#toxic metals

[diseases-for-center-control]

baby can have a little lead paint. as a treat

[gwydionmisha]

Trump's Illegal and Corrupt Ballroom Round Up: Published 5/8/26

Trump ballroom project security funding included in $72B GOP enforcement bill

The party-line measure is on track to be enacted by the end of the month.

‘You are the donors!’: Hayes slams Trump's $1 billion ballroom bait-and-switch

Republicans are proposing $1 billion in taxpayer money for Trump’s White House ballroom—after the president repeatedly claimed it would be p

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Group says it won't drop its White House ballroom lawsuit, despite DOJ pressure

The National Trust for Historic Preservation said in a statement that the lawsuit "endangers no one and which respectfully asks the Administ

Firm Building Trump’s Ballroom Got a Secret No-Bid Contract for a Nearby Job

Report exposes sketchy no-bid deals as costs spiral on Trump's vanity ballroom project

Jen Psaki shares details from a New York Times report about Donald Trump awarding sketchy no-bid contracts for federal construction projects

Rubble from Trump ballroom dumped at DC golf course has toxic metals, data shows

A federal judge also warned White House to tread carefully as it moves ahead with plans to revamp DC golf course

Judge in dispute over Washington golf course tells Trump officials not to cut trees without notice

A federal judge is telling the U.S. government not to cut down more than 10 trees without first providing notice amid a legal dispute at a h

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For Some Reason Nobody's Ever Tested for Heavy Metals in Tampons Before, and the Results Are Alarming

Researchers found concentrations of all metals tested - there is no “safe” level for any of the metals researchers tested for, the study said.

Although the metal levels varied based on a number of factors, including whether the tampons were from the United States or Europe and whether they were organic or not, "no category had consistently lower concentrations of all or most metals," the press release notes.

For example, organic tampons had lower lead concentrations than non-organic, but were found to be higher in arsenic.

Toxic metals are particularly dangerous if they come into direct contact with the vagina, where they are more easily absorbed. Chronic metal absorption has been linked to increased risk of dementia, cancer, infertility, and other health issues.

Ultimately, the onus lies with menstrual product manufacturers to get it right, but chemical testing is not part of the legal requirements for tampons in either the United States or Europe.

"It would be exciting to see the public call for this," researcher Shearston said in the press release, "or to ask for better labeling on tampons and other menstrual products."

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[etakeh]

Don't Panic about Lead in Tampons

And do you know how much is in supplements, kale, or tea (to name just a few)

Hey check it out somebody actually did the work of breaking this down and giving it a little, you know, context.

[neurontheory]

The Long Term Effects Of LEAD POISONING On The Human Brain

[rubiatinctorum]

me @ 14 thinking i was so cool and edgy for wearing the "not for children under 15" walmart jewelry with the black metal and rainbow spikes vs. me @ 21 learning that the "not for children" warning is placed on such items so they don't have to adhere to toxic metal regulations

[rjzimmerman]

50M gallons of polluted water pours daily from US mine sites

RIMINI, Mont. (AP) — Every day many millions of gallons of water loaded with arsenic, lead and other toxic metals flow from some of the most contaminated mining sites in the U.S. and into...

Excerpt from this Associated Press (AP) story:

Every day many millions of gallons of water loaded with arsenic, lead and other toxic metals flow from some of the most contaminated mining sites in the U.S. and into surrounding streams and ponds without being treated, The Associated Press has found.

That torrent is poisoning aquatic life and tainting water supplies in Montana, California, Colorado, Oklahoma and at least five other states.

The pollution is a legacy of how the mining industry was allowed to operate in the U.S. for more than a century. Companies that built mines for silver, lead, gold and other “hardrock” minerals could move on once they were no longer profitable, leaving behind tainted water that still leaks out of the mines or is cleaned up at taxpayer expense.

[currentsinbiology]

Lead and other toxic metals found in e-cigarette 'vapors': study

Significant amounts of toxic metals, including lead, leak from some e-cigarette heating coils and are present in the aerosols inhaled by users, according to a study from scientists at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

In the study, published online in Environmental Health Perspectives on February 21, the scientists examined e-cigarette devices owned by a sample of 56 users. They found that significant numbers of the devices generated aerosols with potentially unsafe levels of lead, chromium, manganese and/or nickel. Chronic inhalation of these metals has been linked to lung, liver, immune, cardiovascular and brain damage, and even cancers.

The Food and Drug Administration has the authority to regulate e-cigarettes but is still considering how to do so. The finding that e-cigarettes expose users—known as vapers—to what may be harmful levels of toxic metals could make this issue a focus of future FDA rules.

More information: "Metal Concentrations in e-Cigarette Liquid and Aerosol Samples: The Contribution of Metallic Coils" Environmental Health Perspectives (2018).