#Fukushima #contamination persists, #radiation hazard maps necessary
"According to te "polluter pays" principle, #TEPCO shld decontaminate & restore all affected areas to their pre-accident state. However, te law has left contaminat'n in forests & other areas outside its target untouched. With cesium-137, which has a 30-year half-life & is te main source of current contaminatn, te #pollution level will remain unignorable on a century scaleđŸ€Šâ€â™‚ïž" #energy #nuclear #truth #Japan
https://english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/73037
OPINION: Fukushima contamination persists, radiation hazard maps necessary

Radiation levels in areas affected by the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. have fallen somewhat over the past 15 years due to natural decay and decontamination efforts.

Japan Wire by Kyodo News
Youths responsible for West Kelowna reservoir contamination scare, police say
Residents in the Tallus Ridge and Shannon Woods neighbourhoods went five days without being able to drink their tap water after a security breach at the Tallus reservoir.
#Canada #Kelowna #securitybreachatwaterreservoir #Waterreservoir
https://globalnews.ca/news/11746330/youths-responsible-west-kelowna-reservoir-contamination-scare/
Youths responsible for West Kelowna reservoir contamination scare, police say
Residents in the Tallus Ridge and Shannon Woods neighbourhoods went five days without being able to drink their tap water after a security breach at the Tallus reservoir.
#Canada #Kelowna #securitybreachatwaterreservoir #Waterreservoir
https://globalnews.ca/news/11746330/youths-responsible-west-kelowna-reservoir-contamination-scare/
Youths responsible for West Kelowna reservoir contamination scare, police say
Residents in the Tallus Ridge and Shannon Woods neighbourhoods went five days without being able to drink their tap water after a security breach at the Tallus reservoir.
#Canada #Kelowna #securitybreachatwaterreservoir #Waterreservoir
https://globalnews.ca/news/11746330/youths-responsible-west-kelowna-reservoir-contamination-scare/
Les Français sont de plus en plus contaminés par le cadmium, un métal cancérogÚne présent dans les sols et l'a

"PrÚs de la moitié de la population adulte dépasse les valeurs toxicologiques de référence", selon l'Anses. Dans un rapport, l'agence sanitaire appelle à des actions urgentes pour réduire cette surexposition, notamment en limitant le recours aux engrais agricoles.

Franceinfo

merka, the home of unconstrained capitalism, the greatest cuntery on earth, where the dollar reigns supreme, & naysayers can go get fucked.

https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-oil-polluted-drinking-water-boarman-family

Oklahoma has around 130,000 private water wells, essentially straws that drink from shallow groundwater reserves with minimal filtration, increasing the risk of contamination. That’s because after pulling huge profits from the earth, Oklahoma oil companies left behind tens of thousands of unplugged wells that belch greenhouse gases and allow industrial waste to spread below ground. The state has some of the nation’s weakest regulations pertaining to industry cleanup of old wells.

the full article is pure horror on legs, yet not atypical of several i've read over the years, about that terrible nation.

#USPol #TuckFrump #FuckRWNJs #magamorons #FuckChristoFascists #FuckAllReligion #OrangeOaf #HeyFascistCatch #FuckCapitalism #FuckFossilFools #pollution #contamination

Salty, Oily Drinking Water Left Sores in Their Mouths. Oklahoma Refused to Find Out Why.

State regulators discovered strong signs of oil pollution, including high levels of salt and toxic metals, in one family’s drinking water. But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to find the culprit — then closed the case.

ProPublica
Elevated lead levels found in drinking water at a Behchokǫ̀, N.W.T., school
In a news release Tuesday, the territorial government says water fixtures and fountains at the Chief Jimmy Bruneau school with elevated levels detected will be out of service, and an alternative drinking water source will be provided where it is not already in place.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/lead-drinking-water-behchoko-9.7140931?cmp=rss

Wanton acts of environmental destruction
The large-scale incinerating of oil wells

"Tehran’s toxic cloud: satellite images show oily fires burned for days. Residents reported headaches, eye and skin irritation and breathing difficulties as Israeli bombings blanketed Tehran with pollutants. Satellite images of Tehran show toxic fires caused by Israeli bombings on oil depots were still burning days after the strikes, which have caused fears of serious health complications for millions of residents in the Iranian capital." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/23/tehran-toxic-cloud-satellite-image-oil-fires

In this area of NSW, on the 'holiday' Mid North Coast we are all to familiar with black rain, soot and toxic air pollution caused by the NSW government's Forestry Corporation. After logging and spraying with pesticides everything is incinerated and send into the atmosphere and lungs. >>
https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/116197494699675741

#FossilFuels #pollution #logging #fires #pollution #contamination #soot #toxins #climate #atmosphere #smoulderscape #fuel #petrol #oil #war #ecocide #destruction

Tehran’s toxic cloud: satellite images show oily fires burned for days

Residents reported headaches, eye and skin irritation and breathing difficulties as Israeli bombings blanketed Tehran with pollutants

The Guardian