canadian teen is hospitalized. Dozens of dairy workers have been infected & half CA’s dairy herds. We teeter on edge of a pandemic and need real solutions fast.
My piece in @sfchronicle.com.
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
“How will we grow crops if we lose the pollinators? ... Which diseases will run rampant in our communities if scavengers are poisoned out of existence?
We have hardly begun to understand how inextricably our health and safety are intertwined with those of our wild neighbors.”
As a Canadian teen remains in critical condition from bird flu, California Dept of Public Health confirms a child in the Bay Area has tested + for #birdflu. Waiting for CDC confirmation and type.
calmatters.org/health/2024/...
Giving the social media thing another whirl :) Expect much posting about health, wildlife, and the fight to stop big polluters from poisoning us all 🐝🐸😅