#Bioaccumulation

@foodnourish.bsky.social

2 months ago

Beyond the Sweetness: Uncovering Sucralose Health Risks In today's episode we're exposing the hidden Sucralose Health Risks backed by emerging science. Originally discovered during research for a new insecticide, sucralose is now found in over 6,000 food products. We dive into how this zero-calorie sweetener is linked to leukemia, DNA damage, and metabolic dysfunction. We also examine evidence showing it may actually trigger weight gain and insulin resistance rather than helping with weight loss. Join us as we challenge the mainstream narrative and uncover the biological impact of the world's most popular artificial sweetener. References: https://usrtk.org/sweeteners/sucralose-health-risks/ ➡️ Become a supporter for just 2€ per month. This removes any advertisements and help us continue bringing more interesting topics and confronting mainstream narrative on health. Link to support: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/foodnourish-deep-dives--6602003/support

📣 New Podcast! "Beyond the Sweetness: Uncovering Sucralose Health Risks" on @Spreaker #bioaccumulation #diabetes #diet #dna #genotoxicity #gut #health #inflammation #insulin #leukemia #metabolism #microbiome #nutrition #obesity #risks #science #splenda #sucralose #sweetener #toxicity

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Susie Sunshine🙏🏼🌎 ☮️

@suzwarto.bsky.social

4 months ago

Tritium: Japan's Radioactive Water-Dump Lies, Tritium Truth Japan plans to dump radioactive tritium-contaminated water from Fukushima into the Pacific. How bad could it be? Marine biologist explains the risks.

#SeaToLandTransfer
#OrganicallyBoundTritium
#FoodChain
#Bioaccumulation
#RNA #DNA
#ProtectOurOceans
#PhaseOutNuclearEnergy

Fukushima Daiichi meltdown particles were found in tuna off of San Diego & Napa, CA wine.

Marine Biologist Tim Deere-Jones:

nuclearhotseat.com/podcast/japa...

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Wieland Heim

@wielandheim.bsky.social

4 months ago

Yellow-breasted Bunting held during ringing, photo by Wangworn Sankamethawee

New #ornithology paper:

#Bioaccumulation of metal(loid)s in feathers of the critically endangered Yellow-breasted Bunting 🪶

High #zinc levels linked to lower body condition! 📉

doi.org/10.1093/etoj...

Led by Wangworn Sankamethawee and colleagues from Thailand

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Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

@lawbc.com

5 months ago

OECD Publishes Guidance Document on Assessing the Apparent Accumulation Potential of Nanomaterials - Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has published a September 2025 document entitled Guidance Document on Assessing the

B&C's NANOblog : OECD Publishes Guidance Document on Assessing the Apparent Accumulation Potential of Nanomaterials
www.lawbc.com/oecd-publish...
#bioaccumulation, #fish, #OECD, #TG305

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Alvascience

@alvascience.bsky.social

5 months ago

🐟 Predict Fish Biomagnification Factor (BMF) with #alvaQSAR – free, OECD-compliant, easy to use.

✅ kNN, OLS & Consensus models
✅ Applicability Domain
✅ QPRF (PDF) downloadable

Try it 👉 www.alvascience.com/alva/qsar/

#QSAR #PBT #Cheminformatics #Bioaccumulation #alvaDesc #toxicity #chemsky

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Hugo

@nonviolence.bsky.social

6 months ago

The thing is that many toxins, now also PFSAs and microplastics, do not biodegrade but bioaccumulate. We have more of them each year, not less. #Bioaccumulation
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioaccu...

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Hugo

@nonviolence.bsky.social

6 months ago

Dioxin | US EPA This site contains all of EPA's information on the chemical known as 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, which is more commonly referred to as "dioxin."

Why is life becoming exponentially riskier by the hour?
What is #bioaccumulation and #biomagnification? 🧵

"EPA estimates that more than 90% of typical human exposure is through the intake of meat and animal fats, dairy products, fish, and shellfish."
www.epa.gov/dioxin

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Fukushima Fallout Awareness Network

@ffan4u.bsky.social

6 months ago

Scientists say Fukushima water discharge risk is ‘underestimated’ The disposal of Fukushima’s contaminated water poses profound and potentially catastrophic risks to the environment and therefore seafood, according to

A harbinger of contaminated shrimp, seafood~ Scientists say Fukushima water discharge risk is 'underestimated' with #bioaccumulation of cesium137 foodsafetynews.com/2025/04/scie...
#FollowTheCesium @rbreich.bsky.social @thebulletin.org @beyondnuclear.bsky.social @cspinet.org @pbsnews.org

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RE-Place, open access database collecting NAMs

@re-placedatabase.bsky.social

6 months ago

💡New webinar series on the use of #NAMs 🧪 in #ecotoxicology 🐟

👉 The series will kick off with a first session on #bioaccumulation scheduled on the 10th of September from 2 to 3 pm CET 🤩

👉 More information & registration: www.ema.europa.eu/en/events/fi...

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Jon Sullivan

@joncounts.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy

6 months ago

Original post on mastodon.nz

After Rachel Carson’s courageous “Silent Spring” exposé back in 1962, surely by now we’ve learned not to release bioaccumulating toxins into ecosystems.

No, of course not.

“Results suggest biomagnification of PFAS from soil, mushrooms, and berries to bank voles, from mushrooms to ungulates and […]

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Hugo

@nonviolence.bsky.social

7 months ago

The magic words are

#bioaccumulation

#biomagnification

and … exponential risks

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Water Environment Research

@wer-journal.bsky.social

9 months ago

Heavy metal contamination in seawater, sediments, algae, and fish from Susah and Tobruk, Mediterranean Sea Comprehensive pollution profiling (CF, Igeo, NI, and EF) with GIS spatial mapping, Bioaccumulation insights, data for future monitoring, and public health awareness.

“Heavy metal contamination in seawater, sediments, algae, and fish from Susah and Tobruk, Mediterranean Sea”

#bioaccumulation
#heavy_metal_pollution
#marine_sediments

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Kate :verigold:

@dolphinseeker.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy

11 months ago

Original post on mstdn.social

Victoria’s unique dolphin population threatened by legacy of ‘forever chemicals’ www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/19/... 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #OceanPollution […]

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Kate :verigold:

@dolphinseeker.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy

11 months ago

New method tracks contaminant accumulation in Arctic marine mammals A new method of tracking the dietary habits and contaminant exposure of animals in Arctic marine ecosystems is providing critical insights as climate change reshapes the region's food web.

New method tracks contaminant accumulation in Arctic marine mammals phys.org/news/2025-03-method-trac... 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Orca #Dolphins #PolarBears #OceanPollution #Bioaccumulation #Arctic

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Felidae Conservation Fund

@felidaefund.org

1 year ago

The poisons then accumulate up the food chain, affecting wildlife by thinning the blood and reducing clotting, possibly leading to internal hemorrhaging and suppressed immune systems in pumas and bobcats. Learn more at: tinyurl.com/8eefyufr #rodenticides #bioaccumulation #conservation #felidae

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Tony R. Walker

@tonyrwalker1.bsky.social

1 year ago

Seasonal patterns of mercury bioaccumulation in lobsters (Homarus americanus) from Maine - Academia.eduStoicov, Bonin, van Wijnen, Lewallen, and Escobedo Bonilla: Seasonal patterns of mercury bioaccum...

Seasonal patterns of #mercury #bioaccumulation in #lobsters (Homarus americanus) from #Maine

www.academia.edu/2837-4010/3/...

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Beyond Pesticides

@beyondpesticides.org

1 year ago

Take Action Against Plastics, Data Shows They Intensify Pesticide Toxicity 📣 Tell your governor and state legislators to pass a “beyond plastics” bill to reduce harm from microplastics and their interaction with pesticides and other toxic chemicals AND 📣 Tell HHS Secretary R...

Because of widespread infiltration into the environment, #plastics contamination requires a holistic strategy to protect #health as #pesticides &other toxics are #adsorbed to #microplastics, resulting in #bioaccumulation & #contamination. ➡️ Take Action: ow.ly/TslJ50V8S6A

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EcotoQ

@ecotoq.bsky.social

1 year ago

Une rivière de l’Estrie « très » contaminée aux PFAS La rivière Mawcook, à Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton, en Estrie, est fortement contaminée au PFAS, selon un rapport publié en janvier 2024 et consulté par Radio-Canada.

Risques de #contaminations et de #bioaccumulation dans la rivière Mawcook par les contaminants #éternels, certains s'inquiètent pour les poissons de la rivières. ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/213...

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Gustavo Chiang

@gustavochiang.bsky.social

1 year ago

Tierra del Fuego, #Patagonia.
Agreste paisaje que aloja una de las mejores pescas deportivas del mundo.
Cómo llegan contaminantes cómo el mercurio aca y se acumulan en truchas? Eso es lo que estamos investigando con un tremendo equipo!

#bioaccumulation #mercury #biomagnification #trout

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A Chronic Voice

@achronicvoice.com

1 year ago

Better together: Gut microbiome communities' resilience to drugs Many common drugs can impact the composition of gut microbiome communities. Scientists compared directly, for the first time, the effect of 30 diverse drug treatments on bacteria when they were grown…

“The #bacteria help each other by taking up or breaking down the #drugs ..These strategies are called #bioaccumulation and #biotransformation respectively."”: https://buff.ly/3ZzAvuX #GutMicrobiome

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Tony R. Walker

@tonyrwalker1.bsky.social

1 year ago

Trophic transfer and bioaccumulation of nanoplastics in Coryphaena hippurus (mahi-mahi) and effect of depuration Ocean plastic pollution is a global concern, exacerbated by the distinctive physiochemical characteristics of nanoplastics (NPs), making it crucial to study the impacts on marine animals, particularly...

Trophic transfer and #bioaccumulation of #nanoplastics in Coryphaena hippurus (mahi-mahi) and effect of depuration

journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

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joeymaier 🌊

@joeymaier.bsky.social

1 year ago

Popular press coverage of #bioaccumulation and the risk that #pollutants pose to #cetaceans along the east coast of #Canada.

Pollution levels were higher in #orca than in the other eight species that were tested

phys.org/news/2024-11...

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Susie Sunshine🙏🏼🌎 ☮️

@suzwarto.bsky.social

1 year ago

Tritium: Japan's Radioactive Water-Dump Lies, Tritium Truth Japan plans to dump radioactive tritium-contaminated water from Fukushima into the Pacific. How bad could it be? Marine biologist explains the risks.

Marine Biologist Tim Deere-Jones 💚
#SeaToLandTransfer
#OrganicallyBoundTritium
#FoodChain
#Bioaccumulation
#RNA #DNA
#ProtectOurOceans
#PhaseOutNuclearEnergy
nuclearhotseat.com/podcast/japa...

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💧🌏 Greg Cocks

@kiwiincolorado.bsky.social

1 year ago

#Legacy #Mercury #Contamination, #Historical #GoldMining
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ca.water.usgs.gov/sierra-mercu...
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #water #sediment #biota #spatialanalysis #gold #mining #history #goldrush #California #USA #waterquality #environment #publichealth #bioaccumulation #remediation #ecology
@USGS

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Beyond Pesticides

@beyondpesticides.org

1 year ago

DDT Persistent in Environment 50+ Years After Ban, Found in Deep Ocean Sediment and Biota - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog Decades later, DDT is found in deep ocean sediment and biota that impacts critical food webs and biodiversity.

A study funded by @NOAA is the first to find halogenated organic compounds in deep ocean sediment & #biota off the coast of #CA at Southern #California Bight, home to historic offshore #DDT waste dumping. #bioaccumulation #biomagnification 🌊 Blog:

ow.ly/rJww50RRzMB

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Umeå Marine Sciences Centre

@umeaunimarine.bsky.social

1 year ago

Erik Björn, Professor at Department of Chemistry, Umeå University.

Exciting seminar @umeaunimarine.bsky.social! 👍
Prof. Erik Björn on topic ”Formation and #bioaccumulation of #methylmercury in Baltic Sea waters” and how to gain new knowledge by studies along different types of vertical and spatial gradients in the #BalticSea. 🐟🌊
#umeauniversity #marine #research

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The Coleopterists Society

@coleopsoc.bsky.social

2 years ago

Figure 2. (A–D) Copper concentrations (mg/kg dry matter) accumulated in plants, mealybug and newly emerged ladybird. T0= control, T1 = 100, T2 = 200, T3 = 400 and T4 = 800 mg/kg. Each value is the mean of three replicates ± S.E. Bars with different letters are significantly different at p < 0.05.

#LiteratureNotice Wang et al. Transfer of Copper (Cu) in the Soil–Plant–Mealybug–Ladybird Beetle Food Chain doi.org/10.3390/inse...
#Beetle #Beetles #LadyBeetles #Bioaccumulation

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Beyond Pesticides

@beyondpesticides.org

4 years ago

Increased Accumulation of Disinfectant Chemicals in the Body during the Pandemic Threatens Health, Despite Available Alternatives - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog (Beyond Pesticides, February 1, 2022) A study published in Environmental Science and Technology finds that concentrations of quaternary ammonium compounds (QUATs or QACs) in the human body have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, raising health and safety concerns. QACs include a variety of chemicals in personal care, pharmaceutical, and medical products used as disinfectants, sanitizers, antimicrobials. However, over the past 70 years, large-scale production and use of these compounds led to accumulation in the environment, including surface water, sediment, and soil. Previously, researchers thought most QACs lack the potential to bioaccumulate, as the chemicals are highly water-soluble, while dermal and oral absorption rates are low. However, emerging evidence demonstrates that specific QACs bioaccumulate in blood and other body tissues and can cause a range of toxic effects. Therefore, studies like this highlight the significance of monitoring chemical exposure for adverse health effects. The researchers note, “Further efforts are needed to explore the relationship between the use of QAC-containing products and the levels of QACs in human blood or of their metabolites in urine. Considering the increased use of some QACs as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, our findings warrant further exposure and epidemiological research focused on QACs.” Amidst the outbreak […]

1/3 of US residents misuse toxic #disinfectants to prevent #COVID including #Quats which are among the most harmful.#pesticides #cancer #geneticmutations #fertility #antibioticresistance #lungdisease #qac #sanitizers #disinfectants #bioaccumulation

beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/…

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Hilaire Drouineau

@elfunesto.bsky.social

6 years ago

Florence Mounier @Irstea_Bordeaux is defending her #PhD. Can we predict #bioaccumulation of juveniles of #sole under #globalchange scenario using #deb and #toxycokinetic models? #Gironde #estuary @labexCOTE #monbasar