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Industry executives knew for decades that microplastics were infiltrating the human body
Scientists today say we’re just beginning to understand the harm that the tiny bits of plastic we drink, eat and breathe are doing to the human body. But recently discovered chemical company documents dating back several decades show that industry scientists have long been aware of — and concerned about — the way microplastic particles migrate beyond the gut in animals and humans, depositing in important organs. And the potential for that knowledge to affect the plastic food packaging industry.
Berkeley luxury fashion brand founders found dead outside upscale Oakland Hills home
Now Sunday's Week 4 matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and Denver Broncos was one of the hottest games in Levi's Stadium history, and it took a toll on players and fans alike. Amidst an ongoing heat wave affecting the Bay Area, the temperature at the start of game was measured at 94 degrees. The …
'I loved him like a brother': Berkeley fashion brand founders discovered dead at home Original
The co-founders of a luxury women's fashion brand, Bryn Walker, were found dead outside their Oakland Hills home Friday morning. Oakland police, the lead investigators on the incident, have not ruled out murder-suicide or determined who pulled the trigger, but the investigation is ongoing. Police have said they recovered a firearm at the scene.
Bouquet fire grows in Angeles National Forest near Santa Clarita as heatwave grips SoCal
The Bouquet fire in Angeles National Forest grew overnight to 1,048 acres and is now 40% contained. Cal Fire issued evacuation orders for the remote mountainous area northeast of Santa Clarita Saturday afternoon. Governor Newsom pleaded with people on X to follow local evacuation orders and heed guidance from emergency officials.
Leaked emails reveal industry plan to kill California’s plastic and recycling laws
By Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times When California’s groundbreaking law on single-use plastic passed in 2022 to address the growing scourge of plastic pollution, it had broad political support. There was the state Chamber of Commerce, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, a powerful ocean advocate and Californians Against Waste.
Leaked emails reveal industry plan to kill California’s plastic and recycling laws
When California’s groundbreaking law on single-use plastic passed in 2022 to address the growing scourge of plastic pollution, it had broad political support. There was the state Chamber of Commerce, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, a powerful ocean advocate and Californians Against Waste. But now as the law’s deadlines and requirements finally take shape, a hefty industry-oriented consortium is quietly organizing to burn it — and it’s companion law, the state’s Truth in Recycling law — to the ground.
Plan to kill law against plastics exposed
9 hours ago On the Congo River, plastic is becoming the catch of the day. Some fishermen around Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, can now make more money pulling plastic from the water than catching fish, as declining catches and growing waste pollution threaten an artisanal way of …
Leaked emails reveal industry plan to kill California’s plastic and recycling laws
Like many of its rivals in retail, the company is struggling with Scope 3 emissions and lagging on packaging goals. Target has become the latest major …
From beaches to battery fires, California moves to outlaw disposable vapes
By Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times Vape pens and other disposable e-cigarettes could soon be illegal in California. On Wednesday, the state assembly approved Assembly Bill 762, which if signed by the governor, will make the battery-powered disposable devices illegal to manufacture, distribute or sell in the state. The bill passed the state Senate on Tuesday.
From beaches to battery fires, California moves to outlaw disposable vapes
Vape pens and other disposable e-cigarettes soon could be illegal in California. On Wednesday, the state assembly approved Assembly Bill 762, which, if signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, will make the battery-powered disposable devices illegal to manufacture, distribute or sell in the state. The bill passed the senate Tuesday.
Inside the bitter war over cows and wilderness at Point Reyes
Susanne Rust Sun 16 August 2026 at 10:00 am UTC 14 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rancher Bill Niman and his wife, Nicolette Hahn Niman, stand among their cattle at their family ranch in the Point Reyes National Seashore. For nearly 60 years, warring camps have battled one another for the soul of a wind-swept peninsula with breathtaking hills, rugged cliffs, granite outcroppings, oak forests and wide expanses of pasture land and beach.
Are mosquitoes, ticks and fleas turning California into a disease hotspot? Original
Some days it feels like we're losing a battle against mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, flies and worms. Just this month, tularemia, also known as rabbit fever and caused by a bacterium in ticks and deer flies, was detected in people living on Long Island. A park in Marin County was shut down in July after it was found to be teeming with fleas, which can carry plague and typhus. And in April, Rickettsia, a rare but deadly tick-borne bacterium, was found in a person living in Sonoma County.
AG Rob Bonta accuses DuPont of 'corporate shell game' to dodge PFAS cleanup in California
California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a complaint Thursday alleging that a cohort of the companies that make "forever chemicals" partook in a massive corporate shell game to defraud the state and others.
Bonta accuses DuPont of 'corporate shell game' to dodge PFAS cleanup in California
California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta filed a complaint Thursday alleging that a cohort of the companies that make "forever chemicals" partook in a massive corporate shell game to defraud the state and others.
medical notes: uh, Dr Fauci was lying
much of this was cross posted from my medical blog. the background of the Covid epidemic is not just because it came from a lab leak, but that it was a bioengineered virus that was made to be more infectious and more lethal by doing gain of Function research. Gain-of-function research (GoF research or GoFR) is medical research that genetically alters an organism in a way that may enhance the biological functions of gene products.
Record-breaking El NiƱo could gut California's crab and salmon fleets
By Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES - As the chances of a 'super' El Niño continue to rise - now 81%, according to federal scientists - researchers are looking back to 2015 and 2016, when a Pacific heat wave combined with a strong El Niño threw some of the West Coast's most important commercial fishing fleets into turmoil. They say we could be looking at a repeat. Or worse.
Record-breaking El Niño could gut California's crab and salmon fleets
LOS ANGELES - As the chances of a 'super' El Niño continue to rise - now 81%, according to federal scientists - researchers are looking back to 2015 and 2016, when a Pacific heat wave combined with a strong El Niño threw some of the West Coast's most important commercial fishing fleets into turmoil. They say we could be looking at a repeat. Or worse.
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