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Mexico Warns of Diarrhea Risk When Visiting US (www.newsweek.com)

submitted 2 days ago by sundray@lemmus.org to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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A small recompense for decades of jokes at Mexico's expense, eh?

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[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 74 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Just published today in The Guardian:

The Trump administration has killed proposed regulations for sewage sludge contaminated with Pfas and spread on farmland as fertilizer, a practice that has sickened farmers, destroyed their livelihoods, killed livestock, polluted water supplies, and poisoned meat and food products sold to the public.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah he really cares about the heartland 🙄

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And the farmers will continue to vote Republican.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

Fertilizer just increased 50% in price. Enjoy, hicks.

[–] TriplePlaid@wetshav.ing 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Allowing continued spreading of PFAS contaminated sludge is beyond horrible because those chemicals will stay there permanently. Around 1/3 or so of USA cropland is already polluted from spreading of sludges. There is nothing in nature that can break PFAS down, so all that polluted land will have to literally be removed and stored similar to hazardous nuclear waste.

When we finally realize the damage and start work to repair it, it will be the largest remediation project in human history.

[–] ati@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago

I think nature will evolve/select some sort of bacteria that will digest PFAs and plastics, making it a problem that will solve itself. It'll only take a few hundred thousand years I reckon.