We have thoroughly wrecked the planet with plastic

[Matted Joybeard]

US appeals court kills ban on plastic containers contaminated with PFAS

Conservative fifth circuit overturns EPA’s ban prohibiting Inhance from using manufacturing process creating toxic compound

www.theguardian.com

A federal appeals court in the US has killed a ban on plastic containers contaminated with highly toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” found to leach at alarming levels into food, cosmetics, household cleaners, pesticides and other products across the economy.

Houston-based Inhance manufactures an estimated 200m containers annually with a process that creates, among other chemicals, PFOA, a toxic PFAS compound. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in December prohibited Inhance from using the manufacturing process.

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PFAS are a class of about 15,000 compounds used to make products resistant to water, stains and heat. They are known as “forever chemicals” because they do not naturally break down, and they have been linked to cancer, high cholesterol, liver disease, kidney disease, fetal complications and other serious health problems.

 

[initforme]

Profits first...always.

 

[initforme]

Pfas is the oncoming problem. It's going to cost hundreds of billions to fix. So be it.

 

[Libby von H]

While everyone is still caught up in climate change denialism and discussion (if you call it that) centers on that topic, it is just one facet of our environmental polycrisis brought to us by the actions of humankind. While climate change is something we can theoretically move the needle on, the plastic pollution is not. It is an undeniable problem with no likely solution. It's everywhere, contaminating the entire biosphere. It's in our soil, water, our seas, the clouds and precipitation being spread far and wide. Presently is a feature of all our food and increasing in quantity. There's no reversing this as we produce in greater amounts. There's no defense that it's good health, the functions of our bodies, that is is somehow good for us. There are no glib remarks of 'I could really use me some more of that microplastic right now'. And there's no denying we are responsible. There's no argument to be had over 'well, you don't know what plastic accummulation' looked back in the past or that levels of plastic lags normal functioning of biological processes. There's no way out of this one.

That is clearly Biden....all 'concerned' about shrinkflation but knowing full well that

t Amazon generated 599 million pounds of plastic packaging waste in 2020. This is a 29% increase of Oceana’s 2019 estimate of 465 million pounds. The report also found that Amazon’s estimated plastic packaging waste, in the form of air pillows alone, would circle the Earth more than 600 times.

Who pays for that? Not Biden, not Amazon .....You do

 

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Consume!!! Consume!!! Consume!!!

 

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Come on giant meteor of 2024!!!!

 

[fncceo]

it is just one facet of our environmental polycrisis brought to us by the actions of humankind

Now... if we could just get rid of humans ... problem solved.

 

[Matted Joybeard]

https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/EHP13435

In Vivo Tissue Distribution of Polystyrene or Mixed Polymer Microspheres and Metabolomic Analysis after Oral Exposure in Mice​

In mice that ingested microspheres, we detected polystyrene microspheres in distant tissues including the brain, liver, and kidney. Additionally, we report on the metabolic differences that occurred in the colon, liver, and brain, which showed differential responses that were dependent on concentration and type of microsphere exposure.

 

[initforme]

Now... if we could just get rid of humans ... problem solved.

It's a ton cheaper to not pollute.

 

[Matted Joybeard]

Now... if we could just get rid of humans ... problem solved.

Humanity was just a preliminary step necessary for plastic based life to evolve.

 

[initforme]

Imagine what our air and water would be if industry had no guidelines or regulations. They'd willfully ruin everything and endanger peoples health.