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Bruce MacDonald“You really want to know: ‘What’s in the air, what’s in the water, what’s in the ash that blew into my kitchen cabinet? Do I let my dog outside?’” she said. “All these questions were coming up and we thought, ‘We really need to serve the community.’” Indeed, while the initial findings will be focused on firefighters’ exposure, the team is also looking into residents’ exposure to heavy metals and chemicals. <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-03-27/palisades-eaton-firefighters-high-levels-of-mercury-and-lead" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-03-27/palisades-eaton-firefighters-high-levels-of-mercury-and-lead</a><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/toxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toxins</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LAFires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LAFires</a>

BellingenNSWEnvironmental harm though tyre pollution Car tyres shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment – urgent action is needed"Every year, billions of vehicles worldwide shed an estimated 6 million tonnes of tyre fragments. These tiny flakes of plastic, generated by the wear and tear of normal driving, eventually accumulate in the soil, in rivers and lakes, and even in our food. Researchers in South China recently found tyre-derived chemicals in most human urine samples.""We know that heavier vehicles, including electric cars (which have very heavy batteries), wear down their tyres faster and generate more microplastic particles...With more than 2 billion tyres produced each year to fit ever-heavier and more numerous cars, the problem is set to escalate. The environmental toll will only increase unless we recognise and target the specific problem." >> <a href="https://theconversation.com/car-tyres-shed-a-quarter-of-all-microplastics-in-the-environment-urgent-action-is-needed-244132" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/car-tyres-shed-a-quarter-of-all-microplastics-in-the-environment-urgent-action-is-needed-244132</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cars</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/vehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vehicles</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SUVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SUVs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/trucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trucks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/tyres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tyres</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/plastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plastic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollution</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/toxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toxins</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#harm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#water</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rivers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/soil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#soil</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/aquatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aquatic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#life</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/disruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disruption</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecosystems</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/EV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EV</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/PolluterPays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PolluterPays</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#regulation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emissions</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/speed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#speed</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/MobilityDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MobilityDesign</a>

GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ :verified:Elon Musk is pumping <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/toxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toxins</a> into a Black community already hard-hit by decades of environmental racism. And this time he can't add a laughing emoji & say it's just a joke<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalRacism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecocide</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BlackLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackLivesMatter</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Memphis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Memphis</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/methane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#methane</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollution</a> <a href="https://unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/poisoning-southwest-memphis/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/poisoning-southwest-memphis/</a>

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