PFOAs are one of my huge soapbox issues.
Basic Information on PFAS | Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) | US EPA.
Important to note that these are not definitive studies, mice are not humans and human studies are lacking. It is (imho) sufficiently suggestive that we should be looking for alternatives, like cast iron instead of Teflon. Just more evidence of making our world uninhabitable for humans.
Update on this (and thank you for the ideas and support). It was pretty depressing to learn how few resources are available for housed adults without young children in the home. I understand their resources are stretched thin and they need to prioritize, thatâs part of the depressing part.
Social services already had the neighbor on their roster and are trying to help with medications. Seems sheâs been aggressive with them, so itâs kind of tricky deciding whether to send people over (or finding people who will go).
She still shouts a lot but seems to have lost interest in me personally.
ETA: oops, sorry, didnât mean to reply to you personally, but the thanks are real.
Related to this, ironically:
I was actually unaware that PFOAâs were used in fire fighting foams as well. Great, exposure in vast quantities. âBut we cleaned it up!â somehow just does not seem to be realistic.
Foams containing PFAS typically are used to extinguish highly flammable or combustible fires involving gas tankers and oil refineries, EPA said in a statement. Wilson said he ordered the company to switch to another type of foam that didnât have PFAS after regulators informed him that PFAS-containing foam was being used.
Youâll not wanna look up anything about Camp Lejeune then.
Hopefully for search and rescue???
Youâve got more faith in humanity than me. But, I do hope youâre right.
Search and rescue is what the article says. And you know, if they absolutely have to develop nightmare robots that sense fear like in some horror movie, at least these are ones the resistance can trip up with music players, trained birds, and goats.
Toxoplasmosis never looked so good⌠
This has got me seeing red. The supreme court is just like: the government canât provide government services without bigotry because of âreligious freedomâ. What a disgusting, broken system. It makes me so mad at the Catholic church for pushing hatred.
And fuck the US Supreme Court Guardian Council, too. Apparently the right to run a foster agency is enshrined in the constitution. How about we recruit a protestant fire department that has a religious objection to saving buildings owned by Catholics? Donât worry, they can just call the Catholic fire department, right?
Well yes. Two sides of the sword, and technology being âneutralâ and all. If DARPA puts out a request for a new technology, of course it will be framed in the most humanitarian way possible. How much of the US defense budget is spent on activities that are not offensive though?
the one upside to the ruling is that it is drawn so narrowly that it literally applies only to that one case.
Itâs a natural thing, it happens, whatever. I dunno if anyone else is familiar with these videos. This has just wrecked me.
âYesterday I had to say goodbye to my best friend. Maple passed away peacefully during the night, while I held her in my arms.â
âIrresponsible use of our waterâ: Drought-stricken cities question value of data centers
All centers need some form of cooling technology, typically either computer room air-conditioning systems â essentially large units that cool air with water or refrigerant â or evaporative cooling, which evaporates water to cool the air. Evaporative cooling uses a lot less electricity, but more water. Since water is cheaper than electricity, data centers tend to opt for the more water-intensive approach. The growth in the industry shows no signs of slowing.
Rationing of scarce resources, moving them from one place that has them, to places that canât sustain them, or taking advantage of resources becoming more scarce seems to be the power play of the wealthy and less than egalitarian. <prove me wrong meme/>
i really wish i could
This happened not far from where I live. A friend of mine is one of the coroners doing autopsies and itâs as god-awful as you can imagine. The childrenâs bodies are not immediately identifiable because of the fire, and because they come from a foster home for abused children, the parents are in some cases not reachable, or shouldnât be reached.
Fuck all that.
