#breakingNews #LA #DowChemical

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/fire-explosion-at-dow-in-plaquemine-prompts-shelter-order/article_ecd2967e-22b9-11ee-b3db-53a82cefcc36.html

#Belgium has highest levels of #PFAS chemical #pollution in Europe, study reveals

Major mapping project reveals PFAS have been found at high levels at thousands of sites across Europe. EURACTIV’s media partner, The Guardian, reports.

By Leana Hosea and Rachel Salvidge, Feb 24, 2023

"Pollutants known as 'forever chemicals', which don’t break down in the environment, build up in the body and may be toxic, have been found at high levels at thousands of sites across the UK and Europe, a major mapping project has revealed.

"The map shows that per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a family of about 10,000 chemicals valued for their non-stick and detergent properties, have made their way into water, soils and sediments from a wide range of consumer products, firefighting foams, waste and industrial processes.

"Two PFAS have been linked to an array of health problems. PFOA has been connected with kidney and testicular cancer, thyroid disease, ulcerative colitis, high cholesterol and pregnancy-induced hypertension. PFOS has been associated with reproductive, developmental, liver, kidney, and thyroid disease. At lower levels PFAS have been associated with immunotoxicity.

"The substances have been found at about 17,000 sites across the #UK and #Europe. Of these, PFAS have been detected at high concentrations of more than 1,000 nanograms a litre of water at about 640 sites, and above 10,000ng/l at 300 locations."

#PFOS #PFNA, #PFHxS, #PFB #GenXChemicals
#PFOA #WaterIsLife #Toxic #pollution #DowChemical #DuPont #3M #BASF #Teflon

Read more:
https://www.euractiv.com/section/chemicals/news/belgium-has-highest-levels-of-pfas-chemical-pollution-in-europe-study-reveals/

Pentagon to halt use of firefighting foam that contains #PFAS as cleanup costs mount

by Ashley Murray, March 16, 2023

"Battered by years of criticism from U.S. lawmakers and environmental advocates, the Department of Defense will stop purchasing PFAS-containing firefighting foam later this year and phase it out entirely in 2024.

"The replacement for Aqueous Film Forming Foam has yet to be determined, and advocates are frustrated it’s taken so long to halt the use of a product containing a “forever chemical” that at high levels of exposure may lead to increased risks for cancer, among other effects. The pace of cleanup at potentially contaminated military installations and nearby communities also has come under scrutiny by Congress."

#WaterIsLife #Toxic #pollution #DowChemical #DuPont #3M #BASF #Teflon #FirstResponders #Firefighters #Capitalism #Corruption

Read more: https://tylerpaper.com/news/national/pentagon-to-halt-use-of-firefighting-foam-that-contains-pfas-as-cleanup-costs-mount/article_a1c85692-c294-5743-82a8-5ceaa943eb5d.html

Nation’s largest fire union sues entity that sets standards for safety over #PFAS requirement

by Brad Petrishen, March 16, 2023

"The lawsuit alleges that the National Fire Protection Agency conspired with 'others' to ensure that an inner moisture barrier in the gear would have to contain PFAS in order to pass a specific 'UV light test' designated by a particular technical requirement.

"The suit alleges that the test was designed in a way to mandate the use of PFAS, and that the National Fire Protection Agency, despite requests to remove the standard, has refused."
#PFOA #WaterIsLife #Toxic #pollution #DowChemical #DuPont #3M #BASF #Teflon #FirstResponders #Firefighters #Capitalism #Corruption

https://www.telegram.com/story/news/2023/03/16/nations-largest-fire-union-sues-nfpa-over-pfas-requirement-diane-cotter-mark-ruffalo/70016935007/

EU considers ban on 'forever chemicals', urges search for alternatives

By Ludwig Burger, February 7, 2023

• Proposed ban to grant grace periods between 18 mths and 12 yrs
• Non-degradable PFAS found as far as "rain water in Tibet"
• Ban could take effect in 2026 or 2027
• Industry group warns some key products could be "eliminated"
• Further reviews will involve ECHA, EU commission, member states

"The chemicals have been used in tens of thousands of products, including cars, textiles, medical gear, wind mills and non-stick pans due to their long-term resistance to extreme temperatures and corrosion.

"But #PFAS have also been linked to health risks like cancer, hormonal dysfunction and a weakened immune system as well as #environmental damage."

#PFOS #PFNA, #PFHxS, #PFB #GenXChemicals
#PFOA #WaterIsLife #Toxic #pollution #DowChemical #DuPont #3M #BASF #Teflon

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/eu-considers-ban-forever-chemicals-urges-search-alternatives-2023-02-07/

#EPA Proposes New Standard for Removing Harmful ‘#ForeverChemicals’ Found in Drinking Water

Here’s where they come from—and why removing them is more challenging than you might think.

By Korin MillerPublished: Mar 15, 2023

- The EPA issued a new proposal to remove #PFAS from water supplies nationwide.
- The proposal targets six out of thousands of known forever chemicals.
- The #chemicals have been linked to #cancer, thyroid issues, and fertility problems, among other things.

"The EPA shared in a news release that the new levels would be “legally enforceable” if the proposal is finalized. While there are more than 9,000 PFAS known to be in existence, the proposal focuses on six. The proposal would regulate PFOA and #PFOS, along with four other PFAS—#PFNA, #PFHxS, #PFBS, and #GenXChemicals—as a mixture."
#PFOA #WaterIsLife #Toxic #pollution #DowChemical #DuPont #3M #BASF #TEflon #Bayer

Read more:
https://www.prevention.com/health/a43326384/forever-chemicals-pfas-drinking-water/

India: Court rejects extra redress for Bhopal gas victims

https://www.dw.com/en/india-court-rejects-extra-redress-for-bhopal-gas-victims/a-64976751?maca=en-dipa_news_mstdn-34613-xml-mrss

#India #DowChemical #Bhopalgasdisaster #UnionCarbide #SupremeCourt

#ChemicalsIndustry
#DowChemical
#recycling
#environment
#CorporateCorruption
#FossilFuels
#InvestigativeJournalism

Dow said it was recycling our shoes. We found them in Indonesia — https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/global-plastic-dow-shoes/

#DowChemical #GreenWashing

RT @YannWeb@twitter.activitypub.actor

Surprise! (non).
La promesse de #DowChemical, de #Recycler des chaussures en revêtement pour les terrains de sports, s'avère être ± du vent.
ps @Decathlon c'est bien l'un de vos magasins où le journaliste pose une paire de👟 à recycler ?
#Recyclage #Plastique #Petrole #Mensonges https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1629490147409424389

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/YannWeb/status/1629891581997096960

“The donated shoes that ended up in Indonesia have added to a flood of illegal second-hand clothing pouring into that developing country, according to a senior government official there, who said such cast-offs pose a public health risk, undercut its local textile industry and often pile more waste into its already bulging landfills.” #Greenwashing #DowChemical #Singapore https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/global-plastic-dow-shoes/

#DowChemical plastered #Singapore with ads for its sneaker #recycling program, promising to turn old shoes into playground tracks. But the shoes it collected in its "recycling" bins were illegally dumped in #Indonesia. This isn't an aberration: it's how nearly *all* plastic recycling has *always* worked.

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/26/career-criminals/#fool-me-twice-three-times-four-times-a-hundred-times

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Le Collectif Vietnam-Dioxine arrive sur Mastodon pour parler de l'écocide de l'agent orange au Vietnam, et du combat de Tran To Nga en procès contre 14 multinationales comme #Monsanto ou #DowChemical depuis 2004. Aidez-nous à retrouver nos followers !

#JusticePourTranToNga

Good to see the legacy of the Dow plant at Paritūtū, in Taranaki, is finally getting proper coverage in public news media:

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/483802/taranaki-regional-council-told-remediation-of-chemical-plant-site-will-take-years

#Aotearoa #NZ #Taranaki #Paritūtū #Dow #DowChemical #IvonWatkinsDow #toxics

Has anyone seen the film about Dr #VandanaShiva yet?

She was a #nuclearPhysicist turned #activist, originally tasked with investigating #UnionCarbide's #BhopalDistaster in the 1980s before forming a #SeedFreedom movement against #BigAg and #Monsanto that exploded globally (and proved itself in many ways).

An interview she gave on #AfshinRattansi's show on RT's, #GoingUnderground:

https://www.rt.com/shows/going-underground/569418-vandana-shiva-ecology-environment/

Thoughts?

#theSeedsOfVandanaShiva #dowChemical #duPont #ecology #environment

#bhopalGas disaster : The World’s Worst Industrial Disaster 38 years later. Complicit in the injustice are both govts of India and USA for not paying the compensation to the actual victims of the disaster. #dowChemical took over Union Carbide in 2001 and have washed their hands off the trial all thanks to their corporate donations to various members of Congress. https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2014/12/bhopal-the-worlds-worst-industrial-disaster-30-years-later/100864/

Gestern war der 38. Jahrestag der #Chemiekatastrophe von #Bhopal. Wer die Details nicht (mehr) kennt, dem sei dieser Spiegel-Artikel aus 2009 empfohlen:

https://www.spiegel.de/geschichte/chemiekatastrophe-von-bhopal-a-948629.html

Auch wenn das weit weg war und lange zurückliegt: Die Verhaltensweisen im Umgang mit den Opfern haben sich seitdem regelmäßig wiederholt. Allein deshalb sollte man das lesen und im Hinterkopf behalten.

#UnionCarbide #DowChemical

> “the manufacturers of trichlorophenol and of 2,4,5-T had been aware for many years that this class of compounds and particularly their impurities produced a toxic reaction in humans … the same manufacturers had developed, as early as 1941, a … bioassay … to monitor the production of the herbicide”
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2898884/
#AgentOrange #dioxin #DowChemical #military #Vietnam #GulfportMississippi

Said the #smallBusiness: "Gosh if we screw up the local #ecosystem we won't be able to live here anymore."

Said the #corporatist: "We'll screw up your ecosystem in the morning, and be willing to #travel in the afternoon."

#dowChemical #DuPont #3M #Congo #India #China #Philippines #SouthAmerica #USA #acidLeeching #goldMining #fracking #equalOpportunityExploiter

RT @VietnamDioxine

[ENSEMBLE CONTRE MONSANTO]

✊ #TranToNga se bat contre depuis plus de 7 ans contre 14 multinationales dont #Monsanto, #DowChemical, #Hercules ayant fabriqué ou commercialisé l’agent orange, alors qu’elle souffre de nombreuses maladies liées à la dioxine.