Sometimes its good to take a moment to just watch and wait

#water #patterns

Um, since cavities haven't been a problem for me (I've had just one), I think I'll switch back to using baking soda and peroxide again (with my own dried mint if I want mintiness).

Some Tom's of Maine toothpaste may be contaminated with #HarmfulBacteria, FDA says

#FDA's warning about multiple types of bacteria and "a black mold-like substance" found in a facility that makes #TomsOfMaine toothpaste has consumers worried about a possible recall.

November 20, 2024

"A recent inspection of a Tom's of Maine facility found 'significant violations' that included different types of bacteria detected in the water and the company's toothpaste, as well as a '#BlackMold-like substance' located behind a water storage tank, according to the Food and Drug Administration.

"The FDA determined the company's response to its findings was 'inadequate' and called for a 'thorough review of all #microbiological hazards,' according to a letter sent by the agency to the brand's parent company, Colgate-Palmolive.

"An inspection in May of a facility in #SanfordMaine, discovered the bacteria #PseudomonasAeruginosa in #water used to manufacture Tom’s Simply White Clean Mint Paste and to clean equipment. The bacteria can cause infections in the blood, lungs and urinary tract, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

"The letter also stated that there were multiple incidents of finding a bacteria called #RalstoniaInsidiosa in water in the facility. A third type of bacteria, #ParacoccusYeei, was found in the finished product of the company's Wicked Cool! Anticavity Toothpaste, per the FDA. The type of Paracoccus yeei found can cause infection that may be resistant to #antibiotics.

"An FDA inspector also found 'a black mold-like substance' at the base of a hose reel behind a water storage tank within one foot of stainless-steel pails used to manufacture the toothpaste, according to the letter. 'Powder residues' were also seen in a stainless-steel tray next to a batch of #TomsSillyStrawberryAnticavity toothpaste.

"The company told the FDA that the room was thoroughly cleaned to remove the black substance and the powder residue, but the FDA called for more to be done."

https://www.today.com/health/recall/toms-of-maine-toothpaste-bacteria-rcna180976

#Toothpaste #ProductRecall #AntibioticResistantBacteria

Privatised Utilities

Overseas investors bought into the principle of tied profits, little risk, massive dividends (either directly or by siphoning off money through loans from overseas vultures, whoops investors) and no down side.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/17/thames-water-supply-knife-edge-23bn-repairs-needed

Thatcher must be proud. Now the great extrication.

#UkPolitics #Water #Privatisation #Utilities #Theft #Greed #Corruption

New Russian church raises suspicions in Swedish town https://www.politico.eu/article/new-russian-orthodox-church-suspicion-sweden-town-vasteras/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Intelligenceservices #Infrastructure #construction #Intelligence #Surveillance #Buildings #Companies #Airports #Military #Security #Services #Politics #Defense #Defense #Crisis #Energy #Rights #Media #Roads #Water

Caught a glimpse of a #kingfisher on the #Connswater #River in East #Belfast this morning.

#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #bird #waterbird #water #NorthernIreland @RSPB

Israeli siege denying food, water to as many as 95,000 in north Gaza, UN warns

@palestine
#Gaza
#food
#water

‘Ecosystems are collapsing’: one of Australia’s longest rivers has lost more than half its water in one section, research shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/07/ecosystems-are-collapsing-one-of-australias-longest-rivers-has-lost-more-than-half-its-water-in-one-section-research-shows #NewSouthWales #Australianews #Climatecrisis #Environment #Wildlife #Science #Rivers #Water #Birds

If OfWat is supposed to be securing the water supplies for consumers through its regulation of the sector, then its hard to square that with the impoverishment of said consumers.... but if course the consumers OfWat is concerned by are not the real consumers struggling to pay their bills but the theoretical consumers in their economic modelling....

Its just one more area of the UK's governance which is (once you get behind the guff) is inhumane!

#water #sewage #poverty

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce9gve1grjmo

Yesterday, a major march in London aimed to put more pressure on the Govt. to deal more quickly & more extensively with the crisis in England provided water sector.... will they respond with further action(s)?

I'm not holding my breath.... without the closure & reconfiguration of OfWat alongside re municipalisation of the water sector, resolution of the crisis looks unlikely, and its not clear Labour has an appetite for either!

#water #sewage #privatisation

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/03/thousands-protesters-march-for-clean-water-london-sewage-pollution

Behold the new gods.
Stories told of how they would rise from where the waters bubble, explode in rays of righteous anger, and create a mighty SPLASH.
And now.... now they are here.

#sillyScribbles #photography #water

Australia🇦🇺 : Federal Environment Minister approved today 3 new thermal coal mines locking in about 1.5 billion tonnes of lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions, will destroy long term underground #water for nearby farms, destroy endangered #Koala habitat, and is an insult to Gomeroi First Nation #Indigenous traditions and culture.:

▪️ Ravensworth Underground
▪️ Narrabri Underground Stage 3 Extension
▪️ Mount Pleasant

#Auspol #ClimateCrisis #Coal #FossilFuels #ClimateDiary

Lock the Gate presser:
https://www.lockthegate.org.au/plibersek_approves_three_vast_thermal_coal_mine_expansions_damning_water_climate_and_koalas

(Don't) look up!

#climatechange #environment #sustainability #nature #globalwarming #savetheplanet #climate #climatecrisis #ecofriendly #climateaction #zerowaste #sustainable #earth #gogreen #climatechangeisreal #plasticfree #green #sustainableliving #climateemergency #recycle #eco #pollution #fridaysforfuture #climatejustice #climatestrike #covid #vegan #renewableenergy #water #photography #photo

From the #BBCWorldService news bulletin:
Blinken has warned that every precaution must be taken to avoid harming civilians as #Israel prepares for a major ground offensive in #Gaza. More than 2600 #Palestinians have been killed since the #Hamas assault on Israel

The Israeli energy minister says the country has decided to resume supplying #water to Southern Gaza. Katz said the decision has been agreed between #Netanyahu and Biden

Another day, another large chunk of #infrastructure is bought up by foreign #investors;

UK #renewableenergy firm Banks Renewables (a major operator of #windfarms) is being bought by Brookfield from #Canada.

Again one has to wonder why foreign investors often seem keener to invest in UK #GreenTransition than UK investors?

(a couple of decades down the track will this be the #water sector all over again, I wonder, with accusations of lack of continued investment & rent seeking? Time will tell)

'Prof Carolyn Roberts, an environmental and water consultant represented by the law firm Leigh Day, is bringing the claims at the competition tribunal on behalf of more than 20 million householders who are customers of the water firms. The claims say customers have been overcharged because the companies abused their monopoly positions. They failed to fully report the scale of raw sewage discharges into rivers and seas, and in doing so avoided penalties which would have had an impact on the price they could charge customers, the claim alleges. As a result, Roberts says, customers have been overcharged to the tune of hundreds of millions of pounds.' https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/09/public-could-receive-hundreds-of-millions-as-water-firms-face-sewage-lawsuit #water #environment #pollution #competition

Since privatization of London's #water provider in 1989, Britons have been forced to pay, adjusted for #inflation, 40% more. Meanwhile, the company paid out high dividends and pumped untreated water into rivers. It now faces bankruptcy due to high debt.

https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/wasserversorgung-england-100.html

#Tory ministers have announced articles of impeachment against Joe Biden.