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Trump doesn’t want ‘to hurt Ireland’ — but he might https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-fair-micheal-martin-ireland-st-patricks-eu-enviornmental-law/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Competition #Investment #HealthCare #Buildings #Chemicals #Companies #Elections #Airlines #Americas #Exports #Markets #Tariffs #Budget #Courts #Pharma #Rights #Media #Trade #Golf #Tax #us
Trump doesn’t want ‘to hurt Ireland’ — but he might
Ireland’s visiting prime minister endures an excruciating 45 minutes in Trump’s live-TV star chamber as the U.S. leader swings at Brussels, not Dublin.Shawn Pogatchnik (POLITICO)
Wool can be made without killing animals. I think we need to go back to using #hemp, #wood and #wool -- and less synthetics. But most of all, make furniture and rugs that last -- so generation after generation can use them!
What You Need to Know About #OffGassing
Even after an install, a project’s furnishings and finishes can leach harmful chemicals into the air for years through a process called off-gassing. Here’s how you can combat it.
by Audrey Gray
"'Okay, I want to tell you about some things,' she recalls telling her client, going on to carefully explain the dangers inherent in both flooring choices—primarily the health impacts of chemical inhalants. Not only would these #chemicals flood a home during the installation of new #carpet or #vinyl planks, but they would continue to gradually leach into the air for years to come—a more subtle (but dangerous) process referred to as off-gassing. Thompson didn’t want her client’s family exposed to a vapor stew of chemicals every day, least of all in the yoga space, where the whole point was to breathe deeply while near the floor.
"She offered her client some carefully sourced options such as an all-wool carpet with a natural #rubber pad, and advocated for solid, #sustainably sourced wood downstairs instead of a composite of plastics. 'I thought she’d be excited,' Thompson says. 'But because of her beliefs about animal rights, I learned that wool wasn’t acceptable to her…and there were price point issues too. I thought, ‘Wow, this is a whole new level I hadn’t encountered.’”
"Welcome to what materials experts call 'one of the most complicated issues in health and wellness,' the murky and unregulated (at least in the U.S.—Europe is much stricter) relationships humans have with thousands of airborne #toxins emanating from our building materials, #furnishings, #CleaningProducts, #CarInteriors, #iPads, and even #candles.
"'Nobody’s telling you what is coming from all those vapors mixing in the air,' says Jillian Pritchard Cooke, the founder of Wellness Within Your Walls, an education consultancy focused on dramatically reducing the dangers of off-gassing in the built environment. 'It’s up to us to understand the individual effects each chemical can have on your #NervousSystem, your #lungs, and your cellular makeup. We need to be doing right by our clients.'
"Designers have, of course, been aware of the dangers of volatile organic compounds (#VOCs) for a long time, and have helped influence some wins in the marketplace, like the rising popularity of low- or no-VOC paints and the 2015 ban Home Depot and Lowe’s instituted in 2015 on toxic #phthalates (a class of industrial chemicals that help make plastic bendy) in flooring.
"But the problem endures, and unfortunately, many of the worst effects of VOCs—showing up in health conditions—accumulate over long periods of time.
"One of the best arguments for incorporating #vintage pieces in design, apart from saving space in landfills and decreasing carbon emissions, is that they are far safer from an off-gassing perspective. #Recycling building materials (for instance, saving the doors during a retrofit) helps too."
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/what-you-need-to-know-about-off-gassing?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us
#Recycle #Repair #Reuse
#ThrowawayCulture #Synthetics #Plastics #Pollution #Underconsumption
What You Need to Know About #OffGassing
Even after an install, a project’s furnishings and finishes can leach harmful chemicals into the air for years through a process called off-gassing. Here’s how you can combat it.
by Audrey Gray
"'Okay, I want to tell you about some things,' she recalls telling her client, going on to carefully explain the dangers inherent in both flooring choices—primarily the health impacts of chemical inhalants. Not only would these #chemicals flood a home during the installation of new #carpet or #vinyl planks, but they would continue to gradually leach into the air for years to come—a more subtle (but dangerous) process referred to as off-gassing. Thompson didn’t want her client’s family exposed to a vapor stew of chemicals every day, least of all in the yoga space, where the whole point was to breathe deeply while near the floor.
"She offered her client some carefully sourced options such as an all-wool carpet with a natural #rubber pad, and advocated for solid, #sustainably sourced wood downstairs instead of a composite of plastics. 'I thought she’d be excited,' Thompson says. 'But because of her beliefs about animal rights, I learned that wool wasn’t acceptable to her…and there were price point issues too. I thought, ‘Wow, this is a whole new level I hadn’t encountered.’”
"Welcome to what materials experts call 'one of the most complicated issues in health and wellness,' the murky and unregulated (at least in the U.S.—Europe is much stricter) relationships humans have with thousands of airborne #toxins emanating from our building materials, #furnishings, #CleaningProducts, #CarInteriors, #iPads, and even #candles.
"'Nobody’s telling you what is coming from all those vapors mixing in the air,' says Jillian Pritchard Cooke, the founder of Wellness Within Your Walls, an education consultancy focused on dramatically reducing the dangers of off-gassing in the built environment. 'It’s up to us to understand the individual effects each chemical can have on your #NervousSystem, your #lungs, and your cellular makeup. We need to be doing right by our clients.'
"Designers have, of course, been aware of the dangers of volatile organic compounds (#VOCs) for a long time, and have helped influence some wins in the marketplace, like the rising popularity of low- or no-VOC paints and the 2015 ban Home Depot and Lowe’s instituted in 2015 on toxic #phthalates (a class of industrial chemicals that help make plastic bendy) in flooring.
"But the problem endures, and unfortunately, many of the worst effects of VOCs—showing up in health conditions—accumulate over long periods of time.
"One of the best arguments for incorporating #vintage pieces in design, apart from saving space in landfills and decreasing carbon emissions, is that they are far safer from an off-gassing perspective. #Recycling building materials (for instance, saving the doors during a retrofit) helps too."
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/what-you-need-to-know-about-off-gassing?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us
#Recycle #Repair #Reuse
#ThrowawayCulture #Synthetics #Plastics #Pollution #Underconsumption
France tells Israel to halt Golan Heights incursion – POLITICO https://www.byteseu.com/553445/ #BasharAlAssad #BenjaminNetanyahu #Borders #Chemicals #DonaldTrump #France #Israel #Military #Missiles #Russia #SaudiArabia #Syria #UnitedStates #War #Weapons
France tells Israel to halt Golan Heights incursion – POLITICO
The United Nations has also criticized Israel for violating the 1974 agreement. On Sunday, as Damascus fell to rebel groups and Syrian dictator President Bashar Assad fled to Moscow, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that troops from the…BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
https://www.europesays.com/1680867/ France tells Israel to halt Golan Heights incursion – POLITICO #BasharAlAssad #BenjaminNetanyahu #borders #Chemicals #DonaldTrump #france #Israel #military #Missiles #Russia #SaudiArabia #Syria #UnitedStates #war #Weapons
France tells Israel to halt Golan Heights incursion – POLITICO - EUROPE SAYS
The United Nations has also criticized Israel for violating the 1974 agreement. On Sunday, as Damascus fell toEUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)
https://www.europesays.com/1678422/ Israel destroys targets across Syria as Russian vessels desert Tartus naval base – POLITICO #BasharAlAssad #borders #Chemicals #défense #infrastructure #Israel #Kremlin #MediterraneanSea #military #NavalVessels #News #ports #Russia #satellites #security #SergeyLavrov #Syria #Weapons #world #WorldNews #WorldTopics
Israel destroys targets across Syria as Russian vessels desert Tartus naval base – POLITICO - EUROPE SAYS
The port city of Latakia on the Mediterranean Sea came under heavy attack, the BBC reported. The SyrianEUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)
https://www.europesays.com/1671799/ EU welcomes collapse of Syrian regime as Assad flees – POLITICO #america #AngelaRayner #ArabSpring #BasharAlAssad #Chemicals #Cities #défense #Development #EuropeanDefense #infrastructure #Iran #Israel #KajaKallas #policy #ports #Russia #security #stability #Syria #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USNews #USA #USANews #war #Weapons
EU welcomes collapse of Syrian regime as Assad flees – POLITICO - EUROPE SAYS
British Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner welcomed the collapse of the ruling faction in an interview on SkyEUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)
Syrian rebels storm into Damascus, claim Assad has fled https://www.politico.eu/article/syrian-rebel-forces-storm-into-damascus-claim-assad-has-fled/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #EuropeanDefense #ForeignAffairs #Humanrights #MiddleEast #Satellites #Chemicals #Platforms #Military #Borders #Defense #Weapons #Defense #Cities #Rights #Media #War
Syrian rebels storm into Damascus, claim Assad has fled
Assad had been in power for 25 years and his family ruled Syria for half a century.Marianne Gros (POLITICO)
UN plastic talks on verge of collapse in final hours https://www.politico.eu/article/un-plastic-talks-verge-collapse-final-hours-busan-south-korea/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #EnergyandClimateUK #EnergyandClimate #Sustainability #ForeignAffairs #Sustainability #Environment #Chemicals #Plastics #Politics #Weapons #Energy #Media #Oil
UN plastic talks on verge of collapse in final hours
Oil-rich nations and high-ambition countries were in deadlock with just hours to go at the negotiations in Busan, South Korea.Leonie Cater (POLITICO)
https://www.europesays.com/1595872/ Belarus President Proposes Cutting Potash Production With Russia – BNN Bloomberg #belarus #business #Chemicals #CompanyNews #europe #Government #industry #Israel #markets #Materials #Metals&Mining #MiddleEast #Russia #world
Belarus President Proposes Cutting Potash Production With Russia – BNN Bloomberg - EUROPE SAYS
(Bloomberg) -- Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko proposed approaching Russian fertilizer producers to coordinate a 10% potash output cutEUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)
#EPA Says It Plans to Withdraw Approval for Chevron’s Plastic-Based Fuels That Are Likely to Cause #Cancer
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The decision comes after a ProPublica investigation revealed that the EPA had found that one of the fuels had a cancer risk more than 1 million times higher than the agency usually considers acceptable.
#News #Chevron #Plastic #Environment #Health #Government #Climate #Chemicals
https://propub.li/4dICeSd
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The decision comes after a ProPublica investigation revealed that the EPA had found that one of the fuels had a cancer risk more than 1 million times higher than the agency usually considers acceptable.
#News #Chevron #Plastic #Environment #Health #Government #Climate #Chemicals
https://propub.li/4dICeSd