Mastodawn

🚨 Breaking news: Yet another catastrophe to panic about—this time, a fungus! 🎉 But don't worry, it's just cats and humans at risk. 🙄 Because, you know, it's not like we have enough on our fungal plates already. 🍄
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/deadly-fungus-cats-people-spreading #fungusnews #catrisks #humanhealth #panicalert #breakingnews #HackerNews #ngated

A deadly fungus that can infect cats and people is spreading

It’s just a matter of time before Sporothrix brasiliensis reaches the U.S. a CDC expert says.

Science News

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Daniele de Rigo Jun 20

The commentary compares this prioritisation vs. the "Regulation 1107/2009’s principle that economic considerations should not override the protection of #HumanHealth and the environment. Such a process that sidelines scientific evidence, public concern, and established law-making principles risks undermining public trust" [1]

The authors suggest
"actionable recommendations for improving environmental risk assessment for stronger biodiversity protection while limiting regulatory burden" [1]

Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Jun 19

Worthwhile read - and I will note one issue it does not address - the impact of increased CO2 concentrations on the global ecosystem - everything from #OceanAcidification to #PlantMetabolism to #HumanHealth - in short, adverse impacts to the global system we live in. (See eg Ugo Bardi et al, Environmental Science Advances
Volume 4, Issue 9, 11 June 2025, Pages 1364-1372)

‘Termination shock’: trust our expert warnings on geoengineering’s planetary risks
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/19/solar-geoengineering-risk-to-planet-earth?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

#ClimateCrisis #NoFalseSolutions #GeoengineerinConcerns

‘Termination shock’: trust our expert warnings on geoengineering’s planetary risks

Do we really want to play dice with our planet?

The Guardian

MárciaW 🇸🇩Jun 18

RE: https://mastodon.social/@patricksudlow/116770213100775742

"The new legislation has been widely criticized: NGT plants can now be brought to market without undergoing environmental risk assessment. Health risks will only be assessed in specific cases. There is no requirement for food product labelling or methods of detecting NGT plants. "
#NoGMOs #Pesticides #Ecocide #HumanHealth #EnvironmentalHealth
#Capitalism

Patrick Sudlow Jun 9

'For Health, Bees and Farmers
To protect our health and our environment: let's reject the pesticide omnibus project. Support the demands:'
https://www.pan-europe.info/health-bees-and-farmers?utm=.share.copy
#eu #pesticides #environment #humanhealth #bees

For Health, Bees and Farmers

PAN Europe

Secret Agent Peach Jun 2

Thank you Maine and Washington for regulating #PFAS as a class and protecting #HumanHealth!

https://www.thenationshealth.org/content/56/4/1.3

States work to protect residents from PFAS as EPA backs down

Christina Heiniger built her Trenton, Maine, home using non- and low-toxic materials. So she was shocked when a 2022 test of her well water showed it was contaminated with so-called “forever chemicals.”

The Nation's Health

LM Little Apr 28

#Canada's Goldman-Sachs PM is no friend of #IndigenousPeoples, #humanRights, #democracy, #climateAction, #ecosystems, #environment or #humanhealth. He is a big pal of #BigOil, #BigTech, #BigBanks, and #corporateGreed. https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/27/news/canada-strong-fund-carney-announcement-oil-and-gas?nih=1rPea8fcVa9h-XTh2MniOav55iuNVUeXRk3ksKoPy4E

Canada's new $25B nation-building projects fund fuels fear of 'back door' oil and gas subsidies

The Canada Strong Fund, the country's first national sovereign wealth fund, has launched to underwrite nation-building projects and enable individual Canadians to invest. Green groups warn it could be another public ‘prop up’ of the fossil fuel industry.

Canada's National Observer