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...........plastics.

You can be certain that a Trump administration will, again, write executive orders and create legislation diminishing anti-pollution regulations.

"A recently published study of 23 human and 47 dog testes found that all of the testes contained microplastics. The study, published in the journal Toxicological Studies, also suggests a correlation between microplastics contamination and lower sperm count. It’s not the first of its kind, either: plastic particles are widespread in food, water, blood and placenta; their presence in certain blood vessels has been linked to higher rates of strokes, heart attacks and death.

In the United States, environmental regulations protect against toxins and pollution in the air and water, often quite successfully. Rules around certain kinds of plastic pollution are relatively new, though; it was only last month that the Environmental Protection Agency finalized limits on six “forever chemicals” frequently found in plastics owing to their potential to cause kidney and liver cancer. As regulators start to crack down on plastics’ seemingly ever-larger footprint, will there be any reckoning with the harm that’s already been done?."

https://www.popsci.com/science/microplastics-testi...

In a related vein, I highly recommend this article in The New Yorker explaining how 3M has known since the late 1970s that PFAs were not only "forever chemicals" that never decompose but were also harmful to humans.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/05/27/3m-f...


WTH

We don't need no stinking regulations!

And the SCOTUS agrees.

"A recently published study of 23 human and 47 dog testes found that all of the testes contained microplastics. The study, published in the journal Toxicological Studies, also suggests a correlation between microplastics contamination and lower sperm count. It’s not the first of its kind, either: plastic particles are widespread in food, water, blood and placenta; their presence in certain blood vessels has been linked to higher rates of strokes, heart attacks and death.

In the United States, environmental regulations protect against toxins and pollution in the air and water, often quite successfully. Rules around certain kinds of plastic pollution are relatively new, though; it was only last month that the Environmental Protection Agency finalized limits on six “forever chemicals” frequently found in plastics owing to their potential to cause kidney and liver cancer. As regulators start to crack down on plastics’ seemingly ever-larger footprint, will there be any reckoning with the harm that’s already been done?."

"I highly recommend this article in The New Yorker explaining how 3M has known since the late 1970s that PFAs were not only "forever chemicals" that never decompose but were also harmful to humans."

Coincidentally, we watched a movie the other night on Netflix called Dark Waters. Mark Ruffalo as Attorney Rob Bilott, the corporate defense attorney who reluctantly took on the defense of a farmer being poisoned by Duponts PFOA dumping. Maybe this discussion should be on the Atheist board; if there's a omnipotent god, he's one sick sumbitch for sitting back and watching this happen.

As a current political event, it's crucial that a science denier like Trump not regain control to crap all over the EPA and pro-environment groups. Maybe it makes no difference. Maybe when all is said and done, mankind is a suicidal species.


"Dark Waters Tells the True Story of the Lawyer Who Took DuPont to Court and Won. But Rob Bilott’s Fight Is Far From Over"

"....for the real Rob Bilott, the work of taking the industry to court is far from over. In October 2018, the lawyer filed a new lawsuit against several companies, including 3M, Arkema, and Chemours, a manufacturer spun off from DuPont in 2015. That ongoing case is seeking class action status

https://time.com/5737451/dark-waters-true-story-ro...

3 miles from my house, a developer was permitted to build a 15 house subdivision less than 1/4 mile from a known long term (50+ year) landfill/dump. My understanding is they/the realtors were not even required to inform the prospective homebuyers they were downstream from said landfill.

Now, the town is shocked, SHOCKED to find there's PFAS in the water table tapped by the WELLS of these houses. And it's up to the small state's Senators to suck up to their patrons in Congress to get a few meager ass-covering funds to start "cleaning it up".

Meanwhile, the subdivision's residents are screwed, drinking PFAS and micro-plastic infused water - unless they have money to pay individually for water filtration - but the town gets to collect the property taxes and the developers got paid and are LONG gone.

What a country we've allowed to happen here.

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