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Maggie Maybe<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>VeroniqueB99</span></a></span> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Cabot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cabot</span></a> butter in case anyone is curious.</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/butter-recall-coliform-cabot-creamery-1badb501647b83790f5ebdf9eb82b2f0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/butter-reca</span><span class="invisible">ll-coliform-cabot-creamery-1badb501647b83790f5ebdf9eb82b2f0</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/recall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recall</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/FecalBacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FecalBacteria</span></a> (might as well start the tag since we’re in for years of this nasty shit)</p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Contamination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Contamination</span></a> warnings issued for 5 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineBeaches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaineBeaches</span></a> heading into Labor Day weekend</p><p>John Terhune, Portland Press Herald, Maine<br>September 1, 2023</p><p>"Contaminated waters could hinder <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/beach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>beach</span></a> adventures from York to Camden this Labor Day weekend.</p><p>The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has issued contamination warnings for five Maine beaches after finding elevated levels of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fecalbacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fecalbacteria</span></a>.</p><p>"The affected beaches are <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WillardBeach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WillardBeach</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthPortland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthPortland</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GooseRocksBeach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GooseRocksBeach</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kennebunkport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kennebunkport</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GoochsBeach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoochsBeach</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kennebunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kennebunk</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CapeNeddickBeach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CapeNeddickBeach</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/YorkMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YorkMaine</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaiteBeach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaiteBeach</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CamdenMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CamdenMaine</span></a>. Total beach closures are rare in Maine, and as of Friday night all five affected beaches remained open.</p><p>"The presence of enterococci bacteria suggests water also may contain other harmful bacteria, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/viruses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>viruses</span></a> or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/parasites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasites</span></a>, according to the DEP's Maine Healthy Beaches program, which tracks water quality at public beaches from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Contact with contaminated water can cause flu-like symptoms, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gastrointestinal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gastrointestinal</span></a> issues, rashes and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/infection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infection</span></a>.</p><p>"Beachgoers are advised to avoid areas with contamination warnings.</p><p>"Laite Beach in Camden, which had more than 26 times more fecal bacteria than the threshold deemed safe, was the most contaminated beach on Friday night, according to DEP data."</p><p><a href="https://news.yahoo.com/contamination-warnings-issued-5-maine-035900165.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.yahoo.com/contamination-w</span><span class="invisible">arnings-issued-5-maine-035900165.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WetlandPreservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WetlandPreservation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SewageInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SewageInfrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeRain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeRain</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeWeather</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a></p>
Petrichor ᚄᚔᚅᚐᚁᚆᚃᚒᚔᚂ<p>Why you should take off your shoes and put on slippers when you come in the door <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/18/new-york-dog-poop-bacteria-shoes" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2023/f</span><span class="invisible">eb/18/new-york-dog-poop-bacteria-shoes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/FecalBacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FecalBacteria</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Eww" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Eww</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/slippers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slippers</span></a></p>