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Pete Myers

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Scientist, environmental health, endocrine disruption. Founder of Environmental Health Sciences (EHSciences.org), which publishes Environmental Health News (EHN.org). Bird photography is my therapy, e.g., https://bit.ly/LimantourBedlam

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What Happens When a Plastic City Burns Most modern couches are basically blocks of gasoline.

one important reason why the LA fires were as fast and furious as they were? Our houses are full of plastic. As ZΓΆe Schlanger writes in The Atlantic, "most modern couches are basically blocks of gasoline." Just waiting to burn, furiously. bit.ly/plasticcouch

21.01.2025 12:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Op-ed: The plastic treaty had to fail, so it can succeed Major oil and gas producing nations were never going to agree to provisions that would reduce plastic production.

Commentary on the failure of the UN's plastic treaty negotiations in South Korea to reach an agreement bit.ly/PlasticTreat...

06.12.2024 12:31 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a friend came visiting before dawn

18.11.2024 13:25 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0