#dioxin
“Simply put,” the officials said, “we are quickly heading toward an environmental and life-threatening catastrophe.”
In mid-February, Trump administration leaders received a desperate warning from their diplomats posted in Vietnam, one of the most important American partners in Asia.
Workers were in the middle of cleaning up the site of an enormous chemical spill, the Bien Hoa air base, when Secretary of State Marco Rubio abruptly halted all foreign aid funding.
The shutdown left exposed open pits of soil contaminated with #dioxin, the deadly byproduct of #Agent #Orange, which the American military sprayed across large swaths of the country during the Vietnam War.
After Rubio’s orders to stop work, the cleanup crews were forced to abandon the site,
and, for weeks, all that was covering the contaminated dirt were tarps, which at one point blew off in the wind.
And even more pressing, the officials warned in a Feb. 14 letter obtained by ProPublica, Vietnam is on the verge of its rainy season, when torrential downpours are common.
With enough rain, they said, soil contaminated with dioxin could flood into nearby communities, poisoning their food supplies.
Hundreds of thousands of people live around the Bien Hoa air base, and some of their homes abut the site’s perimeter fence, just yards from the contaminated areas.
And less than 1,500 feet away is a major river that flows into Ho Chi Minh City, population 9 million.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-halted-agent-orange-cleanup-dioxin-vietnam-poison-risk
For months now, I have been calling the new president, Agent Orange, and now this...
Trump Halted an Agent Orange Cleanup. That Puts Hundreds of Thousands at Risk for Poisoning.
Diplomats in Vietnam warned Washington that halting USAID’s efforts to clean up the massive deposit of postwar pesticides would be a catastrophe for public health and relations with a key strategic partner in Asia.
In mid-February, Trump administration leaders received a desperate warning from their diplomats posted in Vietnam, one of the most important American partners in Asia.
Workers were in the middle of cleaning up the site of an enormous chemical spill, the Bien Hoa air base, when Secretary of State Marco Rubio abruptly halted all foreign aid funding.
#agentorange #pesticides #dioxin #VietNam #USAID
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-halted-agent-orange-cleanup-dioxin-vietnam-poison-risk
Workers were in the middle of cleaning up the site of an enormous chemical spill, Bien Hoa air base forced to abandon the site
.. left exposed open pits of soil contaminated with #dioxin, deadly byproduct of Agent Orange, which 
military sprayed across large swaths of the country during the Vietnam War
Hundreds of thousands live around the Bien Hoa air base, just yards from the contaminated areas. And major river that flows into Ho Chi Minh City, population 9 million
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-halted-agent-orange-cleanup-dioxin-vietnam-poison-risk
Burn plastic for fuel: what could possibly go wrong ? https://theconversation.com/households-are-burning-plastic-waste-as-fuel-for-cooking-and-heating-in-slums-the-world-over-250265
#BlameCapitalism #Dioxin #FossilFuels
#Plastic #pollution #poverty
Frühere Grünen-Politikerin Thea Bock mit 86 Jahren gestorben
Sie gründete die Grün-Alternative-Liste in Hamburg mit und profilierte sich bei der Aufklärung des Hamburger Dioxin-Skandals.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found levels of toxic chemical contamination in the soil at Julia C. Hester House, a community center in Houston’s Fifth Ward, that exceed the agency’s screening levels for children.
Albert Littler, dead from #asbestosis; was born in 1944 and was raised by a single mother in a housing commission estate in Coburg, Victoria. His upbringing gave him an affinity for the underdog, leading to his lifelong commitment to working people.
Albert started work as an apprentice painter and decorator in 1961, becoming a union organiser with the Operative Painters and Decorators Union (OPDU) in 1973.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-23/littler-yarram-agent-orange-coverup/4837172?
A tour guide in Vietnam explains the tragic consequences of the US's barbaric use of Agent Orange, which to this day continues to wreak havoc on the lives of the Vietnamese people.
c: @nhttn14 on tiktok
Vergiftetes Grundwasser, kranke Arbeiter: Das Chemiewerk Boehringer in Hamburg verseucht vor 40 Jahren eine 85.000 Quadratmeter große Freifläche mit dem Ewigkeitsgift Dioxin. Erkrankte Ex-Mitarbeiter kämpfen weiterhin um finanzielle Unterstützung.
Aber was macht den Stoff so giftig?
@ThankYouForTheFish ja so ist das mit Zeug das nicht verrottet, wie #DDT, #Cäsium oder #Dioxin. Es verdünnt sich eben nicht gleichmäßig über den Globus sondern wird in der Natur an ganz erstaunlichen Stellen aufkonzentriert und erreicht kritische Umweltdosen.
Schwermetalle in Pilzen, fettlösliche Gifte in Raubvogel-Eiern, PFAs in Schäumen. Machen wir uns klar, dass Abschäumungs-Zonen eigene Ökosysteme sind, normalerweise enthalten sie enorme Nährstoffkonzentrationen.
Russell M. Bliss, the hauler whose spraying of waste oil contaminated with a highly toxic chemical called dioxin led to the abandonment of a St. Louis-area town and nationwide attention, has died. https://rb.gy/vkglxk Story by Mark Schlinkmann of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch #stlouis #dioxin
From the Guardian: “EPA sued over reapproval of toxic herbicides using Agent Orange chemical” June 19, 2023
If you want to know more details about the risks from the recent train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, this podcast episode gives lots of information about what happened, what was done wrong, what the risks are, and what is being done wrong in the aftermath.
#TrainDerailment #EastPalestine #Ohio #dioxin #NorfolkSouthern #toxicity @sts
After the Wars in #Iraq, ‘Everything Living is Dying’
Decades of war, poverty and fossil fuel extraction have devastated the country’s #environment and its people.
By Lynzy Billing, December 29, 2021
"As far back as 2005, the United Nations had estimated that Iraq was already littered with several thousand contaminated sites. Five years later, an investigation by The Times, a London-based newspaper, suggested that the U.S. military had generated some 11 million pounds of toxic waste and abandoned it in Iraq. Today, the country remains awash in hazardous materials, such as depleted #uranium and #dioxin, which have polluted the soil and water. And extractive #industries like the KAR oil refinery often operate with minimal transparency. On top of all of this, Iraq is among the countries most vulnerable to climate change, which has already contributed to grinding water shortages and prolonged drought. In short, Iraq presents a uniquely #dystopian tableau—one where human activity contaminates virtually every ecosystem, and where terms like '#ecocide' have special currency.
"According to Iraqi physicians, the many overlapping environmental insults could account for the country’s high rates of cancer, birth defects, and other diseases. Preliminary research by local scientists supports these claims, but the country lacks the money and technology needed to investigate on its own. To get a better handle on the scale and severity of the contamination, as well as any health impacts, they say, international teams will need to assist in comprehensive investigations."
#BirthDefects #DepletedUranium #IraqWar #EndlessWar #Nuclear #NuclearWaste #Toxic #WaterPollution #WaterIsLife #FossilFuels #FossilFuelExtraction
Read more:
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/29122021/iraq-ecocide/
So apparently #LabCorp and #Quest are no longer doing blood tests for #dioxin...
...In the states where the train #derailment /toxic chemical spill / bury it in the ground / burn it / #contamination was.
LabCorp shareholders?
BlackRock
Vanguard Group
Quest shareholders?
BlackRock
Vanguard Group
Norfolk Southern shareholders?
*DRUMROLL*............
BlackRock
Vanguard Group
