Man, this really feels like the final slam of the open door that was, briefly, #metoo nytimes.com/live/2024/04/2…

Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today ~ Double yikes!!

'Ocean waves crashing on the world’s shores emit more PFAS into the air than the world’s industrial polluters...raising concerns about environmental contamination and human exposure along coastlines.'
theguardian.com/environment/20…

I logged off the internet for a couple of hours and look what happened.

I am not looking forward to the insanity that's about to hit our news cycle

“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism,” --

Hannah Arendt

Also, the name of this paper is amazing. Who doesn't want to read about a 'little-know strawberry revolution'?

Just days after a study revealed that Band-Aids likely contain toxic PFAS, Johnson & Johnson has been hit with a class-action suit.

It's hard to fathom just how mammoth the coming tsunami of #PFAS litigation will be.

news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

This is something I think (and complain) about a lot, too

Another great American migration is now underway, this time forced by the warming that is altering how and where people can live. For now, it’s just a trickle. But in the country’s most vulnerable landscapes, populations are already in disarray. propublica.org/article/climat… Abrahm Lustgarten

From the man who brought #PFAS to the world’s attention

At a certain point in a draft the cuts that once felt painful and ruthless and impossible are just so clear: the sentences begin vibrating with the desire to be disappeared.

Forever chemicals are pervasive in water worldwide, a new study finds. Not surprising, given what we known about these virtually indestructible substances, but very, very sad. #PFAS

nytimes.com/2024/04/08/cli…

PFAS are arguably the MOST pervasive toxic pollutant other than greenhouse gasses and soot. #PFAS #ForeverChemicals

What you're seeing right here is the power of reporting. It is only thanks to the Forever Pollution Project and its network of investigative journalists that the public knows anything about the staggering scope of #PFAS contamination in Europe.

#ForeverChemicals

I can't say enough good things about this fellowship. If you're working on a book-length work of narrative nonfiction that interrogates a vital social issue, please apply:

Adhesive bandages from brands like BandAid and Curad likely contain toxic #PFAS , according to a new study. And we put them on open wounds!

ehn.org/pfas-bandages-…