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Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:"A federal bankruptcy judge in Houston on Monday rejected Johnson & Johnson’s request to approve a $9 billion settlement with tens of thousands of people who are suing the company over claims that its talcum powder products caused cancer.The proposal would have resolved nearly all current and future claims that the company’s talc products contained asbestos and caused cancer."<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/business/johnson-johnson-bankruptcy-talc.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/business/johnson-johnson-bankruptcy-talc.html</a><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#healthcare</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PhRMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PhRMA</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/talcum" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#talcum</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/asbestos" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#asbestos</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#cancer</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/bankruptcy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bankruptcy</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#courts</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#texas</a>

Bongolian<a href="https://mastodon.social/@genecowan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@genecowan</a> That was more-or-less already done during the 1st <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tRump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tRump</a> administration, thanks to his Russian friends . <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/asbestos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asbestos</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#russia</a> <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Asbestos#Donald_Trump_approved.21" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Asbestos#Donald_Trump_approved.21</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mastodon.social/@camwilson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@camwilson</a> also <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/wood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wood</a> is a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/rebewable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rebewable</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CarbonNeutral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarbonNeutral</a> source.<ul><li>So it does make sense given modern <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#engineering</a> to do so.</li></ul>As for the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/blades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blades</a> there sadly doesn't seem to be much of an alternative to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/composite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#composite</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/plastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plastic</a> which is not recycleable as even cutting it into pieces makes <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GlassFiber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GlassFiber</a> shards that are jist barely less toxic as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/asbestos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asbestos</a>. <ul><li>Rarely the cost to do so is worth the effort, given those ain't straight but curved pieces of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/plastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plastic</a>...</li></ul>

RailpageLocomotive order on hold after SBB Cargo finds asbestos <a href="http://dlvr.it/TJSS44" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://dlvr.it/TJSS44</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asbestos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asbestos</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Business</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NordicReFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NordicReFinance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RailNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RailNews</a>

AsbestosThings that have <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/asbestos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asbestos</a> in them that you wouldn't think do- linoleum AKA vinyl flooring, Sheet vinyl. The backing on many of these products contains a fair amount of asbestos. It's not much of an issue, unless you pull it up, because it's often glued down and when you pull it you pull the asbestos backing apart.

Maggie MaybeThis is really upsetting. Not only is this Idaho mining company run by a scumbag, but there’s lots of asbestos in the mines in Montana. Will a right wing company from the most Nazi town in Idaho allow their employees PPE? What about the people who have to breathe the air near the mines?<a href="https://vp-mi.com/news/2021/jun/16/hecla-forging-ahead-northwest-montana-mines/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://vp-mi.com/news/2021/jun/16/hecla-forging-ahead-northwest-montana-mines/</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/montana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#montana</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/drillbabydrill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#drillbabydrill</a> (EW) <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/asbestos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asbestos</a>

Marcus Rohrmoser 🌻Hi <a href="https://mastodon.green/@alberto_cottica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@alberto_cottica</a>, and rightfully so. I say so since a year and get puzzled looks but not a single argument so far. <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/asbestos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asbestos</a> (And <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/online" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#online</a> may be like <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/R%C3%B6ntgen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Röntgen</a>)

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History February 14, 1949: Canadian asbestos workers began a six-month strike. It also marked the beginning of the Quiet Revolution, a period of intense socio-political change in Quebec. The strike began at midnight on February 14, when miners walked off the job at four asbestos mines. Most of the mines were owned by American or English-Canadian companies, but most of the workers were francophones. The largest company was the American Johns-Manville firm. The workers’ demands included the elimination of asbestos dust inside and outside of the mill and a small raise. Six weeks into the strike, Johns-Manville hired scabs to keep the mines open. 5,000 strikers attacked the scabs, destroying their property and intimidating them through force. Miners and police fought on the picket line. They arrested hundreds of miners. On March 14, someone blew up a part of a railroad track leading into the Johns-Manville property. On May 5, the strikers barricaded a mine and every road into and out of town. They only backed down when the police pledged to open fire on them. The next day, the police beat miners and began mass-arresting them. This intimidated the union leadership to the point that they gave in and agreed to return to work with few gains. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorkingClass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WorkingClass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliceBrutality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PoliceBrutality</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#strike</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/scab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scab</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/asbestos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asbestos</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/quebec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quebec</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mining</a>

Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK<a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Brazing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Brazing</a> equipment from a 1950s book "<a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Automobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Automobile</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Workshop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Workshop</a> practice" - a <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/hearth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hearth</a> fuelled by <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/towngas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#towngas</a> (full with CO) - North Sea <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/gas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gas</a> hadn't been discovered yet!, a paraffin (kerosene) torch and <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/asbestos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asbestos</a> blocks used to prop up the workpieces. Further on in the book there is a whole section on repairing <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/bodywork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bodywork</a> with <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/lead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lead</a> rather than filler (bondo)<a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/metalwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#metalwork</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/VintageMetalwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VintageMetalwork</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/OldTimer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OldTimer</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Repair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Repair</a>

DoomsdaysCWI heard about this from a relative in the Southern US (NOT a Trump supporter).Trump funding freeze could leave communities on their own as climate threats grow By Michael Copley Published February 12, 2025 at 5:30 AM EST Excerpts: "The funding freeze is being felt across the U.S."A <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Missouri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Missouri</a> school district couldn't pay for almost two dozen electric school buses it ordered to replace a fleet of diesel buses. In <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpringfieldMassachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpringfieldMassachusetts</a>, officials didn't know if the city would get money it was promised to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/weatherize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#weatherize</a> homes, remove <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeadPaint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LeadPaint</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RepairRoads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RepairRoads</a>. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oklahoma</a> regulators warned $100 million in grant funding to plug abandoned <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OilAndGas</a> wells was in jeopardy. A <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NorthCarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthCarolina</a> official said the state risks losing out on more than $100 million in conservation projects that could protect communities from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/floods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#floods</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildfires</a>. And in Kersey, Colo., officials had to hope the government would unfreeze money to remove an old grain elevator covered in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/asbestos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asbestos</a>, a cancer-causing substance that's linked to the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans every year."'We wouldn't be able to move forward without it,' Susie Thielbert, a grant analyst for Kersey, told Colorado Public Radio about the grain-elevator project. 'We are a very small community.'" [...]"Parts of West Virginia 'have been left behind' for decades, Crowe says, but money had started flowing in from the Biden-era laws that Trump's now targeting. "'Their infrastructure is failing,' Crowe says. 'And without the federal government coming in to help support them, they're not going to be able to come up with that money on their own.'"Similar concerns are rippling through the region, says Dana Kuhnline, senior program director at ReImagine Appalachia, an advocacy group."Read more: <a href="https://www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/2025-02-12/trump-funding-freeze-could-leave-communities-on-their-own-as-climate-threats-grow" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/2025-02-12/trump-funding-freeze-could-leave-communities-on-their-own-as-climate-threats-grow</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FundingFreeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FundingFreeze</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Infrastructure</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateThreats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateThreats</a>

Steve Dustcircle 🌹<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Asbestos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Asbestos</a>: a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corporate</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/coverup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coverup</a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publichealth</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/catastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#catastrophe</a><a href="https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/policy/health/69148/asbestos-a-public-health-catastrophe" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/policy/health/69148/asbestos-a-public-health-catastrophe</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> has stocked the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EPA</a> w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#political</a> appointees who have worked as lawyers & lobbyists for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oil</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chemical</a> industries. They include <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DavidFotouhi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DavidFotouhi</a>, the nominee for deputy administrator, a lawyer who recently challenged a ban on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/asbestos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asbestos</a>; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AaronSzabo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AaronSzabo</a>, a lobbyist for both the oil & chemical industries who is expected to be the top <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/air" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#air</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollution</a> regulator; & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NancyBeck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NancyBeck</a>, a longtime chem industry lobbyist, who is serving as snr EPA adviser on chemical safety & pollution.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climate</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>

Longreads"A woman who laid her coat on her sleeping son during cold winter nights on her return from work at an asbestos factory in Leeds did not know she was killing him." Charlotte Bailey for Prospect <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a>: <a href="https://longreads.com/2025/01/31/asbestos-a-corporate-coverup-a-public-health-catastrophe/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://longreads.com/2025/01/31/asbestos-a-corporate-coverup-a-public-health-catastrophe/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Longreads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Longreads</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Journalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Reporting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reporting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Asbestos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Asbestos</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Industry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Health</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Toxic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Work</a>

John<a href="https://union.place/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#France</a>: port workers <a href="https://union.place/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#strike</a>. "The results of the <a href="https://union.place/tags/asbestos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asbestos</a> analyses carried out in 2021 and 2022 in eleven ports have still not been published."<a href="https://www.connexionfrance.com/news/french-port-workers-start-two-day-strike-what-impact-on-travellers/703536" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.connexionfrance.com/news/french-port-workers-start-two-day-strike-what-impact-on-travellers/703536</a><a href="https://union.place/tags/strikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#strikes</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#union</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unions</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/CGT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CGT</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/pensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pensions</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/WorkplaceSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WorkplaceSafety</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#exploitation</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/ClassWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClassWar</a>

Chuck DarwinThe man tapped by President Donald Trump to be second-in-command of the federal agency that protects the public from environmental dangers is a lawyer who has represented companies accused of harming people and the environment through pollution.<a href="https://c.im/tags/David" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#David</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fotouhi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fotouhi</a>, a partner in the global law firm Gibson Dunn, played a key part in rolling back climate regulations and water protections while serving as a lawyer in the Environmental Protection Agency during Trump’s first administration.Most recently, Fotouhi challenged the EPA’s recent ban of <a href="https://c.im/tags/asbestos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asbestos</a>, which causes a deadly cancer called mesothelioma. In a brief filed in October on behalf of a group of car companies called the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, he argued that, for the specific uses that were banned, the “EPA failed to demonstrate that chrysotile asbestos presents an unreasonable risk of injury.”The EPA banned the carcinogen in March, long after its dangers first became widely known. More than 50 other countries have outlawed use of the mineral. The agency had worked toward the ban for decades, and workers died while lobbyists pushed to delay action, as a 2022 ProPublica investigation showed.<a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/david-fotouhi-donald-trump-epa-pollution" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.propublica.org/article/david-fotouhi-donald-trump-epa-pollution</a>

Miguel Afonso CaetanoThese guys are completely CRAZY - CRAZY!!! They don't give a damn about the planet, air quality, global warming, or just plain saving lives by following the scientific method. They just care about profiting - even if that means damaging the environment. This time, the inmates are really running the asylum!! "The man tapped by President Donald Trump to be second-in-command of the federal agency that protects the public from environmental dangers is a lawyer who has represented companies accused of harming people and the environment through pollution.David Fotouhi, a partner in the global law firm Gibson Dunn, played a key part in rolling back climate regulations and water protections while serving as a lawyer in the Environmental Protection Agency during Trump’s first administration.Most recently, Fotouhi challenged the EPA’s recent ban of asbestos, which causes a deadly cancer called mesothelioma. In a brief filed in October on behalf of a group of car companies called the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, he argued that, for the specific uses that were banned, the “EPA failed to demonstrate that chrysotile asbestos presents an unreasonable risk of injury.”The EPA banned the carcinogen in March, long after its dangers first became widely known. More than 50 other countries have outlawed use of the mineral. The agency had worked toward the ban for decades, and workers died while lobbyists pushed to delay action, as a 2022 ProPublica investigation showed.Less than a day after Trump’s inauguration this week, the White House webpage that celebrated the historic ban was gone."<a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/david-fotouhi-donald-trump-epa-pollution" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.propublica.org/article/david-fotouhi-donald-trump-epa-pollution</a><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pollution</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EPA</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Asbestos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Asbestos</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Environment</a>

DoomsdaysCWNot just human health! The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Toxic</a> Blend of LA’s Urban <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WildfireSmoke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WildfireSmoke</a> Will Have Lasting Health Consequences Los Angeles residents are breathing bits of "cars, metal pipes, plastics." By Zoya Teirstein, January 22, 2025“These fires are different from previous quote-unquote ‘wildfires,’ because there are so many structures that burned,” said Yifang Zhu, a professor of environmental health sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles. 'Everything in the households got burned — cars, metal pipes, plastics.'"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wildfiresmoke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wildfiresmoke</a> is toxic. Burning trees and shrubs produce very fine <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/particulatematter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#particulatematter</a>, known by the shorthand PM 2.5, which burrow deep into the lungs and can even infiltrate the bloodstream, causing cold- and flu-like symptoms in the short term, and heart disease, lung cancer, and other chronic issues over time. "But the fires that raced through Los Angeles burned thousands of homes, schools, historic buildings, and even medical clinics, blanketing the city in thick smoke. For several days after the first fire started, the city’s air quality index, or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AQI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AQI</a>, exceeded 100, the threshold, typically seen during wildfires, at which air becomes unhealthy to breathe for children, the elderly, and those with asthma. In some parts of the city, the AQI reached 500, a number rarely seen and always hazardous for everyone. "At the moment, air pollution experts know how much smoke fills the air. That’s shown improvement in recent days. But they don’t know what’s in it. 'What are the chemical mixtures in this smoke?' asked Kai Chen, an environmental scientist at the Yale School of Public Health. 'In addition to fine particulate matter, there are potentially other hazardous and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/carcinogenic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#carcinogenic</a> organic compounds — gas pollutants, trace metals, and microplastics.'"Previous research shows that the spikes in unhealthy air quality seen during such events lead to higher rates of hospitalizations for issues like asthma, and even contribute to heart attacks among those with that chronic disease. A 2024 study on the long-term effects of smoke exposure in California showed that particulate matter from wildfires in the state from 2008 to 2018 contributed to anywhere from 52,000 to 56,000 premature deaths. A health assessment of 148 firefighters who worked the Tubbs Fire, which burned more than 36,000 acres in Northern California in 2017 and destroyed an unusually high number of structures, found elevated levels of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PFAS</a> known as forever chemicals, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HeavyMetals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeavyMetals</a>, and flame retardants in their blood and urine."The L.A. County Department of Public Health has formally urged people to stay inside and wear masks to protect themselves from windblown toxic dust and ash. Air quality measurements don’t take these particles into account, which means the air quality index doesn’t reveal the extent of contaminants in the air. "Zhu and her colleagues have been collecting samples of wildfire smoke in neighborhoods near the fires. It’ll be months before that data is fully analyzed, but Zhu suspects she will find a dangerous mix of chemicals, including, potentially, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/asbestos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asbestos</a> and lead — materials used in many buildings constructed before the 1970s. "The risk will linger even after the smoke clears. The plumes that wafted over the landscape will deposit chemicals into drinking <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#water</a> supplies and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/contaminate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#contaminate</a># soil. When rains do come, they’ll wash <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToxicAsh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ToxicAsh</a> into streams and across the land, said Fernando Rosario-Ortiz, an environmental engineer and interim dean of the University of Colorado Boulder environmental engineering program. 'There’s a lot of manmade materials that are now being combusted. The potential is there for contamination,' he said, noting that little research on how toxic ash and other byproducts of wildfires in urban areas currently exists. 'What we don’t have a lot of information on is what happens now.'"After the Camp Fire razed Paradise, California, in 2018, water utilities found high levels of volatile organic compounds [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VOCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VOCs</a>] in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DrinkingWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DrinkingWater</a>. Similar issues have arisen in places like Boulder County, Colorado, where the Marshall Fire destroyed nearly 1,000 structures in 2021, Rosario-Ortiz said, though the presence of a contaminant in a home doesn’t necessarily mean it will be present in high levels in the water. Still, several municipal water agencies in Los Angeles issued preemptive advisories urging residents not to drink tap water in neighborhoods near the Palisades and Eaton fires. It’ll be weeks before they know exactly what’s in the water. "As wildfires grow ever more intense and encroach upon urban areas, cities and counties must be prepared to monitor the health impacts and respond to them. 'This is the first time I’ve ever even witnessed or heard anything like this,' said Zhu, who raised her daughter in Los Angeles and has lived there for decades, said. 'Even being in the field studying wildfires and air quality impacts, I never imagined that a whole neighborhood, a whole community in Palisades, would burn down.'"Read more: <a href="https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-toxic-blend-of-las-urban-wildfire-smoke-will-have-lasting-health-consequences/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=flipboard_rss&utm_campaign=znetwork" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-toxic-blend-of-las-urban-wildfire-smoke-will-have-lasting-health-consequences/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=flipboard_rss&utm_campaign=znetwork</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AirPollution</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterPollution</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AirIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToxicMaterials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ToxicMaterials</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalDisaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalDisaster</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalDamage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalDamage</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pyrocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pyrocene</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PyroceneEra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PyroceneEra</a>

AbsintheFlashback 2016 HuffPo: Donald <a href="https://mammut.sch.moe/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> And The Art Of <a href="https://mammut.sch.moe/tags/asbestos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asbestos</a>According to the <a href="https://mammut.sch.moe/tags/republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#republican</a> presidential nominee, the anti-asbestos movement is a <a href="https://mammut.sch.moe/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conspiracy</a> rigged by the mob. Yes, the mob.<a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-and-the-art-of-asbestos_b_581b2e4ee4b0570d6d6f0c1d" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-and-the-art-of-asbestos_b_581b2e4ee4b0570d6d6f0c1d</a><a href="https://mammut.sch.moe/tags/gop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gop</a> <a href="https://mammut.sch.moe/tags/mob" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mob</a> <a href="https://mammut.sch.moe/tags/DementialDonnie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DementialDonnie</a> <a href="https://mammut.sch.moe/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#health</a>

AbsintheFlashback 2018, RollingStone: More Asbestos! More Asbestos! More Asbestos!President <a href="https://mammut.sch.moe/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a>'s long-time love affair with <a href="https://mammut.sch.moe/tags/asbestos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asbestos</a> is making its way into federal policy<a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-asbestos-707642/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-asbestos-707642/</a><a href="https://mammut.sch.moe/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a>

Juggling With Eggs‘<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Norwich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Norwich</a> City Council said the site contained <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/asbestos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asbestos</a> and that it was arranging tests to be carried out as a result.While it says the risk to health remains low, it will be able to provide more guidance once the tests have been carried out.Nearby residents were still being asked to keep windows and doors closed and were asked to avoid handling ash and debris.’Nearby George White Primary School closed as precaution. Who will clean? <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz7e98qn2rxo.amp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz7e98qn2rxo.amp</a>

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