silicone thrills posted:

lol losing my poo poo. jesus christ lobbyists need to be taken out back and shot.

Erghh posted:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/02/13/plastics-schools-plastivan-recycling/

Erghh posted:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/02/13/plastics-schools-plastivan-recycling/

quote:

But “that’s not really the plastic’s fault,” said Vitale, chief executive of the Society of Plastics Engineers Foundation, a group of industry professionals. “That’s the fault of humanity.”

4d3d3d posted:

Here in Florida the schizophrenic hot-cold-hot-cold weather seems to be causing a lot of pollen to be around and my sinuses are wrecked unlike they've ever been. Anyone else experiencing this?

Erghh posted:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/02/13/plastics-schools-plastivan-recycling/

Hubbert posted:

Hubbert posted:

quote:

“If it’s so bad for the environment, why is it in almost everything?”

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

Well we can put that on humanity's tombstone.

Scarabrae posted:

a week ago it was in the mid 50’s almost all week and lol its 12 degrees outside and the ground is covered with snow but one week from now its gonna be 64

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

Well we can put that on humanity's tombstone.

Confusedslight posted:

I mean, I don't ask for much but it would be nice for there to be enough time to fit in a nice little revolution before the climate and ecosystem collapse completely. Just a little one as a treat.

Hubbert posted:

Cabbages and Kings posted:

if this thread isn't collectively listening to Mindful Solutionism off the new Aesop Rock album ya should be

Also the new New Model Army album is doomer as ever

Communist Cop posted:

https://twitter.com/LeonSimons8/status/1759199473429876769?t=WNrKnkbJ_ejrnGV3qR6FRA&s=19

Paradoxish posted:

People are definitely not going to accept the death of winter (and a lot of summer, too) activities for a long* time because there will still be some good years and plenty of good days during the bad years. The only thing you really need to convince yourself that it's all fine is a few days that are, if you squint a little bit, more or less how you remember they were supposed to be.

Paradoxish posted:

People are definitely not going to accept the death of winter (and a lot of summer, too) activities for a long* time because there will still be some good years and plenty of good days during the bad years. The only thing you really need to convince yourself that it's all fine is a few days that are, if you squint a little bit, more or less how you remember they were supposed to be.

* long being highly relative and dependent on the resilience of rich economies and their ability to continue to be capable of providing treats for anyone but the absolute upper crust

Hubbert posted:

Paradoxish posted:

People are definitely not going to accept the death of winter (and a lot of summer, too) activities for a long* time because there will still be some good years and plenty of good days during the bad years. The only thing you really need to convince yourself that it's all fine is a few days that are, if you squint a little bit, more or less how you remember they were supposed to be.

* long being highly relative and dependent on the resilience of rich economies and their ability to continue to be capable of providing treats for anyone but the absolute upper crust

Rauros posted:

on brand that people are more concerned about the death of winter sports than the death of all other species.

Rauros posted:

on brand that people are more concerned about the death of winter sports than the death of countless other species.

HBar posted:

Mmm, time to eat a big bowl of perfectly healthy oatmeal as I often do and check the news and oh god dammit

quote:

A new EWG peer-reviewed study has found chlormequat, a little-known pesticide, in four out of five, or 80 percent, of people tested. The groundbreaking analysis of chlormequat in the bodies of people in the U.S. rings alarm bells, because the chemical is linked to reproductive and developmental problems in animal studies, suggesting the potential for similar harm to humans.

EWG’s research, published February 15 in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, tested for the presence of chlormequat in urine collected from 96 people between 2017 and 2023. The chemical was found in the urine of 77 of them.

Our tests found higher levels and more frequent detections of chlormequat in the 2023 samples, compared to those from 2017 through 2022, which suggests consumer exposure to chlormequat could be on the rise.

Just as troubling, we detected the chemical in 92 percent of oat-based foods purchased in May 2023, including Quaker Oats and Cheerios. The fact that so many people are exposed raises concerns about its potential impact on public health, since animal studies link chlormequat to reduced fertility, harm to the reproductive system and altered fetal growth.

Environmental Protection Agency regulations allow the chemical to be used on ornamental plants only – not food crops – grown in the U.S. But its use is permitted on imported oats and other foods sold here. Many oats and oat products consumed in the U.S. come from Canada.

Chlormequat was not allowed on oats sold in the U.S. before 2018, when the Trump EPA gave first-time approval for some amount of the chemical on imported oats. The same administration in 2020 increased the allowable level. These regulatory changes might help explain why we’re seeing more frequent, higher detections of the chemical in Americans tested.

In April 2023, in response to a 2019 application submitted by chlormequat manufacturer Taminco, the Biden EPA proposed allowing the first-ever use of chlormequat on barley, oat, triticale and wheat grown in the U.S.

The supplemental table in the journal article gives some product-specific testing results, apparently I'm getting about 110-170 ppb of chlormequat in my Quaker Oats.

HBar posted:

Mmm, time to eat a big bowl of perfectly healthy oatmeal as I often do and check the news and oh god dammit

The supplemental table in the journal article gives some product-specific testing results, apparently I'm getting about 110-170 ppb of chlormequat in my Quaker Oats.