Alan Watson
@alan-watson.bsky.social
Microplastics in Animals:
"Evidence of microplastics crossing biological barriers and accumulating in critical organ systems suggests potential long-term health risks for animals that may also have implications for humans through environmental and food-chain exposure"
DOI:10.3390/pollutants4040033
"Evidence of microplastics crossing biological barriers and accumulating in critical organ systems suggests potential long-term health risks for animals that may also have implications for humans through environmental and food-chain exposure"
DOI:10.3390/pollutants4040033
January 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Microplastics in Animals:
"Evidence of microplastics crossing biological barriers and accumulating in critical organ systems suggests potential long-term health risks for animals that may also have implications for humans through environmental and food-chain exposure"
DOI:10.3390/pollutants4040033
"Evidence of microplastics crossing biological barriers and accumulating in critical organ systems suggests potential long-term health risks for animals that may also have implications for humans through environmental and food-chain exposure"
DOI:10.3390/pollutants4040033
"reducing your meat intake to three times per week saves as much CO2 as one short-haul flight each month”
Eliminating meat from your diet saves the equivalent CO2 emissions of over 24 short-haul flights/year...
Doi:10.2139/ssrn.4092911
Eliminating meat from your diet saves the equivalent CO2 emissions of over 24 short-haul flights/year...
Doi:10.2139/ssrn.4092911
November 29, 2024 at 9:17 PM
"reducing your meat intake to three times per week saves as much CO2 as one short-haul flight each month”
Eliminating meat from your diet saves the equivalent CO2 emissions of over 24 short-haul flights/year...
Doi:10.2139/ssrn.4092911
Eliminating meat from your diet saves the equivalent CO2 emissions of over 24 short-haul flights/year...
Doi:10.2139/ssrn.4092911
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And there it is.
Netanyahu's govt has put sanctions on the Israeli newspaper Haaretz for its criticisms of Israel's behaviour.
Sanctions include prohibiting all public institutions from communicating with the paper.
This profoundly undermines democracy.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Netanyahu's govt has put sanctions on the Israeli newspaper Haaretz for its criticisms of Israel's behaviour.
Sanctions include prohibiting all public institutions from communicating with the paper.
This profoundly undermines democracy.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Israeli government imposes sanctions on Haaretz, cuts all ties and pulls advertising
***
www.haaretz.com
November 25, 2024 at 10:01 AM
And there it is.
Netanyahu's govt has put sanctions on the Israeli newspaper Haaretz for its criticisms of Israel's behaviour.
Sanctions include prohibiting all public institutions from communicating with the paper.
This profoundly undermines democracy.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Netanyahu's govt has put sanctions on the Israeli newspaper Haaretz for its criticisms of Israel's behaviour.
Sanctions include prohibiting all public institutions from communicating with the paper.
This profoundly undermines democracy.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
The high price of 'cheap' meat...
“More than 90% of the 800 pig factories estimated to exist in Yucatán operate without any type of environmental permit”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“More than 90% of the 800 pig factories estimated to exist in Yucatán operate without any type of environmental permit”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Drugs, hormones and excrement: the polluting pig mega-farms supplying pork to the world
Mexico is a leading international pork producer, but Yucatán residents say the waste oozing from hundreds of enormous hog farms is destroying the environment
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2024 at 12:52 PM
The high price of 'cheap' meat...
“More than 90% of the 800 pig factories estimated to exist in Yucatán operate without any type of environmental permit”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“More than 90% of the 800 pig factories estimated to exist in Yucatán operate without any type of environmental permit”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
In the first 3/4 year since introduction compared with the same period the year before, the Welsh 20 mph limit has been a huge success - with the number of people killed on the affected roads is down 35%, serious injuries are down 14.2% and slight injuries 31%.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Wales’s 20mph speed limit saves lives and money. So why has it become a culture-war battlefield? | Will Hayward
In a world of online outrage, evidence is no longer enough – for a policy to work, politicians must explain it and stick by it, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2024 at 6:56 AM
In the first 3/4 year since introduction compared with the same period the year before, the Welsh 20 mph limit has been a huge success - with the number of people killed on the affected roads is down 35%, serious injuries are down 14.2% and slight injuries 31%.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The high cost of cheap chicken.
There are now more than 51 million chickens are being industrially farmed in the river valleys of the Severn and Wye with devastating effects on the river environment.
The photo below shows "Free range laying hens" BTW!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
There are now more than 51 million chickens are being industrially farmed in the river valleys of the Severn and Wye with devastating effects on the river environment.
The photo below shows "Free range laying hens" BTW!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK’s intensive farming hotspots have 79 times more chickens than people, data shows
Despite large poultry units being a key driver of river pollution, their number has soared near the Wye and Severn
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2024 at 6:22 AM
The high cost of cheap chicken.
There are now more than 51 million chickens are being industrially farmed in the river valleys of the Severn and Wye with devastating effects on the river environment.
The photo below shows "Free range laying hens" BTW!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
There are now more than 51 million chickens are being industrially farmed in the river valleys of the Severn and Wye with devastating effects on the river environment.
The photo below shows "Free range laying hens" BTW!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Alan Watson
Byline Times & the Bylines Network are just the natural media for the Bluesky community.
We’re all sick of the MSM and are taking matters into our own hands with community-backed media and citizen journalism.
Please repost and follow:
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@bylinesnetwork.bsky.social
We’re all sick of the MSM and are taking matters into our own hands with community-backed media and citizen journalism.
Please repost and follow:
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@bylinesnetwork.bsky.social
November 16, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Byline Times & the Bylines Network are just the natural media for the Bluesky community.
We’re all sick of the MSM and are taking matters into our own hands with community-backed media and citizen journalism.
Please repost and follow:
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@bylinesnetwork.bsky.social
We’re all sick of the MSM and are taking matters into our own hands with community-backed media and citizen journalism.
Please repost and follow:
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@bylinesnetwork.bsky.social
Reposted by Alan Watson
this is pretty messed up.
4,000x as much insecticide and fungicide allowed in tea
7.5x as much 'probably carcinogenic' glyphosate in beans
50x raised the limits on banned hormone-disrupting pesticide in avocados
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
4,000x as much insecticide and fungicide allowed in tea
7.5x as much 'probably carcinogenic' glyphosate in beans
50x raised the limits on banned hormone-disrupting pesticide in avocados
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Revealed: Far higher pesticide residues allowed on food since Brexit
Exclusive: Unlike the EU, Great Britain has slashed protections for scores of food types
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2024 at 11:30 AM
this is pretty messed up.
4,000x as much insecticide and fungicide allowed in tea
7.5x as much 'probably carcinogenic' glyphosate in beans
50x raised the limits on banned hormone-disrupting pesticide in avocados
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
4,000x as much insecticide and fungicide allowed in tea
7.5x as much 'probably carcinogenic' glyphosate in beans
50x raised the limits on banned hormone-disrupting pesticide in avocados
www.theguardian.com/environment/...