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GinaWestern Water Hemlock (Cicuta douglasii) is considered the most violently toxic plant in North America. Its carrot-scented roots contain cicutoxin, a powerful neurotoxin that can cause seizures and death with very small amounts.<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/neurotoxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neurotoxins</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/californianativeplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#californianativeplants</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/california" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#california</a>

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Antivenom neutralizes neurotoxins of 19 of world's deadliest snakes <a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/05/250502133806.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/05/250502133806.htm</a> <a href="https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(25)00402-7" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(25)00402-7</a>* antibodies isolated f. hyperimmune individual self-exposed to wide variety of venoms * result: potent, broadly cross-neutralizing antibodies against homologous snake toxins * used to make broadly effective antivenom * protective against black mamba, king cobra, tiger snakes in mouse trials * path toward universal antiserum<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/snakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snakes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antivenom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#antivenom</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neurotoxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neurotoxins</a>

neuronerdWhy lead is (still) bad for your brainImage credit: <a href="http://instagram.com/ionut.stefan.92ish" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Ionut Stefan</a>Talking about lead is boring. I would know, I’ve spent quite a bit of time trudging through papers about lead while writing this post and the best opening I could come up with is just how mind-numbingly boring lead is. Sadly, boredom isn’t a good indicator for importance. While the days of enthusiastically throwing lead into whatever we could (from water pipes to gasoline to cosmetics to paints for houses and children’s toys) are over, the lead we’ve pumped into the environment doesn’t give up so easily. And if that wasn’t enough, we’ve still found some use cases to keep it hanging around (why yes, I’m talking about batteries).Ok, but how bad can it really be? The levels of lead are surely not as high anymore, so it’s not really that dangerous, right? Well… short answer: it’s a bit more complicated. The long answer is the rest of the article. <ol><li><a class="" href="https://neurofrontiers.blog/why-lead-is-still-bad-for-your-brain/#what-is-lead" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">What is lead?</a></li><li><a class="" href="https://neurofrontiers.blog/why-lead-is-still-bad-for-your-brain/#effects-of-lead-and-mechanisms-behind-them" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Effects of lead and mechanisms behind them</a></li><li><a class="" href="https://neurofrontiers.blog/why-lead-is-still-bad-for-your-brain/#what-is-there-to-do" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">What is there to do?</a></li></ol> What is lead?Lead is a heavy metal. (Little side note: until the writing of this article, I’ve taken the term “heavy metal” pretty much for granted, because everyone knows what a heavy metal is, right? Right? Well… apparently there’s quite a bit of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metals" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">ambiguity</a> surrounding the term, but lead is one of the few who meets all of the definitions out there. And heavy typically refers to dense and/or less chemically reactive, i.e. not interested in playing well with others.) So lead is a heavy metal and it’s found naturally in the ground. What makes it pretty neat is that it’s both malleable, but also durable and versatile.What makes it less neat is that it’s so malleable, versatile, durable, and toxic. As I mentioned in the beginning, lead has been used in a lot of products. And it’s been used since as far back as Roman times. The problem is that lead is so durable, it basically doesn’t degrade. You see, unlike other fun toxic metals, such as mercury (which can be converted in less toxic forms by bacteria), lead is resistant to chemical breakdown, so once you’ve got lead particles in the environment, they will stay there kind of forever, unless you actively remove them somehow. In other words, even if we were to completely stop mining for and using lead (which we aren’t, since the lead-acid battery market is projected to <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/03/18/3044684/0/en/Automotive-Lead-Acid-Battery-Market-to-Reach-USD-40-60-Billion-by-2032-Driven-by-Sustained-Demand-in-Conventional-Vehicles-and-Emerging-Economies-SNS-Insider.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">increase</a> in the next years), we would still need to deal in a safe manner with what has been put out there.Of course, since we’ve stopped putting lead in gasoline (and paints, and cosmetics etc.), things have improved. For example, in the US, <a href="https://www.epa.gov/americaschildrenenvironment/biomonitoring-lead#About%20the%20Lead%20Indicators" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">levels</a> of lead in blood samples have markedly <a href="https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.115-a30" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">decreased</a> since 1976. But a decrease doesn’t mean they’ve reached zero. And while many things with negative effects don’t really harm you in small doses, lead isn’t one of them. There is no safe level of lead exposure. What’s more, an average decrease in the US population doesn’t translate into a decrease of the same magnitude across the world, or even across various subgroups of the US population.Effects of lead and mechanisms behind themWe’ve already established that no amount of lead is safe, but still, the effects of lead exposure on the nervous system don’t occur in an all or nothing manner. They depend strongly both on the level of lead to which one is exposed (more is worse), and the developmental period when exposure occurs (children are more affected than adults).Lead usually enters the body via one of two routes: either the gut or the lungs. Children absorb more lead than adults because their gut and lung linings are immature compared to adults, allowing more lead to pass through. They also need more iron, calcium, and zinc, metals with which lead is in direct competition (and obviously winning). In addition, small children can be simply more exposed to lead as they have the tendency to put both their unwashed hands, as well as potentially contaminated objects, in their mouths.While the half-life of lead in the blood (meaning the amount of time needed for the concentration to drop to half) is relatively short, at only 28 days, that’s not the same as the half-life in the body. Some of the lead in the blood will not be eliminated, but it will actually go into the soft tissue, i.e. kidneys, liver, brain, where the half-life is a few months, and more annoyingly, into the bones, where the half-life is between 10 to 30 years. What’s more, from here, lead can leach back into the bloodstream, from where it can once again get into the soft tissue and cause more damage. This happens particularly in pregnancy, thus affecting the unborn babies, but it also occurs during normal ageing, and even more so in conditions such as osteoporosis.Now, acute effects of lead exposure are pretty clear. If someone were to chomp down on a piece of lead, it would result in seizures, coma, and possibly death. But obviously that’s an unrealistic scenario and not what most people are exposed to. Chronic lead exposure, on the other hand, causes lead to accumulate in the body and it has been linked to memory problems (including development of Alzheimer’s disease later in life), as well as cognitive and behavioural problems, including attention deficits, increased aggression, learning problems, and decreased IQ. But here’s the kicker: in the past, these problems were thought to appear only above certain concentrations: above 10 μg/dL, above 5 μg/dL, above 3.5 μg/dL… And yes, the higher the concentration, the worse the effects. Nevertheless, as research has progressed, it’s become clearer and clearer that there is no safe exposure to lead. Even very small concentrations can cause <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuro.2019.02.021" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">neurological effects</a>.But what are the <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.etap.2019.03.010" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">molecular mechanisms</a> behind that? (Side note: directly relating one specific molecular disruption to one specific behavioural outcome doesn’t really work, but we can correlate the effects we observe at the behavioural level with the in vitro molecular data to get a clearer picture of how lead wreaks havoc on the nervous system.) So far, three main ones have been <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00204-008-0345-3" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">identified</a>. Lead alters the fluidity of the cellular membrane, it interferes with calcium-based processes, and it generates reactive oxygen species.Regarding the cellular membrane, it’s important to understand that it is neither static, nor uniform. On the one hand, there are many proteins embedded in the membrane that basically move around to where they’re needed. On the other hand, the cell membrane has a lot of traffic in the sense of vesicles that either fuse with it, or bud off from it. In particular for neurons, think of synaptic transmission: vesicles from inside the membrane fuse with it to release neurotransmitters, then new ones form where more neurotransmitters are packed, and all this happens under strict control from membrane proteins. To ensure optimal functioning of this process, the fluidity of the membrane needs to be just right: either too much or too little will mess things up.Calcium is an ion which plays a very important role in regulating synaptic transmission and thus facilitating communication between neurons. Sadly for it, calcium resembles lead quite a lot, so proteins can easily mistake them, and lead forms stronger bonds with these proteins. But while lead can easily steal calcium’s spot, due to small differences in chemical behaviour and in shape, it’s not able to perform the same functions. Instead, it kind of remains stuck in there and jams the system.Finally, reactive oxygen species, or free radicals, as you might know them, appear partly because of lead’s interference with calcium signaling, but also because lead inhibits antioxidant enzymes, and disrupts mitochondrial function. Reactive oxygen species, in turn, can damage DNA, lipids, and proteins, further exacerbating negative effects in the nervous system.What is there to do?Panic for the sake of panic is useless (one could even say it’s harmful). So what can we do? First, we said the effects are worse in children, so if they were exposed to lead, is that it? Are they pretty much doomed to suffer the consequences? Not necessarily. Some <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuro.2012.10.004" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">studies</a> show that enriched environments and early behavioural interventions can reverse some, if not all effects associated with early life lead exposure.Still, prevention is better than intervention, but you might be wondering, how big of a thing is lead exposure still? After all, we figured out a long time ago that lead isn’t good for us (even the Romans knew that) and we’ve already done a lot to get rid of it, no? Well, yes and no. There have been real improvements, especially in removing lead from gasoline, paint, and plumbing. But, as with a lot of other issues, it tends to come down to where you live. As you can imagine, there are relatively pronounced differences between countries, but even within the same one, your ZIP code still matters. Older housing, industrial sites, ageing infrastructure, and underfunded communities all play a role in how much lead still lingers in your air, water, soil, and body.A few steps to keep in mind for protecting yourself against lead exposure are the following. If you think you might have lead in your home paint or pipes, try to get rid of them in a safe way. If you know there’s lead somewhere in your community, try to get involved and push for programs that promote its removal. And even if the issue doesn’t directly impact you, you can still volunteer to help those who might suffer from it.What did you think about this post? Let us know in the comments below. And if you’d like to support our work, feel free to share it with your friends, buy us a coffee <a href="https://ko-fi.com/neurofrontiers" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">here</a>, or even both.You might also like:ReferencesGlobeNewswire. (2025, March 18). Automotive lead-acid battery market to reach USD 40.60 billion by 2032, driven by sustained demand in conventional vehicles and emerging economies: SNS Insider. <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/03/18/3044684/0/en/Automotive-Lead-Acid-Battery-Market-to-Reach-USD-40-60-Billion-by-2032-Driven-by-Sustained-Demand-in-Conventional-Vehicles-and-Emerging-Economies-SNS-Insider.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Link</a> [Last retrieved: 2025-04-10]Lee, J. W., Choi, H., Hwang, U. K., Kang, J. C., Kang, Y. J., Kim, K. I., & Kim, J. H. (2019). Toxic effects of lead exposure on bioaccumulation, oxidative stress, neurotoxicity, and immune responses in fish: A review. Environmental toxicology and pharmacology, 68, 101-108. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.etap.2019.03.010" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.etap.2019.03.010</a>Moodie, S., Ialongo, N., López, P., Rosado, J., García-Vargas, G., Ronquillo, D., & Kordas, K. (2013). The conjoint influence of home enriched environment and lead exposure on children’s cognition and behaviour in a Mexican lead smelter community. Neurotoxicology, 34, 33-41. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuro.2012.10.004" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuro.2012.10.004</a>Rocha, A., & Trujillo, K. A. (2019). Neurotoxicity of low-level lead exposure: History, mechanisms of action, and behavioral effects in humans and preclinical models. Neurotoxicology, 73, 58-80. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuro.2019.02.021" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuro.2019.02.021</a>Spivey, A. (2007). The weight of lead: Effects add up in adults. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.115-a30" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.115-a30</a>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2023). Biomonitoring: Lead indicators – America’s Children and the Environment. <a href="https://www.epa.gov/americaschildrenenvironment/biomonitoring-lead#About%20the%20Lead%20Indicators" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Link</a> [Last retrieved: 2025-04-10]Verstraeten, S. V., Aimo, L., & Oteiza, P. I. (2008). Aluminium and lead: molecular mechanisms of brain toxicity. Archives of toxicology, 82, 789-802. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00204-008-0345-3" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1007/s00204-008-0345-3</a>Wikipedia contributors. (2025, April 10). Heavy metals. Wikipedia. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metals" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Link</a> [Last retrieved: 2025-04-10]<a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://neurofrontiers.blog/tag/brain-health/" target="_blank">#brainHealth</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://neurofrontiers.blog/tag/chronic-exposure/" target="_blank">#chronicExposure</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://neurofrontiers.blog/tag/lead/" target="_blank">#lead</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://neurofrontiers.blog/tag/neurotoxins/" target="_blank">#neurotoxins</a>

Colin PurringtonFourth, resist the urge to nuke your yard with pesticides. While pyrethroids might reduce the ground-level mosquitoes for a few days, you'll be killing off mosquito predators (e.g., spiders), innocent pollinators, and much, much more. Seriously, just don't. 4/n <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/pyrethroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pyrethroids</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/pesticides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pesticides</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/mosquitoes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mosquitoes</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/neurotoxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neurotoxins</a> <a href="https://colinpurrington.com/2018/09/buzz-on-mosquito-sprays/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://colinpurrington.com/2018/09/buzz-on-mosquito-sprays/</a>

Giuseppe Michieli<a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#India</a>, <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Jammu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jammu</a> 'mystery <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/illness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#illness</a>' toll rises to 17, inter-ministerial team takes stock <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/jammu-mystery-illness-toll-rises-to-17-inter-ministerial-team-takes-stock/articleshow/117378643.cms" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/jammu-mystery-illness-toll-rises-to-17-inter-ministerial-team-takes-stock/articleshow/117378643.cms</a> A mysterious illness has claimed 17 lives in Badhaal village, J&K, since December 2024. Mohammad Aslam lost his sixth child, Yasmeena, making it six of his children who died. An inter-ministerial team is probing the cause of deaths, as <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/neurotoxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neurotoxins</a> were found in samples.

DoomsdaysCW‘We want the mill to shut down,’ <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GrassyNarrows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GrassyNarrows</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FirstNation</a> to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ontario</a> After nearly 60 years of industrial poisoning, the northwest <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Indigenous</a> community continues to demand justiceSeptember 17 2024 by Jon Thompson"When members of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Asubpeeschoseewagong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Asubpeeschoseewagong</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Anishinabek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Anishinabek</a> (Grassy Narrows First Nation) and their supporters arrive at Queen’s Park this week, they’ll be calling for the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DrydenPulpAndPaper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DrydenPulpAndPaper</a> mill that’s been poisoning their water with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/neurotoxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neurotoxins</a> for nearly 60 years to permanently close. "'We want everybody to be compensated, we want the mill to shut down, and we don’t want no <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mining</a> or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/logging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#logging</a> in our territory. We just want it all to stop,' says <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChrissyIsaacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChrissyIsaacs</a>, lead organizer of the caravan."Isaacs has been a staple of the annual <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RiverRun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RiverRun</a> demonstrations since they began in 2010. She was a leader among Grassy Narrows youths who blockaded <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LoggingTrucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LoggingTrucks</a> from entering the nearby <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiskeyJackForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhiskeyJackForest</a> in 2002 and is currently travelling 1,900 kilometres to Toronto from her community near Ontario’s western border to protest the downriver effects of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/methylmercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#methylmercury</a> poisoning."Staff at the upstream <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReedPaperMill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ReedPaperMill</a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DrydenOntario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DrydenOntario</a>, about 150 kilometres east of Grassy Narrows, dumped nearly 10 metric tonnes of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mercury</a> into the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnglishWabigoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishWabigoon</a> River system in the 1960s and early 1970s. Mercury poisoned the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plants</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fish</a> that the people of Grassy Narrows, and neighbouring <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wabaseemoong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wabaseemoong</a> Independent Nation, were consuming."A half-century later, medical experts are finding that varying nervous and neurological health effects affect up to 90 per cent of Grassy Narrows residents. Members of Grassy Narrows First Nation stopped to demonstrate outside of the Dryden mill before heading to Toronto for the annual River Run demonstration at Queen’s Park. There, they will call on the Ontario government to compensate the community for generations of industrial poisoning and call for the mill, now owned by First Quality Enterprises, to be shut down."The Grassy Narrows road blockade to prevent clear-cut logging and mining from happening in their traditional territories has stood for 22 years, and in that time Isaacs’s children have had children of their own. She says the conversation has never been transformed as much as it has this year. "In May, scientific researchers released the revelation that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sulphate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sulphate</a> and organic matter in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/effluent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#effluent</a> that the mill is still releasing into the river is making methylmercury in the river system even worse, as opposed to diminishing over time as they were told."<a href="https://ricochet.media/indigenous/we-want-the-mill-to-shut-down-grassy-narrows-first-nation-to-ontario/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ricochet.media/indigenous/we-want-the-mill-to-shut-down-grassy-narrows-first-nation-to-ontario/</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MercuryPoisoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MercuryPoisoning</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DirectAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DirectAction</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericanNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NativeAmericanNews</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericanActivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NativeAmericanActivism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InformedConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InformedConsent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CanadaFirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CanadaFirstNations</a>

DoomsdaysCWSix rare <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sawfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sawfish</a> deaths in 7 days have scientists baffled amid bizarre <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Florida</a> fish behavior“There is no concrete, conclusive proof of what is happening yet and that is still to be determined, which is quite terrifying.” said Gregg Furstenwerth, a lifelong diver in the Florida Keys. “If it continues, it is going to be the end of this <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ecosystem</a> as we know it.”By Jen Christensen, CNN Published Apr 12, 2024"Most tests for toxins have been negative, but scientists have seen an unusually high number of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#algae</a> called gambierdiscus that can produce a wide variety of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/neurotoxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neurotoxins</a> that can be harmful to fish and dangerous to humans.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gambierdiscus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gambierdiscus</a> is normally found in tropical and subtropical waters all around the world, but the algae can grow quickly when waters are warmer than usual. The climate crisis has brought record hot temperatures to the waters around southern Florida."Read more: <a href="https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/six-rare-sawfish-deaths-in-7-days-have-scientists-baffled-amid-bizarre-florida-fish-behavior/1640732" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/six-rare-sawfish-deaths-in-7-days-have-scientists-baffled-amid-bizarre-florida-fish-behavior/1640732</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpinningFish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpinningFish</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarmingOceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WarmingOceans</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OceanTemperatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OceanTemperatures</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToxicAlgae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ToxicAlgae</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthFlorida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SouthFlorida</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OceanEcosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OceanEcosystem</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Collapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Collapse</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EcosystemCollapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EcosystemCollapse</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Extinction</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FishDeaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FishDeaths</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gambierdiscus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gambierdiscus</a> and Its Associated Toxins: A MinireviewThe global spread of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CFP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CFP</a> has led to Gambierdiscus and its toxins being considered an environmental and human health concern worldwide.Da-Zhi Wang, et al. July, 2022"Gambierdiscus is a dinoflagellate genus widely distributed throughout tropical and subtropical regions. Some members of this genus can produce a group of potent polycyclic polyether <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/neurotoxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neurotoxins</a> responsible for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ciguatera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ciguatera</a> fish poisoning (CFP), one of the most significant food-borne illnesses associated with fish consumption. Ciguatoxins and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/maitotoxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maitotoxins</a>, the two major toxins produced by Gambierdiscus, act on voltage-gated channels and TRPA1 receptors, consequently leading to poisoning and even death in both humans and animals. Over the past few decades, the occurrence and geographic distribution of CFP have undergone a significant expansion due to intensive <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/anthropogenic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anthropogenic</a> activities and global <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a>, which results in more human illness, a greater public health impact, and larger economic losses. The global spread of CFP has led to Gambierdiscus and its toxins being considered an environmental and human health concern worldwide."<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35878223/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35878223/</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Extinction</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToxicAlgae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ToxicAlgae</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fish</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarmingOceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WarmingOceans</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterTemperatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WaterTemperatures</a>

KatLSRandom thought: what if part of our health problem is that we are marinating in plastic cloth and linens, and that <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/microPlastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microPlastics</a> are affecting us not just from our <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#food</a> and <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#water</a> ? What if our <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/immune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immune</a> and digestive maladies that our grandparents never had are related to microplastics as well as all the <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/neurotoxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neurotoxins</a> and <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/reproductive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reproductive</a> toxins farmers use on food, the non food additives and so much <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/gmo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gmo</a> corn syrup? It’s never an either/or- it’s both /and. 😳detoxing <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/clothing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#clothing</a> is a challenge too?

BellingenNSWPets, pesticides and polluted rivers"Fipronil and imidacloprid are widely used in flea treatments, which are typically applied to the back of the pet’s neck once a month.These two chemicals are extremely potent neurotoxic insecticides and it is deeply concerning that they are routinely found on the hands of dog owners through ongoing contact with their pet. Pet owners will also be upset to learn that they are accidentally polluting our rivers by using these products.”"The insecticides used in the flea products flow down household drains when pet owners wash their hands after applying the treatment. Wastewater from sewage treatment works is a leading source of fipronil and imidacloprid pollution in rivers, with concentrations exceeding safe limits for wildlife." >> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/01/vets-pesticide-flea-treatments-river-pollution-pet-owners-toxic-insecticides-hands" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/01/vets-pesticide-flea-treatments-river-pollution-pet-owners-toxic-insecticides-hands</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pesticide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pesticide</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pets</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dogs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cats</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rivers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pollution</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/OneHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OneHealth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/neonicotinoids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neonicotinoids</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/neurotoxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neurotoxins</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/fipronil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fipronil</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Bellinger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bellinger</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/platypus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#platypus</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/BellingerRiverSnappingTurtle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BellingerRiverSnappingTurtle</a>

Jonathan WrightHigh lead and nickel found in illegal vapes<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65614078" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65614078</a><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Vapes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vapes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Vaping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vaping</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Lead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lead</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Nickel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nickel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Chromium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chromium</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/IllegalVapes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IllegalVapes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WorldHealthOrganisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorldHealthOrganisation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WHO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WHO</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/InterScientificLaboratory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InterScientificLaboratory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Carbonyls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Carbonyls</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Formaldehyde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Formaldehyde</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Acetaldehyde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Acetaldehyde</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MedicineAndHealthCareProductsRegulatoryAgency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MedicineAndHealthCareProductsRegulatoryAgency</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MHRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MHRA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Nicotine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nicotine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/UniversityOfNottingham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UniversityOfNottingham</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Royal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Royal</a> CollegeOfPhysiciansTobaccoGroup <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Toxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Toxins</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Neurotoxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neurotoxins</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cancer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ActionOnSmokingAndHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActionOnSmokingAndHealth</a>

YodaJediMaster► And remember the importance of the <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/chelating" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chelating</a> agent also to remove the metallic <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/nanobots" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nanobots</a> from the <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/body" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#body</a> which themselves also liberate neurotoxins . The <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/mold" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mold</a> on the <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/masks" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#masks</a> & the <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/mycoplasma" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mycoplasma</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/pneumonia" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pneumonia</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/bioweapon" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bioweapon</a> also liberate <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/neurotoxins" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neurotoxins</a>. These activate the biotoxin <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/pathway" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pathway</a> which causes this <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/pleomorphic" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pleomorphic</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/disease" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#disease</a> falsely called “Covid”. Then you have the <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/spike" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spike</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/proteins" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#proteins</a> themselves which are <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/toxic" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#toxic</a> to the <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/blood" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blood</a>, to the <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/red" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#red</a> blood cells, (causing them to develop the spikes & be destroyed ), damaging to the <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/heart" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#heart</a>, the lungs, the <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/brain" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#brain</a>, damaging all organs of the body ! The vax also has the toxic <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/polysorbate" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#polysorbate</a> 80! It, as well as the spike proteins overcome the blood brain <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/barrier" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#barrier</a>, causing the chemicals to damage the brain & damage by the spikes. It also allows the <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/lipid" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lipid</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/nano" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nano</a> particles into the brain which acts with the <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/crispr" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CRISPR</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/cas9" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cas9</a> tech . The <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/darpa" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DARPA</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/hydrogel" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hydrogel</a> gets into the brain this way and will cause the <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/morgellons" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Morgellons</a> - <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/prion" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#prion</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/mad" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mad</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/cow" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cow</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/disease" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#disease</a> ! THE <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/potassium" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#POTASSIUM</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/chloride" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CHLORIDE</a> IN THE <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/shots" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SHOTS</a> ATTACK THE <a class="hashtag" href="https://civil.rayn.bo/tag/heart" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HEART</a> ALSO! <a href="https://explosion.party/objects/9e739e37-62cb-49d4-8f62-1f3aec189de1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://explosion.party/objects/9e739e37-62cb-49d4-8f62-1f3aec189de1</a>®∆ ∑ ▲ ♠ Φ ♦ ∑ ∆®

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