Mastodawn

These are some #microscope shots from a piece of yarn from 2012 that i cutted a day ago, made with an #Apexel #lens mounted on my #smartphone.
The work was made in december 2012 and it's still on the fence but faded away.
I think it's pretty awesome that the work is still up, it's along a busy road in #kijkduin in #thehague #denhaag.
#streetart #denhaag #microscopephotography #polution #funges #nature #naturealwayswins

CuNha Mar 13

Test of 31 #Shein items found 25 (81%) exceeded #EU REACH limits.

High levels of #phthalates (in 18/22 items, up to 70× limit), #PFAS (9/11 items, up to 3,115×), and #HeavyMetals (cadmium up to 126 mg/kg, lead up to 2,110 mg/kg).

Risks: skin contact, ingestion (children), environmental contamination.

Shein says it removes flagged items; @greenpeace calls for stricter enforcement and platform liability.

https://greentechnologyinvestments.com/phthalates-pfas-and-heavy-metals-in-shein-products-81-of-garments-tested-exceed-european-limits/32218/

#health #polution

Phthalates, PFAS and heavy metals in Shein products: 81% of garments tested exceed European limits - Green Technology Investments

In November 2025, Greenpeace released a report that once again put the spotlight on Shein. What had he discovered? Around

Green Technology Investments

Losang Sherab Mar 4

Enjoy the silence sagte die Natur.
Der Mensch antwortet⬇️

#fieldrecording #human #polution

Miro Collas Feb 25

Group expands legal claim over South West Water sewage pollution | Water industry | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/25/group-expands-legal-claim-over-south-west-water-sewage-pollution

"But more often I take friends into the water and we see sanitary products floating past, the plastic from tampons, actual effluent and the foam from effluent."

#Polution #Contamination #Waste #Sewage #Water #UK #Capitalism #Neoliberalism

Group expands legal claim over South West Water sewage pollution

Thousands more people across Devon and Cornwall could join case against water firm

The Guardian

Paul Houle Feb 23

🫧 Shipping regulations to reduce pollution may have exacerbated Great Barrier Reef bleaching

https://phys.org/news/2026-01-shipping-pollution-exacerbated-great-barrier.html

#atmosphere #ocean #corals #greatbarrierreef #conservation #climatechange #geoengineering #maritime #shipping #polution

Shipping regulations to reduce pollution may have exacerbated Great Barrier Reef bleaching

Rising ocean temperatures have been implicated in mass coral bleaching events affecting the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). These events have been increasingly frequent, with major events occurring in 2016, 2017, 2020, 2022, 2024, and 2025. Now, in an unexpected turn of events, it appears that regulations introduced in 2020 to reduce ship fuel pollution may have actually increased the solar radiation that leads to increased coral bleaching, according to a study published in Nature Communications Earth & Environment.

Phys.org

P Gurgel-Segrillo Feb 4

Understanding how air pollution behaves and how it’s measured is a first step toward protecting our health and to #BeatAirPollution at its source.

shared from https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1518692670261559&set=a.394713409326163

#AirQuality #polution #AirPolution #health

Wen Feb 3

Ahh another Brexit benefit - the UK does not need to keep up with European attempts (a long long way from being pegged let alone perfect) to limit PFAs in the environment

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/03/environmentalists-decry-crushingly-disappointing-pfas-action-plan-for-uk

#Environment #Polution #Health #PFA

Environmentalists decry ‘crushingly disappointing’ Pfas action plan for UK

Ministers’ proposals to tackle ‘forever chemicals’ fail to match tougher stance taken in Europe, say experts

The Guardian

ArnaudOffline Feb 1

Quelques lectures de l'actualité de la semaine écoulée, séquence #écologie 3/n

Les #PFAS sont dans nos vêtements, dans l’eau, dans les sols. Le cas de d’une usine Gore-Tex au Etats-Unis
https://youtu.be/KAPkUQG6T8k?si=eV6sH131wR811JB5

La #polution des #PFAS coûte une fortune
https://www.franceinfo.fr/environnement/pollution/pfas/les-polluants-eternels-pourraient-couter-a-l-union-europeenne-jusqu-a-1-700-milliards-d-euros-d-ici-a-2050_7772249.html#xtor=RSS-3-%5Bgeneral%5D

Quant aux #pesticides
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/29/pesticide-cocktails-pollute-apples-europe-chemicals

Et maintenant, place à l’escroquerie du #plastique recyclé
https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/ecologie/270126/l-europe-englouti-760-millions-d-euros-dans-une-fausse-solution-miracle-au-probleme-du-plastique

L'eau empoisonnée du Gore-Tex et l'île de Pâques victime de son succès • FRANCE 24

YouTube

Primo Natura Jan 15

"Analysis: World’s biggest historic polluter – the US – is pulling out of UN climate treaty"

#UN #UnitedNations #Emissions #Polution #Climate #ClimateChange

https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-worlds-biggest-historic-polluter-the-us-is-pulling-out-of-un-climate-treaty/

Analysis: World’s biggest historic polluter – the US – is pulling out of UN climate treaty - Carbon Brief

The US, which has announced plans to withdraw from the global climate treaty is more historically responsible for climate change than any other country

Carbon Brief

Denzil Ferreira Jan 4

Some weird phenomenon where lights pointing up in the sky are causing UFO beams. It is not foggy by any measure, but it is very cold -20C so the air humidity is frozen into particles and causes this. Apparently!

#cold #ufo #beams #light #polution