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Ars Technica
Ars Technica
@arstechnica@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

A century of hair samples proves leaded gas ban worked
“We should not forget the lessons of history. And the lesson is those regulations have been very important.”
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/a-century-of-hair-samples-proves-leaded-gas-ban-worked/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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Ars Technica

A century of hair samples proves leaded gas ban worked

“We should not forget the lessons of history. And the lesson is those regulations have been very important.”...
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Jeff Atwood
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror@infosec.exchange  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@arstechnica the current administration is bringing leaded gas back

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Anders Stenberg
Anders Stenberg
@SonnyBonds@mastodon.gamedev.place  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@codinghorror I saw a reel the other day about how leaded paint was banned because it blocked the mind controlling microwaves. 🙄

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Fuse Views
Fuse Views
@TimePencil@infosec.exchange  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@codinghorror

On the flip side, the GOP will soon be trying to get more women into the workplace...
... as "radium girls".

@arstechnica

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Nicole Parsons
Nicole Parsons
@Npars01@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@arstechnica

Yet another Republican billionaire who should burn in hell.

https://www.sej.org/headlines/how-charles-koch-purchased-supreme-court-s-epa-decision

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/07/charles-koch-heritage-foundation-republicans-climate-policy/

https://theintercept.com/2022/06/30/supreme-court-epa-climate-charles-koch/

https://jacobin.com/2022/02/charles-koch-epa-carbon-emissions-supreme-court

https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/climate/climate-deniers/front-groups/mercatus-center/

https://www.nrdc.org/stories/lies-koch-brothers-tell

Mother Jones

Inside the Republican Plot to Dismantle US Environmental Policy

Heritage Foundation's "Project 2025" is a blueprint for a GOP president to gut climate protections.
SEJ

"How Charles Koch Purchased the Supreme Court’s EPA Decision"

"Decades of contributions aimed at influencing the judiciary bought the fossil fuel billionaire the ruling he’s always wanted."

Charles Koch Is Trying to Gut the EPA’s Power to Limit Carbon Emissions

Dark money groups funded by the fossil fuel billionaire Charles Koch are lobbying Supreme Court justices to block the Environmental Protection Agency from limiting greenhouse gas emissions.
The Intercept

How Charles Koch Purchased the Supreme Court’s EPA Decision

Decades of contributions aimed at influencing the judiciary bought fossil fuel billionaire Charles Koch the EPA ruling he’s always wanted.
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Richard Rathe
Richard Rathe
@nickrauchen@c.im  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@arstechnica

More on Clair Cameron Patterson #Citizen #Scientist...

https://richard.mdpaths.com/history/clair_cameron_patterson/index.html

#Lead #Ethyl #Gasoline

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Clair Cameron Patterson, The Age of the Earth, & Environmental Lead (Richard Rathe's Reflections)

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Kim Possible :kimoji_fire:
Kim Possible :kimoji_fire:
@kimlockhartga@beige.party  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@arstechnica they also want to bring back asbestos

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stony kark
stony kark
@aapis@mastodon.world  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@arstechnica imagine a world where EVERYONE is like RFK instead of just most of them

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Toni Aittoniemi
Toni Aittoniemi
@gimulnautti@mastodon.green  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@arstechnica I'm actually waiting for MAGA to declare unleaded fuel as "woke" :)

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Ray McCarthy
Ray McCarthy
@raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@arstechnica
Is Trump bringing back leaded petrol?

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