kipo @ kipo @lemm.ee

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To be fair, it seems like Mexico should have never allowed this toxic dust to be brought into their country in the first place. It sounds like there is no safe way to extract zinc from this dust?

But if that's the case, the US shouldn't be allowed to sell it to other countries either.

I guess I can't discuss Taylor Swift's 1989 album while playing Rivals.

I would argue that any actual increased aggression could simply be attributed to the state of the country (the US federal government is broken) and the fact that most US americans are not having their needs met financially. The billionaires who run the system dramatically increased the prices of everything that's not optional to pay for: food, housing, insurance, etc..

People feel helpless, overworked, and angry.

I agree, but if Trump putting kids in cages and kidnapping them from their families didn't sway enough voters the first time around, this certainly won't either.

California should be like: "We will not negotiate with terrorists."

Some american flags in L.A. are probably currently on fire. I wonder if Trump is going to claim all Californians are terrorists who proudly burn the flag and hate America.

Jfc people are gross

Ding ding ding

OH MY FUCKING GOD

I was there. You were kind of obnoxious after the 6th beer, but it was pretty entertaining during the 10th when you tried yelling at the tablet kiosk at your table to bring you more drinks because you were too drunk to accurately tap on it anymore and the waiter had to come take it away from you, which is when you showed him your ninja fighting moves and karate-chopped a plate of chips.

19% of US adults admit to peeing in public pools. How many of those people also prepare our foods. How many of those people also don’t wash their hands because they don’t think it’s a big deal.

The more I think about food standards in the US, the more disgusted and frightened I become.

You may want to add a /s to the end before google AI picks it up and shows it to millions of people who won’t apply critical thinking to it.

I’m half kidding.

Honest answer? Grow your own food or buy produce from your local co-op. Don’t order food from amazon or any other sketchy online store. Seek out international products that come from the EU or a country that still has real food safety standards. Never eat at chain restaurants. Don’t eat at restaurants that have low business because they will most likely cut corners on food quality and proper cleaning. Wash your produce and pray that it contains a low level of PFAS.

We can also channel our rage into something productive, such as passing local and state laws on improving food safety standards, and limiting farmers from growing crops in PFAS-contaminated soils.

Food safety standards in the US are pretty awful. Lack of food safety is exactly the type of problem a government should exist to solve, yet the billionaires and the orange felon are happy to poison everyone as long as our deaths are slow enough to not interfere with their profits.

I think relocation (and getting people comfortable with their tax dollars going towards it) would work better if the US states weren't so ideologically divided.

There is no way I want the average republican relocating to my state, let alone wanting to pay for such punishment.

Still, how much micro plastics are we not getting from plastic cups, bottles, door wrapping etc? Too much lol

Yeah, that's the thing! It's near impossible to quantify not only the number and size of plastic particles being released, but also from what sources and how impactful it is on our health over time. There are so many variables involved.

I like the idea of the guppy bags, but honestly we need strict government regulation around the world to make a real difference in stopping plastic and PFAS pollution/contamination.

Glass is by far superior but shipping it is more costly and results in more breakage.

All aluminum food and drink containers still have a plastic liner in them to avoid corrosion. Still way better than fully plastic containers for most uses though.

So here's one (potentially major) issue with these bags:

While the bag catches a lot of microplastics, it is also leaving a lot more in your clothes because they were washed and contained in that bag. Where do those loosened microplastics on your clothes go? Either into the dryer (or outdoor line-dry) and expelled into the air, or you indoor line-dry your clothes and release more microplastics as you wear your clothes, breathing them in as you go about your day.

So people would essentially be paying $35 a bag to slightly improve wastewater at the expense of increased air pollution. If you indoor line-dry those clothes, you put your own health (and potentially the health of those around you) at greater risk.

The only non-polluting solution at this point is to not buy, wear, or launder any plastics-based fabrics. This includes polyester (a lot of people apparently are unaware of this).

I believe there was a study that plastic bottle cap seals release tens or hundreds of thousands of plastic particles upon breaking open, however I don't think they would be visible to the naked eye. More likely you are seeing dried up particles of whatever liquid is inside the container.