Link Science News  dental floss, makeup,  sunscreen, carpets, stain resistant clothing, textiles, paints, fast food. packaging, microwave popcorn  bags, firefighting foam, ...

link    Per Year: 8 million people killed,    600 million trees cut down  (200,000 hectares of land clearcut), 20 milloion tons of water used to grow tobacco,4.5 trillion filters littered, 6 trillion cigarettes,  lots of batteries and cartridges for e-cigarettes. toxic pesticides and fertilizers used to grow tobacco, 7000 toxic chemicals released .

Link to videos at the Symposium on the Clean up of the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant ( 4-23-22).  Link

Nation article They try to overpower local residents and to build giant polluting factories, to have new markets for their oil production.

Tribal Court Case Against Line 3 Pipeline Is First to Invoke “Rights of Nature

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Propublica story .  Utility company wants to leave its toxic coal fly ash in unlined pits.  One pit has over 16 million tons of this toxic coal ash.  "samples had revealed concerning levels of boron, calcium and sulfate — all indicators of coal ash. There was also evidence of a contaminant researchers had linked to cancer, hexavalent chromium, which had previously been discovered in some California drinking wells by environmental advocate Erin Brockovich"  Activists, environmental attorneys, and neighbors battle the state politicians and Georgia Power lobbyists.- Georgia power wants to create a  weaker  definition of the word" infiltration"  .  It seems they want to just protect the top of waste piles, but want to avoid having to put a lining under the waste to keep the toxics away from groudwater and drinking water.    "You can’t store this waste full of toxic metals in groundwater,” Sams said."