EPA proposal weakens air pollution limits on cancer-causing gas

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed weakening air pollution limits for a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment. The move would reverse a Biden administration finding of high cancer risks at manufacturing facilities that use ethylene oxide to clean billions of medical devices. The EPA said it is concerned that the current Biden-era standards “actively threaten” manufacturers’ ability to sterilize equipment and jeopardize a secure domestic supply chain for essential medical equipment. Ethylene oxide plays a crucial role in sterilizing lifesaving medical devices, including pacemakers and syringes, but long-term exposure can cause leukemia and other types of cancer among people who work at medical sterilization facilities or live nearby.

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Carbon emissions now more than double the planetary boundary, analysis finds

Earth is not infinite. Pollution beyond certain levels threatens the climate and ecosystems. To prevent this, scientists have proposed planetary boundaries, defining the safe operating limits of the Earth system. A KAIST research team recalculated climate change and nitrogen pollution using the same standard and found that current carbon emissions already exceed the planet's sustainable limit by more than double.

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"We asked people around the world to rate the morality and ethics of others in their country.

The U.S. is the only place we surveyed where more adults describe the morality and ethics of others living in the country as bad than good."

See our full morality report here: https://pewrsr.ch/4ubNwaM

#mortality #ethucs #healthcare #governmentfailure

Auditor general finds major flaws in Yukon's child protection system
Canada's auditor general has found the Yukon government is failing to follow many of its own policies on child welfare, in a damning report released Wednesday.
#childprotection #governmentfailure #Yukon
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/auditor-general-finds-major-flaws-in-yukon-s-child-protection-system-9.7114280?cmp=rss

Guess which percentage of bankruptcies are caused by healthcare in the USA:
40%
52%
66%

#usa #healthcare #GovernmentFailure #bankruptcy #MedicalBankruptsy #Capitalism #Insurance #Corporations #ForProfit

154K views · 18K reactions | DIY home defense tools #dirtbag #build #diy | Jacob Cochrane

DIY home defense tools #dirtbag #build #diy

When you finally admit what you already lied about. Trump needs to meet a guillotine.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/183bvDwj8u/

#trump #republicans #pedophiles #guillotine #epstinefiles #epstine #enough #nomercy #governmentfailure

124K views · 19K reactions | Sorry but there is no “moving on” from this, different type of evil we up against fr | Lawrence Johnson

Sorry but there is no “moving on” from this, different type of evil we up against fr

A Washington Post report reveals the Social Security Administration is in crisis after Trump’s second-term plan to cut 7,000 employees, causing record backlogs and long wait times of over two hours for beneficiaries. Less staff meant minimal training for new workers, worsening service quality and response times for millions of pending cases and transactions. While some call times improved slightly, the agency’s overall ability to serve Americans has significantly deteriorated. This fallout exposes how staffing cuts and poor management can cripple a critical safety net for millions. Want to learn more about the decline of the SSA? https://www.alternet.org/trump-social-security-2674839121/ #SocialSecurity #GovernmentFailure #PublicServices #Trump #AdminFailures #PolicyImpact #SocialSecurityCrisis
Social Security 'in turmoil' as new reporting details damage done by Trump

An in-depth report published by the Washington Post on Tuesday offers new details about the damage being done to the Social Security Administration during President Donald Trump’s second term.The Post, citing both internal documents and interviews with insiders, reported that the Social Security Adm...

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Sugar brokers sit openly outside mills while farmers are crushed.
Sugar mills charge brokers up to Rs 50 more than what they pay the farmer.
Set one transparent gate price for all or admit the system protects middlemen, not growers.
These brokers are loyal to no one. They buy at your gate and sell to another mill for even Rs 2 more.

This chaos exists because the government allows it.

#SugarCrisis
#FarmersExploitation
#GovernmentFailure
#MiddlemenMafia
#AgricultureInCrisis
#Pakistan