"She's not even 8 months yet, & has to be subject to breathing all that," said Gerard, referring to the plant's #emissions of #chloroprene, which in 2010 the #EPA classified as a human #carcinogen.
7 wks after #Trump took over in Jan, new EPA leadership withdrew the suit against the plant's Japanese owners, Denka Performance Elastomer LLC, siding w/ the company who disputed the lawsuit's contention that emissions were linked to significant #cancer risk.
#PSA: if you're on androgel, check your bottle because there's a recall due to contamination with a carcinogen:
#Androgel #Carcinogen
#DrugRecall
https://www.chpw.org/provider-center/pharmacy/drug-recall-report/
GA jury awards nearly $2.1 billion verdict to man who says Roundup weedkiller caused his cancer
The company, who disputes claims that Roundup causes cancer, says it will appeal.
#Glyphosate #Carcinogen #Denial #Award #Verdict #Roundup #Bayer #Monsanto #Pesticide #FoodSupply #Cancer #USA #World #Death #Profit
The #EPA considers chloroprene — which is used to make synthetic rubber — a likely #carcinogen, & the suit sought to compel the plant to curb these #emissions.
#Trump officials’ decision to abandon the case has prompted alarm from #environmental & #PublicHealth advocates. They warn that the plant’s continued operations could harm the health of thousands of residents, including hundreds of young #children who are especially vulnerable to carcinogens.
The #EPA considers #chloroprene —which is used to make synthetic rubber—a likely #carcinogen, & the suit sought to compel the plant to curb these #emissions.
#Trump ofcls’ decision to abandon the case…has prompted alarm from #environmental & #PublicHealth advocates. They warn that the plant’s continued operations could harm the #health of thousands of residents, including hundreds of young #children who are especially vulnerable to carcinogens.
What has been extraordinary, #health & #legal experts said, is the extent of the #industry’s effort to block the EPA’s scientific work on a #chemical long acknowledged as a #carcinogen, & how the architect of the effort was back at the agency as a regulator of #chemicals. At the same time, the #Trump admin has moved to sharply reduce the federal scientific work force.
She Lobbied for a #Carcinogen. Now She’s at Trump’s #EPA, Approving New #Chemicals.
Lynn Dekleva, who recently took a senior role at the #Environmental Protection Agency, once led an aggressive effort by #industry to block #regulations on #formaldehyde.
#PublicHealth #health #cancer #law #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/climate/epa-lynn-dekleva-formaldehyde.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=FA86FA31-E678-482A-A936-9B32A2E31336
Russian scientists warn of dangerous levels of carcinogen along the Black Sea coast
Russian scientists have detected dangerously high levels of a carcinogen in soil samples taken from beaches contaminated by the Black Sea oil spill, with one expert comparing the pollution to the US military’s use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War.
#Russia #Krasnodar #BlackSea #Carcinogen #Oil #Oilspill #Pollution #Benzopyrene #Environment #Science
🥥 Did YOU know that food-coloring Red Dye 3 is derived from petroleum?
Eye sure didn't!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/07/fda-moves-to-ban-red-food-dye
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#FoodColoring #RedDye3 #Carcinogen #Ban #TuckersBalls
#YouTube fucking censored my song on #HumansIncarnate about #EthyleneOxide, an outright #Carcinogen that was said to be in the #COVIDvaccines, not because of a line ABOUT actual ethylene oxide, but by misinterpreting the line "It wouldn't surprise me if the vaccine contained mercury." I DID NOT STATE THAT AS A FACT. I SAID IT WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME IF THAT WAS TRUE.
Website will HOPEFULLY reappear at some point: https://el-has.webflow.io/music-releases/humans-incarnate #HumansIncarnate #DeathToTheRNG #Music #ElHas
#PubChem says #SiliconDioxide is a cause of silicosis (lung fibrosis), and increased risk of lung cancer. Accurate diagnosis relies on the absence of miliary tuberculosis and fungal infections, and you need proof of history of sufficient exposure. Apparently it also causes kidney disease.
Scroll down past the hazmap section to find "Silica, amorphous (7631-86-9) is [conveniently] not classifiable as to carcinogenicity to humans." #Carcinogen https://web.archive.org/web/20241130103831/https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Silicon-Dioxide#section=Safety-and-Hazards
*We have a similar longtime movement in #BritishColumbia for same government approved aerial herbicide toxic spraying issue #StopTheSprayBC *
#FirstNations and #environmentalists have denounced the practice of aerial #herbicide spraying on #forestlands for decades. This year, #Indigenous groups in Northern #Ontario have announced a ban on blanket herbicide use, while in #NovaScotia, residents have resorted to peaceful #DirectAction to enforce their own ban.
The #ForestIndustry routinely dumps tons of chemicals like #glyphosate, the main ingredient in #Roundup weedkiller, on logged areas to kill off naturally-regenerated trees and shrubs in favour of commercial #TreeFarms. The problem is, these herbicides are #lethal to frogs, lizards, and salamanders. They wipe out #MedicinalPlants and berry bushes that Indigenous people and #wildlife rely on. Glyphosate, a suspected #carcinogen, #contaminates #rivers and #groundwater far and wide through indiscriminate spraying.
https://watershedsentinel.ca/articles/spray-down/
#CDNpoli #StopTheSpray #Ecocide #CorporateGreed #GreedKills #BanCorporateLobbyists #ForestryReformNow
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/09/19/news/dangerous-chemical-polluting-air-niagara-falls-new-york-canadian-border?utm_source=National+Observer&utm_campaign=676b7a8a89-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_09_20_01_34&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cacd0f141f-676b7a8a89-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
#Carcinogen
#ToothlessRegulator
"Where children played, the ground bubbled...
For years, soil and air testing have consistently revealed evidence of substantial #environmental #toxins on the property. Levels of the #carcinogen benzo(a)pyrene peaked in 2020 at a concentration up to 218 times higher than what is considered safe for direct exposure in residential settings."
For Decades, Officials Knew a School Sat on a Former Dump — and Did Little to Clean Up the Toxins
https://theintercept.com/2024/06/04/gainesville-florida-alachua-school-toxic-contaminated/
#publichealth #pollution #schools
On Carbon Fiber Types and Their Carcinogenic Risks https://hackaday.com/2024/08/07/on-carbon-fiber-types-and-their-carcinogenic-risks/ #HackadayColumns #carbonfiber #carcinogen #toxicity #Science
#LandBack at #Barnhart:
Contextualizing the Re-occupation of #BarnhartIsland in Shared Legacies of Struggle
From #TurtleIsland to #Palestine, the struggle at #Akwesasne is rooted in the shared struggle of all #OppressedPeoples of the world who are opposing the illogic of #SettlerCapitalism and the endless violation of the #lands and #waters that our current economic system necessitates.
By Jennifer Lee
June 25, 2024
"On May 21, 2024, a group of eight Kanien’kehá:ka (#Mohawk) community members from Akwesasne were arrested at Niionenhiasekowa:ne (Barnhart Island). Certain individuals among the '#Akwesasne8' had originally gone to Barnhart to exercise their right to build a hunting and gathering shelter on their own territory, in part to protest an ongoing land claim settlement that threatens to hand over Kanien’kehá:ka title to this island, among other traditionally held territories, to New York State. The settlement is being negotiated between New York entities and three Akwesasne government councils.
"Presently, the settlement negotiations would require the extinguishment of Mohawk title to Barnhart Island, which would be effectuated through an act of Congress. By asserting their right to the land, the #Akwesasne8 have sent a clear message to both negotiating parties. Barnhart Island, like all other territories illegally stolen and swindled from their community, is not for sale—particularly not by collaborationist band and tribal council entities that purport to represent the full community but that were in fact historically imposed upon it at gunpoint.
"The fact that a group of eight community members was surrounded within just a few hours by approximately 35 police agents (including both border patrol agents and state troopers) is a clear indication of the strategic significance of this island to the interests of settler-capital. As Taiewennahawi (Marina Johnson-Zafiris), one of the eight arrestees, explains in her article 'Akwesasne and the History of #Hydropower,' the Moses-Saunders #hydrodam, located at the east end of Barnhart Island, is one of the many dams along the St. Lawrence Seaway that has supplied 'cheap' electricity to an unending procession of heavily #polluting factories since the 1950s.
"For decades, dirty plants like #Alcoa, #GeneralMotors, and #ReynoldsMetals harnessed the immense power of the #Kaniatarowanenneh (#SaintLawrenceRiver) at the Moses-Saunders dam to manufacture aluminum, a cheap, abundant, and malleable building material that requires vast amounts of power to extract and process. Not only was hydropower-fueled aluminum production critical to New York’s economic development, it was central to the national pride and independence of so-called #Québec. Eager to assert its autonomy from Anglophone capital in the 1960s, the province began damming rivers on #Indigenous land in a frenzy of hydropower nationalism.
"Upstream on the St. Lawrence, the aluminum plants at Akwesasne used a #toxic #sludge containing polychlorinated biphenyls (#PCBs) as a hydraulic fluid during the production process. These PCBs were manufactured by the infamously litigious #corporation #Monsanto, which continues to evade public #accountability for discharging this known #carcinogen into the St. Lawrence River and onto Kanien’kehá:ka soil. The #carcinogenic soup was left exposed on the very grounds where the children of Akwesasne played and where families grew their vegetables. Today, Akwesasne sits downstream and downwind of three heavily #polluted #superfund sites, and residents of Akwesasne report that almost everyone they know has a friend or family member suffering from a rare #cancer, #MetabolicSyndrome, or #autoimmune disorder. Rare, life-threatening illnesses exist at Akwesasne at rates that the public would never consider normal or acceptable in any non-Indigenous community.
"Dana-Leigh Thompson, one of the Akwesasne 8, lived about 3,000 feet from the PCB #dumpsite of the #GeneralMotors (#GM) factory for a decade. She calls what is happening to the community nothing short of an '#environmental #genocide.'"
Read more:
https://magazine.scienceforthepeople.org/online/land-back-at-barnhart/#easy-footnote-15-16285
The anti-aging hack no one’s talking about #benzene #gasstoves #FortisBC #carcinogen #pollution #fossilfuels https://dogwoodbc.ca/news/the-anti-aging-hack-no-ones-talking-about/?utm_source=marketo&utm_medium=email&mkt_tok=Nzc0LVNITy0yMjgAAAGT2eAfE6cynSHNtpt4ix7t2KFlRwjX7MSfDx8PvT35Idnsd7cWQuQORVxkMWy2Alu99ejzH6niRzGJQP_yZQqp--oPZ7rSY89ST9_oVOYB1DA
#America's Notorious '#CancerAlley' Is Even More #Toxic Than We Thought
A new study finds levels of the #carcinogen ethylene oxide that are nine times higher than those estimated by the #EPA’s models.
By Naveena Sadasivam, Grist
June 11, 2024
"Since the 1980s, the 85-mile stretch of the #MississippiRiver that connects #NewOrleans and #BatonRouge, #Louisiana, has been known as “Cancer Alley.” The name stems from the fact that the area’s residents have a 95% greater chance of developing cancer than the average American. A big reason for this is the concentration of industrial facilities along the corridor — particularly #petrochemical manufacturing plants, many of which emit ethylene oxide, an extremely potent toxin that is considered a carcinogen by the Environmental Protection Agency and has been linked to breast and lung cancers."
#Pollution #EPAFail #BigOilAndGas #Oiligarchy #Corporatocracy #BigOil #ExxonKnew #BigOilKnew
The EPA rule does not extend to its use in pharmaceuticals and food, overseen by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
"Methylene chloride is commonly used to decaffeinate coffee. When applied directly to the beans, the solvent binds to the caffeine and removes it. Earlier this year, the Environmental Defense Fund petitioned the FDA to remove the chemical from the process of producing decaffeinated coffee."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/30/epa-methylene-chloride-ban
OVER-THE-COUNTER Acne Products contain toxic levels of the carcinogen benzene. #benzoylperoxide #BP #benzene #carcinogen #heat #acne
https://www.instagram.com/p/C5WpotMrR0E/
