The health burden of chemicals used to make clothes may harm children the most! In response to chemicals and plastics in kids’ clothing, we’re calling on The Children’s Place, Carter’s, and H&M to stop making so many clothes out of polyester plastic! Take action today: takeaction.io/ehsc/tell-th...
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Breakthrough study focuses on dust risks for Maine farmers' safety amid PFAS concerns
The study examines how contaminated soil particles become airborne, posing exposure risks from "forever chemicals."
"Not only am I breathing that as I drive back and forth on the tractor, but off it goes on the wind current across the landscape, across any number of property boundaries." - Adam Nordell, campaign manager at Defend Our Health, on concerns about dust exposure www.newscentermaine.com/article/tech...
17.06.2025 18:47 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
In Praise of 'The Pitt' Episode 12 and People Who Know What They're Doing
A shooting at a music festival challenges the ED doctors to rise to the occasion — and makes for an hour of sensational, gripping television.
The Pitt went into mass casualty mode this week with its best episode yet. I wrote about all the ways this great show celebrates the power of people who know what they're doing:
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@jowrotethis.bsky.social just checking in on Trial by Content. Is there a new episode coming soon? Did I miss a break announcement? It’s been a couple of weeks. Hope everything is OK!
27.02.2025 23:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I mean fair. We totally deserve it. Also it’s only been two hours and I already miss TikTok. This ban is utter bullshit.
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Say what you will about President Biden, but he's been too busy helping the American people first than to launch a crypto coin to enrich himself like trump just did.
The blatant grift is sickening.
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TRUMP: I’m going to use the FBI illegally to go after my political enemies!
BIDEN: Um, I guess I’ll pardon my son then because fuck that.
MEDIA: Biden is breaking norms!
03.12.2024 17:41 — 👍 16662 🔁 3678 💬 302 📌 243
White people, it’s not enough to not be racist. Y’all need to HATE racism like Kendrick Lamar hates Drake. Commit to the goddamned bit.
25.11.2024 19:23 — 👍 8537 🔁 1677 💬 102 📌 85
Relatedly, if you’re showing up with your arms crossed sniffing that this place isn’t great and asking us to impress you, you’ll likely just get blocked
12.11.2024 20:01 — 👍 1277 🔁 44 💬 29 📌 2
Friendly reminder to new arrivals that a lot of people have been here for a year or two, so if you show up acting like this place is a barren wilderness that you’ll finally make into something good … it’s not going to go well.
12.11.2024 19:49 — 👍 7145 🔁 527 💬 306 📌 96
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