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Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale
The chemical industry finally got its wish.
Industry lobbyists have long pushed the federal government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the
💥cancer risk 💥from chemicals,
one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them.
Last week, in a highly unusual move,
👉the Environmental Protection Agency embraced that approach
in announcing that it is revi…
More than 520 chemicals found in English soil, including long-banned medical substances https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/03/chemicals-found-english-soil-toxins-medical-substances-farming
"Another threat to reefs: Microplastic chemicals may harm coral reproduction"
#CoralReef #Microplastics #Plastic
Sources: the nine MLB teams televised by FanDuel Sports Network have ended their contracts with FanDuel SN after multiple teams failed to get scheduled payments (Evan Drellich/The Athletic)
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The #EU reached a complicated compromise on the regulation of biotech #crops last Thursday. This is a significant step, from negotiations under the Danish presidency 🇩🇰. The proposal still needs to be ratified by the Council and @…, though both were already participating to reach this stage.
There's a lot of detail of course but one key biological aspect is that varieties with the smallest, so-called NGT-1 changes would no longer be regulated under GMO rules, and would be labelled for marketing as seeds but not their products thereafter. Not so for NGT-2.
➡️ https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2025/12/04/new-genomic-techniques-council-and-parliament-strike-deal-to-boost-the-competitiveness-and-sustainability-of-our-food-systems/
Minneapolis Cancels School as Killing Inflames Anti-ICE Protests (Alicia A. Caldwell/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-08/minneapolis-cancels-school-as-killing-inflames-anti-ice-protests
http://www.memeorandum.com/260108/p49#a260108p49
High levels of ‘forever chemical’ found in cereal products across Europe – study https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/04/high-levels-of-forever-chemical-found-in-cereal-products-across-europe-study<…
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from,
and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
“People are devastated and they’re frightened,” Project Citizenship executive director Gail Breslow told WGBH.
“People were plucked out of line. They didn’t cancel the whole ceremony.”
Trump administration abruptly cancels citizenship ceremonies for some immigrants (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-administration-abruptly-cancels-citizenship-ceremonies-immigrant-rcna248046
http://www.memeorandum.com/251208/p89#a251208p89