What is the effect of hospital-level fine particulate matter exposure on surgical complications?

#AnSky #MedSky #polllution

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Figures of workmen dwarfed by the dramatic structures of the smelting and blast furnaces, and billowing clouds of smoke in the dim light

Lymington Iron Works on the Tyne, by Thomas Allom, c.1835 — a powerful reminder of the early days of #industrialisation — and environmental #polllution on a vast scale victorianweb.org/art/illustra...

The #EPA 's plans to #poison us. Fish from our rivers and lakes will be toxic and our drinking water supplies will too.

#toxic #polllution

Is this river alive? Robert Macfarlane on the lives, deaths and rights of our rivers As pollution levels hit record highs and fresh water becomes ‘the new oil’, is it time to radically reimagine our relationship to the natural world?

"It has long been in the interests of power to deem nature dead, in preparation for its extraction, conversion and consumption."

A perfect piece by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social

#Rivers #Polllution #MOTH #NatureRights #Nature

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Bacteria found to eat forever chemicals — and even some of their toxic byproducts A strain taken from contaminated soil breaks apart the strong carbon-fluorine bonds of PFAS.  

PFAS-eating bacteria to the rescue? New study suggests they've evolved to break down forever chemicals to eat their carbon. #PFAS #foreverchemicals #polllution #plastics www.buffalo.edu/news/release...

Would you drink this B.C. water tainted by mining waste? The company says it's just fine The Copper Mountain mine has been repeatedly fined by the province for polluting nearby waterways; in 2021, its operator at one point exceeded the legal limit of copper waste discharged from its taili...

Would you drink this B.C. water tainted by mining waste? The company says it's just fine #polllution #water #mining #BritishColumbia #Canada www.nationalobserver.com/2024/12/18/n...