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Potential danger to humans and wildlife from harmful pesticide discovered in fish at 10 times safety limit Residues of the insecticide DDT have been found to persist at “alarming rates” in trout even after 70 years, potentially posing a significant danger to humans and wildlife that eat the fish, research has found. Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, known as DDT, was used on forested land in New Brunswick, Canada, from 1952 to 1968. The researchers found traces of it remained in brook trout in some lakes, often at levels 10 times higher than the recommended safety threshold for wildlife. Continue reading...

Analysis finds Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, Netflix, Apple and Microsoft averaged 18.8%, compared with 29.7% US average The big American tech firms known as the “Silicon Six” have been accused of paying almost $278bn (£211bn) less corporate income tax in the past decade compared with the statutory rate for US companies making the same profits. Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, Netflix, Apple and Microsoft generated $11tn of revenue and $2.5tn of profits over the past 10 years. Continue reading...

New Jersey Democrat began talking on Monday night to highlight ‘a nation in crisis’ and was still going at 7.30am eastern time on Tuesday

The Bear actor called Musk a fascist and an idiot after his reaction to a post from a rightwing account that claimed she was replacing Johnny Depp Ayo Edebiri, the actor best known for her Emmy-award winning work on The Bear, has said she received…

“We are driving a dagger through the heart of climate-change religion and ushering in America’s Golden Age,'' EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said in an essay in The Wall Street Journal.

Elizabeth Oyer claims justice department senior ‘bullied’ her due to Trump’s relationship with actor sentenced for domestic violence in 2011 The pardon attorney of the US justice department was recently fired after refusing to recommend that Mel Gibson…

The air force statement didn’t say where the accident happened. But South Korean media reported it occurred in Pocheon, a city close to the border with North Korea.

Under proposed new codes submitted to eSafety commissioner, tech companies would have six months to implement new measures * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Social…

Their metamorphosis seems more like a human’s than a butterfly’s – so much is visible, and awkward, whereas the butterfly forms in secret Some species of frog have eyes so sensitive to light that they can detect a single photon. To confirm this,…

The Trump administration’s attacks on DEI are aimed at reversing the civil-rights movement.

New York City police apologized for mistakenly accusing a teenager of a fatal shooting at a Brooklyn parade.