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Leana Hosea

@leanahosea.bsky.social
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Founding environmental journalist of nonprofit @WATERSHED-i.bsky.social watershedinvestigations.com Documentary filmmaker: ‘Thirst For Justice’, vimeo.com/ondemand/thirstforjustice Formerly BBC (18 yrs) & Knight Wallace Fellow (2016).

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 9h
"My concern all along is what have we done to the kids. We moved here, chose this property, + I feel guilty because I’ve exposed them to that, even though I know it’s not my fault.” So often, with PFAS pollution, the innocent feel guilt. Do the culpable? share.google/uPs7Qpqek3qn...
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‘Are these chemicals in my blood?’ How one community learned the truth about Pfas pollution
People living next to a chemicals plant near Blackpool were tested for ‘forever chemicals’. Last week they received the alarming results
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Mario Panteli talks to BBC North West about his feelings on learning he has high levels of PFOA in his blood. How many more families will be exposed to forever chemical pollution before the government brings in stronger regulations on PFAS?
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Toby Perkins, MP, Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, was on Radio 4 last night to discuss our findings about PFAS in people's blood in Lancashire. Here, he outlines the sort of PFAS regs he'd like to see in the UK - somewhat akin to the proposed ban on non-essential PFAS use in the EU 👇🏾
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
You can hear his full interview, here: BBC Radio 4 - The World Tonight, Blood tests in Lancashire reveal cancer-causing chemicals share.google/I2CicJIBfhhL...
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BBC Radio 4 - The World Tonight, Blood tests in Lancashire reveal cancer-causing chemicals
People living near a factory have higher levels of a so-called 'forever chemical'
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The proposed ban on non-essential use of PFAS in the EU is being fought by the chemicals industry on a scale, "far bigger than anything the tobacco industry have been able to pull together." share.google/r69snPliLy5N...
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Industry using ‘tobacco playbook’ to fend off ‘forever chemicals’ regulation
Industry-funded research and exaggerated claims litter arguments made by fluoropolymer industry against stricter regulation
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Meanwhile, @corporateeurope.org reports, firms' influence on + access to EU politicians has only increased. Raising the question, will we ever see meaningful + effective regulation of forever chemicals in either the EU or UK? share.google/lSyDEYDw56dO...
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182 out of 184 | Corporate Europe Observatory
We need to talk about what deregulation actually means in Brussels right now. It means one commissioner holding 184 meetings with external actors, 182 of them with business groups. Check out our new p...
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 28/09/2026
❤️‍🩹 A flood emergency disaster has been declared across Bangkok over the weekend as the intense flooding continues. According to the local authority, the flooding was affecting 700,000 people, while some areas in Bangkok are still facing high water levels. www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/gen...
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700,000 suffering under Bangkok floods
Severe flooding in Bangkok was affecting about 329,000 families, about 700,000 people, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration said on Monday.
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 27/09/2026
No one is safe from extreme weather events. NO ONE.⁣ ⁣ Oil, coal and gas corporations continue to make obscene profits while making the world more dangerous with wildfires, floods, and deadly heatwaves.⁣ ⁣ This isn’t just unfair, it’s outrageous.⁣
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What the ‘natural’ disasters of 2026 reveal about climate change - Greenpeace International
Record-shattering global temperatures across land and sea are the grim reality of climate crisis, and the reason we need an immediate transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energies.
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 27/09/2026
“We already spent $50 million and basically have nothing to show for it. We’re gonna have all these additional costs associated with canceling the project.” From @dylanbaddour.bsky.social and @insideclimatenews.org: What is the future of Corpus Christi's costly desalination project?
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Corpus Christi Could Owe Texas $235M for Failed Desalination Plant
City leaders hope to revive the twice-rejected project to avoid returning money loaned by the state.
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Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
With a strong El Niño increasing the odds of big storms this fall and winter, California is on alert for possible flooding. But if El Niño delivers a wet punch, it will also bring an upside: a bonanza of water. How prepared is California to capitalize on it? www.latimes.com/environment/...
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Will El Niño have an upside? California tries to capitalize on big storms
El Niño could unleash major storms and flooding. It also could bring precious water to drought-afflicted California.
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 26/09/2026
For years, Mike Smith has been locked in a legal battle against six of New Zealand’s biggest greenhouse gas emitters in the agriculture and energy sectors. The government introduced an emergency law to retroactively wipe out Mike's lawsuit and ban the public from ever suing big emitters.
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 26/09/2026
Solar + storage = energy dream team ☀️🔋 This August, India supplied 11% of the growth in post-sunset electricity demand with clean energy, using a combination of pumped hydro storage and battery storage. More from Neshwin Rodrigues in ET Energy World:
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India's Solar Power Revolution: Storage Solutions Illuminate Nighttime Energy Supply, ETEnergyworld
Discover how India is tackling the solar energy challenge after sunset with innovative storage solutions, redefining electricity supply during nighttime with significant impacts on coal dependency.
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Dan Gearino @dangearino.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My roundup of some of the climate discussions at the UN this week, including a declaration on sea-level rise: insideclimatenews.org/news/2509202...
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Climate Crisis Is No Longer a ‘Distant Warning,’ UN Leader Says - Inside Climate News
The General Assembly pledged to help countries threatened by sea-level rise, but many challenges remain.
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🌊 OCEAN WIN: An oyster nursery bigger than a football pitch is THRIVING following a huge restoration effort in the North Sea 🎉 🦪Oysters create key habitat for marine life, and there's already an "abundance" of crabs, lobsters & juvenile fish. www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y7ezw…
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Oysters from coastal nursery 'thriving' in North Sea
Thousands of the molluscs have been released from a nursery at South Tyneside.
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CHEM Trust @chemtrust.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🚨 8 of the top 10 #PFAS producers are preparing to ramp up production, warns @chemsec.bsky.social in a recent report. The producers are driven by a demand for data centre infrastructure, semiconductor manufacturing, and lithium-ion battery materials. More in our news story 👉 buff.ly/eNODgH0
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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It's not just PFOA - parts of the northwest are also heavily contaminated with PCBs in the environment, the original 'forever chemical'. It's visible in the local wildlife - I don't know if anyone has looked at local people in the same way. bsky.app/profile/rich...
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They did a few tests on Buried but I'm not aware of testing on a large scale. BBC Wales reports people are requesting tests for PCBs. What a number of people are asking is why testing isn't being done by the government or funded by polluters. share.google/6BCFG9JLno0E...
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Blood test call for people potentially impacted by cancer-causing chemicals in the ground
People living near a lagoon branded "a shame on Britain" want to be tested for cancer-causing PCBs.
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 26/09/2026
China leads in fusing the infotech and electrotech revolutions as one industrial advantage to gain a competitive edge. Since 2010, it has doubled electricity supply, increased EVs to 60% of new car sales, and built the world’s largest automation fleet. ember-energy.org/lat...
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Jason Scott-Warren @jes1003.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Channel 4 News last night on harvest meltdown. www.channel4.com/news/uk-harv...
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UK harvest ‘disappointing’ after extreme weather, say farmers
This year's harvest has been described as "disappointing" for farmers across the UK after a summer of extreme weather.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Electricity is 23% of global final energy but delivers 37% of useful energy and powers 46% of the global economy. We don't need to replace every fossil joule. We need to replace the services. A much smaller task. Great to see the @iea.org’s new Electrification report finally measure this.
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Mario Panteli talks to BBC North West about his feelings on learning he has high levels of PFOA in his blood. How many more families will be exposed to forever chemical pollution before the government brings in stronger regulations on PFAS?
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“It’s important for me to say that we are not backtracking on our ambitions,” Jorgensen said. “Methane is still at the core of our fight against climate change and we want to continue to be world leaders in this. And our ambitions are also the highest in the world.” Ambitions are not actions.
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EU Energy Chief Signals Delay to Methane Rules For Imports
The European Union opened the door to oil and gas importers getting an extra year to prepare for the bloc’s methane reporting rules, in a bid to safeguard energy security amid disruptions caused by th...
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We need action. The EU should understand that. But instead they cave to the US pressure to do the bidding of the oil and gas industry.
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Europe Summer 2026: At Least 35,000 Dead, Spain Sets Worst Heat Year on Record
Europe heatwave deaths 2026 have reached at least 35,000 across barely half the continent, with Germany accounting for 14,000, Spain setting its worst heat year on record at 4,947, and France recordin...
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 26/09/2026
Industrial output data shows that captive coal generation adds up to 60% on top of grid-connected coal power in Indonesia 📈 Ember’s new methodology adds a bottom-up approach to show the full picture of 🇮🇩’s fossil use and decarbonisation progress. ember-energy.org/lat...
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A Nor’easter is set to slam into the East Coast. Climate Change is making it stronger ...with a record-breaking El Niño shaping this winter, I have a feeling “nor’easter” is a term we’re going to become very familiar with over the coming months. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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A Nor’easter is set to slam into the East Coast. Climate Change is making it stronger
Coastal flooding, rip currents and strong winds are forecast to slam counties from the Mid-Atlantic to New England
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Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The number of people getting infected with valley fever is rising. New research has found the fungus thriving in rodent burrows in urban areas. Other studies have found links to living near construction sites or oil wells. @susrust.bsky.social www.latimes.com/science/stor...
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This deadly fungus isn’t just a rural threat anymore. New studies point to cities and oil wells
Researchers at UC Berkeley have discovered valley fever spores in cities in the Central Valley and linked nearby oil drilling to an uptick in infection risk — challenging the long-held belief that the...
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 26/09/2026
Are we getting in our own way? Adam Met from @planetreimagined.bsky.social and I discuss climate hushing, infighting over words and framing, and how a constant focus on what's going wrong can distract us from the solutions already moving forward. Watch: www.talkingclimate.ca/p/are-we-get...
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Are we getting in our own way?
AJR’s Adam Met on climate optimism, infighting, and why the way we talk about climate matters.
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Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
As the oceans get warmer, many species are shifting habitats. The latest example: olive ridley sea turtles, which have started laying eggs on California beaches. Prevously, they only nested in Baja California. @corinnepurtill.bsky.social www.latimes.com/science/stor...
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Sea turtles laying eggs at Huntington Beach and Seal Beach are first known cases of nesting on West Coast
Two olive ridley sea turtles have laid eggs on the sand on Southern California beaches.
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“You can harvest soya for about 10 years and then your land is destroyed,” he says. Seems problematic.
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‘You can’t just bet everything on exports’: as its gas runs out, is Bolivia doomed to repeat history?
A fossil gas boom that lifted millions out of poverty has collapsed and inflation is rising – but not everyone believes gold and soya exports are the answer
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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Pope: Climate crisis is not just an environmental challenge, but a matter of justice - Vatican News www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
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Pope: Climate crisis is not just an environmental challenge, but a matter of justice - Vatican News
On the occasion of the Plenary Session of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Pope Leo receives its members in the Clementine Hall of the Vatican and ...
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 25/09/2026
Pakistan's endangered Indus River dolphin population has grown to nearly 2,000 individuals, prompting the creation of a new 400-km protected corridor. Safeguarding the species long-term will require modified barrage operations and community-led sustainable fishing. Fellow Muhammad Talal reports.
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Pakistan expands protected habitat for Indus River dolphin as recovery offers hope
Between 11 million and 16 million years ago, during the high sea levels of the middle Miocene period, the ancestors of the Indus River dolphin entered the muddy waters of what is the Indus Basin today...
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Watershed's @leanahosea.bsky.social went on BBC Newshour to talk about the PFAS pollution at Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire - who knew what & when about health risks from that pollution? share.google/igoHSm7ek2tv...
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"We need to fight this" How long can people accept ongoing exposure to harmful chemicals, while our governments continue to pursue policies of deregulation? Will legal action be the "spearhead" that accelerates action on PFAS pollution? Our story on ITV News: www.itv.com/news/2026-09...
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 25/09/2026
NEW – DeBriefed 25 September: AI, ‘big oil’ criticised at UN | El Niño record | Africa’s preparedness ✍️ Written by @solomon.elusoji.carbonbrief.org 📝 Edited by @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org Read here ➡️ bit.ly/46FhuJU Subscribe to Carbon Brief's newsletters ➡️ carbonbrief.org/newsletters
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A useful reminder that wildlife shouldn’t be viewed solely as a casualty of climate change. Wild animals actively shape carbon cycling, vegetation, soils, fire regimes and ecosystem resilience. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/wild-an...
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Wild animals are our climate allies, peer-reviewed study reaffirms - Oceanographic
Peer-reviewed research strengthens the case that wild animals - from dugongs to tigers - play active role in climate regulation.
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Remember when Exxon wanted to lead the writing of new methane regulations in 2020? What happened? "The planned rules have led to complaints from companies including supermajor Exxon Mobil Corp., which has said the regulation would be 'bone-crushing' and raise the cost of buying oil for Europe."
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Repsol Says 90% of Its Crude Supply Risks Breaching New EU Rules
Repsol SA anticipates about 90% of its crude oil supplies falling short of new European Union methane requirements that are due to take effect in January, the latest in a series of warnings from the i...
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
From 2020.
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Exxon Now Wants to Write the Rules for Regulating Methane Emissions
ExxonMobil is a company capable of contradictions. It has been lobbying against government efforts to address climate change while running ads touting its own efforts to do so.
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Also from that 2020 article. “I want to stress the importance of holding firm that there will not be any type of simulator training....Boeing will not allow that to happen. We’ll go face to face with any regulator who tries to make that a requirement.” Boeing got its way. And 346 people died.
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 25/09/2026
NEW – ‘Concerning’ low sea ice persists as Antarctic hits third-lowest winter peak ✍️ By @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org 💬 With comments from Lettie Roach, Clare Eayrs and @zacklabe.com Read here ➡️ buff.ly/3Lcz5pj
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‘Concerning’ low sea ice persists as Antarctic hits third-lowest winter peak - Carbon Brief
Antarctic sea ice has recorded its third-smallest winter peak extent since satellite records began 48 years ago, new data reveals.
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 25/09/2026
2027 is expected to “blow apart” previous records and become the hottest year ever recorded. #ExtremeWeather
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‘Jaw-dropping’ El Niño bursts through temperature record months before peak
‘Godzilla-level’ phenomenon is supercharging the climate crisis and will have a huge impact on communities across the world
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We tested people living near a chemical plant in Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire. 70% of people tested had levels of PFAS in their blood that, in the US, would be classed as 'high-risk' for adverse health effects. 1 person had the highest levels of PFAS ever recorded in anyone's blood in the UK.
Our PFAS pollution story on the front page of the Times today
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Most had high levels of PFOA - a Group 1 carcinogen, banned internationally, + linked to health conditions including kidney + testicular cancer, ulcerative colitis + thyroid disease. www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Our story on PFAS exposure in Thornton-Cleveleys, continued on page 4 of the Times.
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"I know the chemicals can cause early births...my twins were born 3 months premature...I'm really worried about what's going to happen to my due baby", explained a visibly shaken Mario Panteli: www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
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Alarm over ‘forever chemicals’ in blood of Lancashire town residents
Banned carcinogens were found in record levels when inhabitants of Thornton-Cleveleys who live near a chemicals factory were tested
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Our article on the Times on people exposed to PFAS in Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire, is out now: www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
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Alarm over ‘forever chemicals’ in blood of Lancashire town residents
Banned carcinogens were found in record levels when inhabitants of Thornton-Cleveleys who live near a chemicals factory were tested
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pippaneill.bsky.social @pippaneill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
NEW: How the illegal dumping of toxic waste in a Croatian town sparked national calls for clean-up www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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How the illegal dumping of toxic waste in a Croatian town sparked national calls for clean-up
After years of illegal mass flytipping in Gospić, fed-up residents decided to take matters into their own hands
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 25/09/2026
Rooftop solar is taking off in the UK 🏠☀️ OVER SIXTY UK parliamentary constituencies now have rooftop solar on more than a tenth of all homes. This is a huge jump from just 5 constituencies in 2022 🇬🇧 ember-energy.org/lat...
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Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Let’s not forget, that together we are poisoning the world through our desire for convenience, simply because it’s easier to produce something that way, with forever chemicals.
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anti-leaf blower account @eboldy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
i love it when absolutely no one is held responsible for decisions that harm hundreds of thousands of people
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nonami @n.4r.ma · 25/09/2026
PFAS detected also in US colonies (the local government concealing it): www.okinawatimes.co.jp/articles/-/1...
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米軍、嘉手納と普天間のPFAS汚染源認める 23年に協議 “公表可”でも日本政府は非公表 | 沖縄タイムス+プラス
米軍嘉手納基地と普天間飛行場の周辺の有機フッ素化合物(PFAS)汚染を巡り、在日米軍が2023年12月に両基地が汚染源だと日本政府に認めていたことが分かった。公表しても構わないとの見解も示したが、日本政府は米軍が認めたことを隠していた。
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Michael Warhurst @mwarhurst.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026
The chemical industry generously distributing its products:
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