Mastodawn

🧽 Ah, the carpeted kingdom of Georgia - where the rivers flow with more chemicals than water! 💦 Is there a better way to define progress than by poisoning your water supply for stain-free floors? Bravo, America, truly a legacy worthy of its own cleanup reality show. 📺🙄
https://apnews.com/projects/pfas-forever-stained/ #carpetedkingdom #chemicalpollution #watercrisis #environmentalissues #cleanuprealityshow #HackerNews #ngated

The toxic legacy of Georgia’s carpet empire

The Georgia carpet industry’s long use of PFAS, known as forever chemicals, polluted drinking water and the environment across swaths of the South.

AP News

EXPLAINER: Environmental violations of Navotas landfill operator

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/explainers/environmental-violations-navotas-landfill-operator-phileco/

EXPLAINER: Environmental violations of Navotas landfill operator

Since 2022, the Environmental Management Bureau in Metro Manila has issued 10 notices of violation flagging Phileco

RAPPLER

The Green Report: How active transport makes for liveable cities

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/environment/the-green-report-active-transport-makes-liveable-cities/

The Inquisitive Biologist May 2

This week's #NewBooks at the library: Another three books from our January clearance sale, some of which have been review candidates for some time now.

- Planet Palm: How Palm Oil Ended Up in Everything – and Endangered the World, a shocking and eye-opening reportage written by Jocelyn C. Zuckerman and published by Hurst Publishers.

- Making Faces: The Evolutionary Origins of the Human Face, written by Adam S. Wilkins, published by Belknap Press. Not one I was planning to review, but I find it very hard to pass up a bargain on an interesting book on human evolution and physical anthropology.

- Unfit for Purpose: When Human Evolution Collides with the Modern World, written by Adam Hart, published by Bloomsbury Sigma. One of several books that explores the mismatch between our evolutionary legacy and the modern world we have created for ourselves. I expect them to be amusing reads all!

#Books #Bookstodon #Scicomm #EnvironmentalIssues #PalmOil #PlantationForestry #FoodAdditives #Evolution #HumanEvolution #PhysicalAnthropology #Anatomy #PopularScience @bookstodon

Notices of violation issued vs Navotas landfill operator prior to fire

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/philippines/metro-manila/notices-violation-issued-navotas-landfill-operator-before-fire/

Notices of violation issued vs Navotas landfill operator prior to fire

Among violations that the Environmental Management Bureau flagged are non-compliance to daily soil cover and the number of required gas vent pipes

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PH rallies ASEAN for united stand ahead of COP31

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/philippines/philippines-wants-united-asean-cop31/

PH rallies ASEAN for united stand ahead of COP31

In the past COP, the Philippine delegation has been criticized over its silence on the fossil fuel phaseout campaign that garnered support from both rich and poor nations

RAPPLER

Hacker News Apr 6

One ant for $220: The new frontier of wildlife trafficking

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg4g44zv37qo

#HackerNews #wildlifetrafficking #wildlifeconservation #animalrights #biodiversity #environmentalissues

Kenya's queen ants worth $220 each fuel booming global wildlife black market

The craze for collecting ants takes Kenya by surprise as smugglers zone in to make a profit.

N-gated Hacker News Mar 29

🔬 Ah, the scientific community at it again: blaming #microplastics on their gloves while conveniently forgetting to turn on #JavaScript. 🤦‍♂️ Who knew a cookie could hold the key to environmental salvation? 🍪🔑
https://news.umich.edu/nitrile-and-latex-gloves-may-cause-overestimation-of-microplastics-u-m-study-reveals/ #scientificcommunity #cookies #environmentalissues #HackerNews #ngated

Nitrile and latex gloves may cause overestimation of microplastics, U-M study reveals

Nitrile and latex gloves that scientists wear while they are measuring microplastics may lead to a potential overestimation of the tiny pollutants, according to a University of Michigan study.

University of Michigan News

[OPINION] Another year, another emergency, another crisis

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/voices/thought-leaders/opinion-another-emergency-crisis-philippines/