#biorisks ketamine - the very term ‘hallucinogenic’ describes a psychosis effect on the person, which can be a very bad even #trauma tic experience or not. Drugs criminally given unwittingly, the person not knowing, it can quite be quite #trauma impacting and be misdiagnosed as ‘mental illness’
“..children being locked up often had backgrounds of significant trauma or social disadvantage, as well as untreated mental illness” Symptom diag of ‘mental illness’ institutionalises them for life, neglects healing/prevention of *environmental *causes - #trauma and drugs - #biorisks #auspol #nswpol
"Laskas’ reporting centered on Dr. Bennet Omalu, the physician who first discovered and published his findings on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in football players” Prevention crucial. Psychiatry didnt pick it up, drugs prescribed only on symptoms, not real cause re brain injury #biorisks
"The boys aged 15 and 16, both from Moree in northern NSW, were arrested by counterterror police following a forensic examination of items seized ...” Moree has significant illicit drug problems, collapse in social cohesion. Prime environment for #youth radicalisation #biorisks #auspol #nswpol
"This sharp increase was due to our environment, Professor George said, with people doing less exercise, feeling more stressed and eating more ultra-processed food” Of course these ** environmental causal ** dynamics also also increases mental ill-health issues - #biorisks #auspol
#extremeweatherevents (nh) U.S - even though these are not disaster events, its showing the warming creep and increased #biorisks to health and wellbeing, water and agriculture supply chains
"Albanese said no final decisions had been made but flagged a new policy that struck a balance between what he described as “the right to have a punt” and the imperative to de-link gambling from sport” Gambling excess brings emotional ill-health impacts and attacks social cohesion #auspol #biorisks
“...the evidence led them to the most definitive conclusion yet, that “e-cigarettes are likely to cause oral and lung cancer”, said the review’s lead author Bernard Stewart, an adjunct professor from the University of NSW.
“Vaping is to be avoided as hazardous in its own right”…” #biorisks toxins
“...Chalmers is being pressed to supply up to $300 million in extra support while the legal tobacco trade is calling for a cut in excise levels, in a move that it says would reduce the nation’s inflation rate while undermining the organised crime-dominated illegal trade” #biorisks #education #auspol
This in *reality is talking about how psychedelic drugs directly cause a psychosis episode but of course only mentions the *feeling of ‘good trips’. Doesnt mention any withdrawal effects from using these drugs that can increase mental ill-health nor incr harms from repeat drug psychosis #biorisks
“Most data in the Henssler review are derived from pharmaceutical industry–sponsored efficacy studies in which withdrawal was a minor consideration. Shortcomings of the review include … potential misclassification of withdrawal symptoms as relapse…” #biorisks re antidepressants - #education for GP’s
Human made environmental #biorisks and death causation. A big missing part is other similar upstream ill-health causing dynamics that have increased vulnerabilities and also big increases in ill-health impacting *** quality of life *** Systems that feed off ill-health and labels for profit #auspol
Should also send a clear warning to techbro's regarding the extensive harm from ‘Ai’ chatbots used by children and #youth for ‘advice’ on emotional/mental health. Clearly being promoted to divert from their and other environmental harms (such as drugs) *causing anxiety, distress - #trauma #biorisks
Poor sleep, complex issues at home and/or lack of strong inclusive peer groups. Predatory peer groups re drug use can present very difficult parenting challenges, all means poor social cohesion ‘Mental illness’ narrative sets up a misdiagnosis as ‘genetic', when its *environmental #biorisks #trauma
Environmental #biorisks - #pfas - #education #stem
"Forests provide food for over one billion people worldwide. Three-quarters of the planet’s freshwater comes from forested watersheds, supplying water to over half of the world’s major cities” #biorisks re micro-plastics - #pfas
“...at a converted Leichhardt warehouse...detectives allegedly found .. ketamine…cannabis…cocaine…MDMA…diazepam..magic mushrooms...methamphetamine... LSD, and $200,000 in cash. Police allege the drugs seized on Wednesday have a street value of $5.5 million” Drug #biorisks
Substance abuse fuelled severe workplace bullying, abuse and #dv violence. Why does the mental health system, private and public, show to ignore the *causal dynamic of substance abuse driving severe harmful mental ill-health ? - #biorisks #auspol www.smh.com.au/national/coc...
See the substance abuse issues, time and time again when there is awful violence against women ? Its *not the ‘inherent mental ill-health’, its the *drugs - #biorisks #dv
"Under the influence of MDMA..hit the victim twice,smashed her phone..threw her to the ground” See heavy drug and alcohol use *causes complex mental ill-health *and for those with violent tendencies,fuels severe forms of violence? Cause is *not ‘inherent mental illness’ #biorisks #auspol #nswpol #dv
“The Sydney Morning Herald was the first to reveal PFAS..that the likely cause was a tanker crashing...WaterNSW found in its first investigation last May ... contamination could be narrowed to...1992 tanker crash, a 2002 vehicle crash, and the Medlow Bath Rural Fire Service station” #biorisks #pfas
"Many of the scientists who lead projects on the long-term trends of toxins in Arctic wildlife face cuts..might lose their jobs..Scientists at ECCC..often the ones to identify.. assess “chemicals of emerging Arctic concern” — newly discovered chemical threats..” #biorisks #dontlookup at the #arctic
Environmental #biorisks escalating in the U.S due to cutting of crucial health and food protective regulations by the petro-state #ffagenda fascist Trump/GOP Govt
U.S increasing #biorisks
“Aspergillus…common mould found in soil, plants and damp environments. Digging and construction works can disturb deposits of the mould, causing airborne spores.
Most Aspergillus strains are harmless, but…most dangerous for people with lung disease, asthma, and compromised immune systems” #biorisks
Future of medicine using drugs- *short period* drug prescribing to address early and prevent disease progression “Antimicrobial resistance…diseases and infections become increasingly difficult or impossible to treat. One of the clearest examples of this growing threat is tuberculosis (TB)” #biorisks