Ben Rankin
@btrankin.bsky.social
Environmental health attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity
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Did you know pesticides are a substantial source of PFAS? Nearly 1/4th of all US conventional pesticide active ingredients were organofluorines & 14% were PFAS, and for active ingredients approved in the last 10 years, increased to 61% organofluorines and 30% PFAS. ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/...
Forever Pesticides: A Growing Source of PFAS Contamination in the Environment | Environmental Health Perspectives | Vol. 132, No. 7
Background: Environmental contamination by fluorinated chemicals, in particular chemicals from
the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) class, has raised concerns around the
globe because of doc...
ehp.niehs.nih.gov
December 13, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Did you know pesticides are a substantial source of PFAS? Nearly 1/4th of all US conventional pesticide active ingredients were organofluorines & 14% were PFAS, and for active ingredients approved in the last 10 years, increased to 61% organofluorines and 30% PFAS. ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/...
Unreasonably happy about this news :) Save the snot otter!
Great news 🎉: After 10+ years of advocacy by the Center + allies, the USFWS today proposed to protect eastern #hellbenders as endangered under the Endangered Species Act!
More information: biodiv.us/4g85vHZ
📷: by David Herasimtschuk / Freshwaters Illustrated
More information: biodiv.us/4g85vHZ
📷: by David Herasimtschuk / Freshwaters Illustrated
December 12, 2024 at 8:18 PM
Unreasonably happy about this news :) Save the snot otter!
Reposted by Ben Rankin
Amazing news 🎉: After decades of advocacy, the USFWS today proposed to protect #monarchbutterflies as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
The once-common orange-and-black butterflies have declined by 90% in recent decades.
More info 🦋: biodiv.us/4g69lRT
The once-common orange-and-black butterflies have declined by 90% in recent decades.
More info 🦋: biodiv.us/4g69lRT
December 10, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Amazing news 🎉: After decades of advocacy, the USFWS today proposed to protect #monarchbutterflies as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
The once-common orange-and-black butterflies have declined by 90% in recent decades.
More info 🦋: biodiv.us/4g69lRT
The once-common orange-and-black butterflies have declined by 90% in recent decades.
More info 🦋: biodiv.us/4g69lRT
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A Bay Area child has H5N1 bird flu, another awaits confirmation. A Canadian teen is hospitalized. Dozens of dairy workers have been infected & half CA’s dairy herds. We teeter on edge of a pandemic and need real solutions fast.
My piece in @sfchronicle.com.
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
Bird flu is here: We need health officials pushing vaccines not raw milk
As we teeter on the edge of a bird flu pandemic, we need human vaccines for bird flu at scale, as soon as possible.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 9, 2024 at 4:53 PM
A Bay Area child has H5N1 bird flu, another awaits confirmation. A Canadian teen is hospitalized. Dozens of dairy workers have been infected & half CA’s dairy herds. We teeter on edge of a pandemic and need real solutions fast.
My piece in @sfchronicle.com.
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
Reposted by Ben Rankin
“How will we grow crops if we lose the pollinators? ... Which diseases will run rampant in our communities if scavengers are poisoned out of existence?
We have hardly begun to understand how inextricably our health and safety are intertwined with those of our wild neighbors.”
We have hardly begun to understand how inextricably our health and safety are intertwined with those of our wild neighbors.”
November 24, 2024 at 10:45 PM
“How will we grow crops if we lose the pollinators? ... Which diseases will run rampant in our communities if scavengers are poisoned out of existence?
We have hardly begun to understand how inextricably our health and safety are intertwined with those of our wild neighbors.”
We have hardly begun to understand how inextricably our health and safety are intertwined with those of our wild neighbors.”
Reposted by Ben Rankin
As a Canadian teen remains in critical condition from bird flu, California Dept of Public Health confirms a child in the Bay Area has tested + for #birdflu. Waiting for CDC confirmation and type.
calmatters.org/health/2024/...
calmatters.org/health/2024/...
November 20, 2024 at 5:10 AM
As a Canadian teen remains in critical condition from bird flu, California Dept of Public Health confirms a child in the Bay Area has tested + for #birdflu. Waiting for CDC confirmation and type.
calmatters.org/health/2024/...
calmatters.org/health/2024/...
Giving the social media thing another whirl :) Expect much posting about health, wildlife, and the fight to stop big polluters from poisoning us all 🐝🐸😅
November 15, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Giving the social media thing another whirl :) Expect much posting about health, wildlife, and the fight to stop big polluters from poisoning us all 🐝🐸😅