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OptimusPrimeBot<p>TEMPO Air Quality Monitoring: Three Example Cases </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Dust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dust</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emissions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Formaldehyde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Formaldehyde</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NitrogenDioxide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NitrogenDioxide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TroposphericOzone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TroposphericOzone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wildfires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/aerosols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aerosols</span></a> </p><p>⏩ 1 new picture and 1 new video from NASA (SVS) <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=6&amp;user=OptimusPrimeBot&amp;ilshowall=1&amp;offset=20250704125931" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Spe</span><span class="invisible">cial:ListFiles?limit=6&amp;user=OptimusPrimeBot&amp;ilshowall=1&amp;offset=20250704125931</span></a></p>
OptimusPrimeBot<p>TEMPO Air Quality Monitoring: Three Example Cases </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Dust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dust</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emissions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Formaldehyde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Formaldehyde</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NitrogenDioxide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NitrogenDioxide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TroposphericOzone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TroposphericOzone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wildfires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/aerosols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aerosols</span></a> </p><p>⏩ 1 new picture and 1 new video from NASA (SVS) <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=6&amp;user=OptimusPrimeBot&amp;ilshowall=1&amp;offset=20250704125931" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Spe</span><span class="invisible">cial:ListFiles?limit=6&amp;user=OptimusPrimeBot&amp;ilshowall=1&amp;offset=20250704125931</span></a></p>
Likely Jan Lukas<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://canada.masto.host/@Bentley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Bentley</span></a></span> </p><p>The <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AQHI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AQHI</span></a> a fundamentally useless scale for <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a>. </p><p>Earlier this week, someone with actual science behind them broke down why and how the AHQI isn't fit for <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WildfireSmoke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WildfireSmoke</span></a> conditions.</p><p>Article linked in my toot:</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@likelyjanlukas/114656839640715424" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mstdn.ca/@likelyjanlukas/11465</span><span class="invisible">6839640715424</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AirQuality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirQuality</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AirPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirPollution</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/VOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOC</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/formaldehyde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>formaldehyde</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ToxicGasses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicGasses</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ToxicAir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicAir</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Measurement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Measurement</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Scales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scales</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/usability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usability</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/functionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>functionality</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/lungs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lungs</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/breathing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>breathing</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/filtration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>filtration</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/N95" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>N95</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/PPE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PPE</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/respirators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>respirators</span></a></p>
Likely Jan Lukas<p>Finally! ❤️ A knowledgable scientist breaks down why Canada's AQHI is incredibly useless and even perhaps dangerous framing wrt wildfire smoke!</p><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s99C1lTgKyNoYKAnP3fE4E1vx8T-6Vd2a-Ea1JMRlH4/mobilebasic" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/document/d/1s9</span><span class="invisible">9C1lTgKyNoYKAnP3fE4E1vx8T-6Vd2a-Ea1JMRlH4/mobilebasic</span></a></p><p>Thank you, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.science/@jeffgilchrist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jeffgilchrist</span></a></span> ! </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/@jeffgilchrist/114653878597387411" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mstdn.science/@jeffgilchrist/1</span><span class="invisible">14653878597387411</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/air" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>air</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AirPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirPollution</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AQ</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AirQuality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirQuality</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AQHI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AQHI</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AQI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AQI</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WildfireSmoke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WildfireSmoke</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WildfireSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WildfireSafety</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>safety</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/particulate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>particulate</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/VOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOC</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/formaldehyde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>formaldehyde</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/smoking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smoking</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/lungs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lungs</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/breathing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>breathing</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/PPE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PPE</span></a></p>
Kees Noome<p>Hè, gelukkig:</p><p>“Emmen zegt dat de Omgevingsdienst Drenthe wekelijks een kijkje neemt ‘vanwege illegale sloop en asbestsanering’. Ook nemen BOA’s het verlaten fabrieksterrein regelmatig mee in hun rondje, blijkt uit de brief.”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StuivendAsbest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StuivendAsbest</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MineraleOlie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MineraleOlie</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tolueen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tolueen</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Barium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Barium</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Formaldehyde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Formaldehyde</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VervuildGrondwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VervuildGrondwater</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlijvenKijken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlijvenKijken</span></a></p><p><a href="https://dvhn.nl/drenthe/emmen/Terrein-voormalig-AAF-fabriek-in-Emmen-blijkt-complete-gifput.-Kankerverwekkende-stoffen-in-de-grond-en-%E2%80%98stuivende-asbes-46462231.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dvhn.nl/drenthe/emmen/Terrein-</span><span class="invisible">voormalig-AAF-fabriek-in-Emmen-blijkt-complete-gifput.-Kankerverwekkende-stoffen-in-de-grond-en-%E2%80%98stuivende-asbes-46462231.html</span></a></p>
John Vaccaro (johniac)<p>SciTech Chronicles. . . . .May 11th, 2025</p><p><a href="https://bit.ly/stc051125" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bit.ly/stc051125</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sugars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sugars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nucleotides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nucleotides</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/formaldehyde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>formaldehyde</span></a> #"Abiotic aldol reactions" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photons</span></a> #" photonic computing" #"matrix multiplications" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StEnSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StEnSea</span></a> #"pump-turbine" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/valve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>valve</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/400kWh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>400kWh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Norm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Norm</span></a> #"Norman Diverter" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FRC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Confinement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Confinement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tools</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/structures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>structures</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Skye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Skye</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Holocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Holocene</span></a></p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGXPesSleRA&amp;pp=0gcJCYQJAYcqIYzv" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=sGXPesSleR</span><span class="invisible">A&amp;pp=0gcJCYQJAYcqIYzv</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNow</span></a> </p><p>'Musk Is Scamming the City of <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Memphis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Memphis</span></a>': Meet Two Brothers Fighting <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Colossus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colossus</span></a>, Musk's <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/xAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xAI</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Data</span></a> Center </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/KeShaunPearson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KeShaunPearson</span></a>, executive director of <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/MemphisCommunityAgainstPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MemphisCommunityAgainstPollution</span></a> </p><p>State Rep. <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/JustinJPearson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JustinJPearson</span></a>, District 86 </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/AdolphMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdolphMusk</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TN</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tennessee</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/NitrogenDioxide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NitrogenDioxide</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/BillionairesSUCK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BillionairesSUCK</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Electrolux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Electrolux</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/EnvironmentalJusticeNOW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalJusticeNOW</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Formaldehyde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Formaldehyde</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/PaulYoung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaulYoung</span></a> 🤮 <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/LeeHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeeHarris</span></a> 🤮 </p><p>PressConference today at 4.30 pm Tennessee time</p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TimPearsonRIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimPearsonRIP</span></a> 💔</p>
Nonilex<p>“They [the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin] already have a track record of ignoring the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a>,” said Tracey Woodruff, director of the Program on Reproductive Health &amp; the Environment at UCSF. “Now, they’re in charge of government agencies that decide the rules.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/formaldehyde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>formaldehyde</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>What has been extraordinary, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> experts said, is the extent of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>industry</span></a>’s effort to block the EPA’s scientific work on a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chemical</span></a> long acknowledged as a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/carcinogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>carcinogen</span></a>, &amp; how the architect of the effort was back at the agency as a regulator of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chemicals</span></a>. At the same time, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin has moved to sharply reduce the federal scientific work force.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/formaldehyde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>formaldehyde</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The council’s president, Chris Jahn, told a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> hearing shortly after the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> inauguration that his group intended to tackle the “unnecessary <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a>” of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chemicals</span></a> in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>. “A healthy nation, a secure nation, an economically vibrant nation relies on chemistry,” he said.</p><p>It is not unusual or unlawful for industry groups to seek to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/influence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>influence</span></a> public <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> in the interest of their member companies.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/formaldehyde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>formaldehyde</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In recent weeks it has urged the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> to discard its work on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/formaldehyde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>formaldehyde</span></a> entirely &amp; start from scratch…</p><p>The American Chemistry Council is also seeking to change the agency’s approval process for new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chemicals</span></a> &amp; speed up EPA’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>safety</span></a> reviews. That review process is a key part of Dr. Dekelva’s purview at the agency.</p><p>Another fmr chemistry council lobbyist, Nancy Beck, is back alongside Dekleva at the EPA in a role regulating existing chemicals.<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Dekleva is now at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> in a crucial job: She…has the authority to approve new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chemicals</span></a>…. Earlier she spent 32yrs at Dupont, the chemical maker, before joining…the first <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin.</p><p>Her most recent employer, the chemicals <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lobbying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lobbying</span></a> group, has made reversing the EPA’s course on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/formaldehyde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>formaldehyde</span></a> a priority &amp; is pushing to abolish a program under which the agency assess the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/risks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>risks</span></a> of chemicals to human <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Formaldehyde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Formaldehyde</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chemical</span></a> of choice for undertakers &amp; embalmers, is also used in products like furniture &amp; clothes. But it can also cause <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> &amp; severe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/respiratory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>respiratory</span></a> problems. So, in 2021, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> began a new effort to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulate</span></a> it.<br>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chemicals</span></a> industry fought back w/an intensity that astonished even seasoned ofcls. Its campaign was led by Lynn Dekleva, then a lobbyist at the American Chemistry Council, an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>industry</span></a> group that spends millions on govt <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lobbying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lobbying</span></a>.<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>She Lobbied for a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Carcinogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Carcinogen</span></a>. Now She’s at Trump’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a>, Approving New <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Chemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chemicals</span></a>.</p><p>Lynn Dekleva, who recently took a senior role at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environmental</span></a> Protection Agency, once led an aggressive effort by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>industry</span></a> to block <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulations</span></a> on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/formaldehyde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>formaldehyde</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/climate/epa-lynn-dekleva-formaldehyde.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=FA86FA31-E678-482A-A936-9B32A2E31336" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/02/26/climate</span><span class="invisible">/epa-lynn-dekleva-formaldehyde.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=FA86FA31-E678-482A-A936-9B32A2E31336</span></a></p>
Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELS<p>Drumpf will make sure we stay <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthy</span></a> despite all the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a>-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/causing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>causing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chemicals</span></a> floating around in the world, right? Hell no. How much do his people know about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/formaldehyde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>formaldehyde</span></a>? A lot, &amp; they’ve avoided telling anyone. <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/formaldehyde-epa-report-public-health" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/formald</span><span class="invisible">ehyde-epa-report-public-health</span></a></p>
Blaidd Drwg<p>Formaldehyde is front and center of these two ProPublica articles and hopefully it will start getting the attention it deserves.</p><p>Will formaldehyde become the new PFAS? </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/formaldehyde-epa-report-public-health" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/formald</span><span class="invisible">ehyde-epa-report-public-health</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/formaldehyde-levels-in-your-home-car-furniture" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/formald</span><span class="invisible">ehyde-levels-in-your-home-car-furniture</span></a></p><p>Regulatory capture and massive lobbying efforts by the American Chemistry Council and other moneyed entities have slowed progress not only on restricting its use, but on research into the effects. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/BeCarefulOutThere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeCarefulOutThere</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Formaldehyde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Formaldehyde</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/homesafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homesafety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/harmfulchemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harmfulchemicals</span></a></p>
Rocky Kistner<p>Straighten at your own risk: “Included in products to help straighten hair or smooth curls, formaldehyde can pose a disproportionate risk to Black women and other women of color…both the salon professionals and their clients are at risk” @JuliaElenaMusto<br><a href="https://journa.host/tags/formaldehyde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>formaldehyde</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/formaldehyde-toxic-chemical-epa-warning-b2672869.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">independent.co.uk/news/health/</span><span class="invisible">formaldehyde-toxic-chemical-epa-warning-b2672869.html</span></a></p>
Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@TheWarOnCars" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TheWarOnCars</span></a></span> </p><p>"Ashley Furniture spokespeople said the company follows all laws and regulations for furniture manufacturing." </p><p>This is a reminder that the "laws and regulations" just define the worst you can do without criminal or civil penalties.</p><p>The laws and regulations do not mean that it is safe. Just that the company cannot be held accountable for their actions if they follow "all laws and regulations"</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/toxics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toxics</span></a> hide behind regulations strongly influenced by industry</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/formaldehyde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>formaldehyde</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/HazardousExposures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HazardousExposures</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ChemicalPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChemicalPollution</span></a> in your home (or car/suv/truck/van)</p>
ProPublica<p>How to Reduce <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Formaldehyde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Formaldehyde</span></a> Exposure in Your <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Home" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Home</span></a><br>—</p><p>Formaldehyde creates an inescapable <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> risk for everyone in America. It’s in our homes, coming from our couches, our clothes and our babies’ cribs — sometimes at levels that can trigger breathing problems. Here’s how to reduce your exposure.</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Regulation</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Car" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Car</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Furniture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Furniture</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Family</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Parents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Parents</span></a></p><p><a href="https://propub.li/4g4nr6d" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">propub.li/4g4nr6d</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p>How to Reduce <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Formaldehyde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Formaldehyde</span></a> Exposure in Your <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Home" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Home</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/how-to-reduce-formaldehyde-home-exposure" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/how-to-</span><span class="invisible">reduce-formaldehyde-home-exposure</span></a></p>