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‘Recyclemore’ Is A Mountain Of Electronic Trash At The G-7 Summit In Cornwall : NPR

CARBIS BAY, England — Security is tight in the English county of Cornwall as President Biden and other leaders of the Group of Seven – seven of the world's wealthiest countries — prepare to meet for a weekend summit beginning Friday.

But if you want to catch a firsthand glimpse of Biden, Germany's Angela Merkel or the other powerful politicians, your best bet may be a two-story sculpture that replicates their likenesses using electronic waste in the hills overlooking the resort where they are meeting. World Leaders Are Meeting To Tackle Climate Change And Pandemic Recovery World World Leaders Are Meeting To Tackle Climate Change And Pandemic Recovery

The sculpture, which is drawing large crowds, is arranged like Mount Rushmore — but with the G-7 leaders instead of U.S. presidents.

Why We Hold On To Things

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Why We Hold On To Things

5/31/21 by Hidden Brain

Web player: https://podcastaddict.com/episode/123804478
Episode: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/chrt.fm/track/21283G/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/aaea4e69-af51-495e-afc9-a9760146922b/d2c4e775-99ce-4c17-b04c-ac380133d68c/a17ea633-ec7b-4ea9-8aca-ad360111e32d/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=2c6993d0-eac8-4252-8c4e-ac380133d69a

What do the things you own say about who you are? Psychologist Bruce Hood studies our relationship with our possessions – from beloved childhood objects to the everyday items we leave behind.

Xenoestrogen – Wikipedia

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Xenoestrogen – Wikipedia

Xenoestrogens are a type of xenohormone that imitates estrogen. They can be either synthetic or natural chemical compounds. Synthetic xenoestrogens include some widely used industrial compounds, such as PCBs, BPA, and phthalates, which have estrogenic effects on a living organism even though they differ chemically from the estrogenic substances produced internally by the endocrine system of any organism. Natural xenoestrogens include phytoestrogens which are plant-derived xenoestrogens. Because the primary route of exposure to these compounds is by consumption of phytoestrogenic plants, they are sometimes called "dietary estrogens". Mycoestrogens, estrogenic substances from fungi, are another type of xenoestrogen that are also considered mycotoxins.

Radon ☢

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I wonder if in the next 50 years there will be a noticeable uptick in lung cancer deaths in Upstate NY due to increased radon exposure. ☢

I was reading that increased soil moisture from climate change is leading to higher radon levels being detected, and this part of the country already has high levels of radon.

The solution to the plastic waste crisis? It isn’t recycling | Environment | The Guardian

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The solution to the plastic waste crisis? It isn’t recycling | Environment | The Guardian

The Lego Disney Frozen II Arendelle Castle Village features a princess, animals, birds and mini dolls. It is made of 521 separate bits of plastic, it was one of the bestselling Christmas toys, and fans of the movie on which it is based will surely spend several hours of magical, creative play with it.

But those few hours may well be the last that this and many other toys are used. Thousands of plastic castles, farmyards and games, as well as myriad other presents, have probably already been stuffed into bulging cupboards to be thrown away in a year or two to make room for yet more plastic. And, because most plastic is near impossible to recycle, these toys will probably have to be landfilled or burned in incinerators, poisoning the air and further adding to global heating.