Plastic pollution on the ocean’s surface could linger for over a century, even if we stopped polluting today. 170 trillion pieces are already floating, breaking down slowly into toxic microplastics that threaten human and marine health.

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I'm old enough to remember when polio put my friends into iron lungs.

We dutifully lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives.

What RFK Jr. is doing to public health in America is a disgrace.

Rural AB Emerg Dept closures 18Mar or otherwise:
Barrhead daytime 18 Mar
Lac La Biche
Coronation tonight; 20-21
Edson 19-20
Hinton 20-21
Smoky Lake 20-21
Two Hills Nightly and weekends to ?
Swan Hills
Bow Island to 21
Hardisty
Boyle nightly to?
Grimshaw nightly to?
Thank you @yyccowboy.bsky.social

“There are two things the provincial government is doing… First, they are not providing sufficient funding to school boards to pay these workers a fair wage. Second, the government is dictating what school boards can offer”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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