reading about south asian farm workers losing their teeth in their twenties — because the climate has gotten so hot their bodies cant produce the proper saliva to keep their enamel — has me seeing red today
I honestly thought the O2 requirement for jet engines would be one of the first things we saw the heat affecting. I guess teeth are the first human thing to go
NEW: Representation is essential to environmental justice. Without it, communities of color, including Asian Americans, bear a disproportionate share of environmental harms. Having found this disparity striking, Casey Iwamoto writes about the importance of interconnectedness in nature-based careers.
NEW: Representation is essential to environmental justice. Without it, communities of color, including Asian Americans, bear a disproportionate share of environmental harms. Having found this disparity striking, Casey Iwamoto writes about the importance of interconnectedness in nature-based careers.
After I suspected a climate connection to tooth decay, I conducted systematic saliva pH testing across my patient population and documented pH readings below 5.5 in 42 of my 73 climate-exposed patient...
My own family members have diverse relationships with nature. Surprisingly, when I asked them about it, many said they felt no connection to the environment — a response that contrasted with my…
My own family members have diverse relationships with nature. Surprisingly, when I asked them about it, many said they felt no connection to the environment — a response that contrasted with my…
NEW: As temperatures rise, it is the poor who suffer most. The coping strategies of those living in informal settlements may hold lessons for cities of the future.
This story by @laurainparis.bsky.social was first published by @knowablemag.bsky.social and supported by @pulitzercenter.org.
NEW: As temperatures rise, it is the poor who suffer most. The coping strategies of those living in informal settlements may hold lessons for cities of the future.
This story by @laurainparis.bsky.social was first published by @knowablemag.bsky.social and supported by @pulitzercenter.org.
"For months, the ocean has been washing its dead marine life ashore."
"Coastal communities first reported the contamination to the Papua New Guinea government last December."
"[T]he government's silence forced local hands."
#PapuaNewGuinea #Water #Animals #Climate #Mining
In 2019, Diane Wilson won a historic settlement in which Formosa Plastics committed to zero discharge of plastic into the coastal waters of Texas.
However, since the requirements took effect in 2020, Formosa had reported 962 wastewater tests, and all of them detected plastics:
Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. Treatable in its early stages, repeated infections can turn the eyelids inward, causing the eyelashes to scrape the eyeballs.
Yet, Mozambique's journey to eradicate the disease just got much harder:
www.thexylom.com/post/mozambi...
Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. Treatable in its early stages, repeated infections can turn the eyelids inward, causing the eyelashes to scrape the eyeballs.
Yet, Mozambique's journey to eradicate the disease just got much harder:
www.thexylom.com/post/mozambi...
reading about south asian farm workers losing their teeth in their twenties — because the climate has gotten so hot their bodies cant produce the proper saliva to keep their enamel — has me seeing red today
As temperatures rise, it is the poor who suffer most. The coping strategies of those living in informal settlements may hold lessons for cities of the future.
www.thexylom.com
As temperatures rise, it is the poor who suffer most. The coping strategies of those living in informal settlements may hold lessons for cities of the future.
www.thexylom.com
Mass marine die-off triggers health emergency in New Ireland Province as neglected coastal towns wait on government action.
She attended a secret rally in the mountains at midnight with a local environmental organizer, recently returned from exile and surrounded by volunteer bodyguards to protect him against…
After I suspected a climate connection to tooth decay, I conducted systematic saliva pH testing across my patient population and documented pH readings below 5.5 in 42 of my 73 climate-exposed patient...
