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#SB54 shenanigans continue: 23 lawmakers say #CalRecycle exceeded its authority in the new draft regs for the state's landmark plastic legislation and undermined the law. www.latimes.com/environment/...

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In the continuing saga of CA's plastic law, CalRecycle introduced draft regs re chem recycling based on a report you can't access unless you pay $187 -which is kind of a scam, bc no standards or guidelines are in report. 🤷‍♀️ #plasticwaste @gavinnewsom.bsky.social #SB54 www.latimes.com/environment/...

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CA was leading the world in plastics reduction when @governor.ca.gov signed SB54 in 2022. Then he blocked its implementation. Now, his waste agency has come back w/a new package that exempts most single-use plastics, and allows for chem recycling. "It's a joke" www.latimes.com/environment/...

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LA trash haulers are bringing their loads up to the Antelope Valley and dumping it. I saw a river canyon filled -- 30 feet deep and about 60 acres in area -- of solid trash. www.latimes.com/science/stor...

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Berkeley and Bay Area folks -- please join me and Mariah Blake at Mrs Dalloway's bookstore on 5/15 (7-830) to discuss Mariah's new book: They Poisoned the World, Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals. www.eventbrite.com/e/mariah-bla...

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Federal talk of a national registry of autistic people is detering parents from seeking evaluation, diagnosis of children who may have the condition, @rosebroderick.bsky.social reports. www.statnews.com/2025/05/01/a...

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Dolphin strandings are taking a toll on L.A. County's lifeguards. Experts say there's no end in sight

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#US #CDC cancels workshop designed to stop the spread of #H5N1 / #birdflu Workshop was “expected to discuss best practices for the use of personal protective equipment for people at heightened risk of bird flu, like farmworkers and veterinarians” “Farmers had requested the workshop”

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Another Dairy #H5N1 D1.1 without PB2 D701N was uploaded yesterday A/dairy cow/USA/010942-001/2025 six farms total A/dairy cow/USA/007484-010/2025 A/dairy cow/USA/004738-001/2025 A/dairy cow/USA/004381-001/2025 A/dairy cow/USA/004046-001/2025 A/dairy cow/USA/004003-001/2025

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I have now confirmed this further with several members of the advisory board

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USDA is reporting new #H5N1 #BirdFlu dairy herds in ID, AZ and CA. CA total since 3/24 is 767. US total (across 17 states) stands at 1,032. I've been traveling, and pre-occupied, so forgive my pause on daily reports!

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Chainsaw-wielding villain went across DTLA Friday night chopping down trees. When I called the LAPD Sunday morning, they didn't have a clue it had happened. "You should call public works, that's not our area," I was told by dispatcher. How is that possible? www.latimes.com/california/s...

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Nationwide #H5N1 #BirdFlu total is 1,020 across 17 states. New cases in CA, ID and AZ. 763 in CA since March 2024.🐄🐄

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SCOOP: Much of the IT and cybersecurity infrastructure underpinning the US health system is in danger of a possible collapse following a purge of IT staff and leadership at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), four current and former agency workers tell WIRED.

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#NewYork still struggling to contain #H5N1 / #birdflu “At least 4,180 Big Apple birds intended to be sold were found to be infected with the highly contagious virus since Mar 1” “despite the state’s temporary live market shut down in Feb and activists want a total closure of the slaughter houses”

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We're now at 1,007 #H5N1 #BirdFlu infected dairy herds across 17 states. ID is the most active, but there is a pocket of spread in SoCal, as well. Confirmed w/CDFA that new ones in CA are not an artifact of slowed testing, but instead newly infected herds. 759 in CA.

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Federal agents wearing plain clothes tried to question kids at elementary schools in L.A. on Monday, according to a reporter at Spectrum News. "Superintendent Carvahlo said the agents claimed they had parent permission to question the kids, but it wasn't true"

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SCOOP: An unsigned agreement between the US DOGE Service (USDS) and the Department of Labor (DOL), obtained by WIRED, calls for the DOL to reimburse the USDS up to $1.3 million for work done by four DOGE affiliates, or “a slightly different number,” over an 18-month period.

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Three domestic cats in Contra Costa Co w/ #H5N1 #BirdFlu, as well as an Arctic fox, a mink and a skunk. This is just the ten most recently identified on APHIS website -- mammals from OH to AK. Folks, this is not good.

submitted 58 days ago • 1 comment

Tree & Scott Mercer have been counting #graywhales for years from a perch near the Point Arena Lighthouse. This year: 299 northbound gray whales w/ 1 mother/calf pair. Last year: 484 northbound and 3 mother/calf pairs. They also have a podcast: Resilient Earth Radio. feeds.buzzsprout.com/2367142.rss

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We're at 1,005 #H5N1 #BirdFlu infected dairy herds across 17 states; 759 in CA.

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Another concerning spring for gray whales, as 70 reported dead in Mexico, just 5 mother-calf pairs, very few being seen by spotters along coast, and three dead in SF Bay. #whales #oceans www.latimes.com/science/stor...

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Good morning! #H5N1 #BirdFlu in the nation's dairy cattle has hit 1,000 herds -- with new hits from CA, NV and ID. In CA, we're at 759. Unclear if the NV virus is B3.13 or D1.x, but did get confirmation yesterday that it's B3.13 in ID.

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Speaking in Utah today, Secy Kennedy called for end of water fluoridation. An HHS official now tells us they're "directing the CDC to reconvene the Community Preventative Services Task Force to study and make a new recommendation on fluoride" tinalexander.github.io/notes/2025/0...

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Update: Idaho Ag officials tell me the recent #H5N1 #BirdFlu outbreak among dairy herds is B3.13.

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Idaho ag officials are still not revealing the genotype of the state's recently infected dairy herds. B3.13 or D1.x? I've sent several queries. Just getting ghosted. I know others have asked, as well -- and also been iced. Anyone have intel on this?? #H5N1 #BirdFlu

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They did it! CA FINALLY announced its ban on expanded polystyrene in food service ware that went into effect on Jan. 1 -- and for which the state has been peculiarly silent, for 92 days.

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Researchers are finding viral fragments of bird flu in milk produced by cow herds that are testing negative for bird flu and they’re not sure why.

submitted 63 days ago • 12 comments

#US stops its expanded bird flu testing. “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is suspending efforts to improve its bird flu testing of milk, cheese and pet food due to massive staff cuts at the agency” #birdflu #H5N1 www.reuters.com/business/hea...

submitted 64 days ago • 9 comments

planned FDA exercise with a network of veterinary testing labs around the country to ensure they are able to detect the virus in milk has been suspended NOT a surprise #H5N1 gets a pass as FDA in steep decline www.google.com/amp/s/www.cb...

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Labs at CDC investigating STD and hepatitis outbreaks have now been cut, as part of Secy Kennedy's layoffs Specimens were still arriving from state health departments, with no one left on job from labs to handle them "The outbreak detection is gone" www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...

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#India reporting its first human death this year from #H5N1 / #birdflu. Death is in a 2 year old child who ate raw chicken “This is the second human death in the country due to H5N1 virus, which causes bird flu, and the first in Andhra Pradesh” www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...

submitted 65 days ago • 1 comment

Anybody else finding their weather app has recently become useless? It is pouring outside. An hour ago, my phone's weather app told me to expect sun for the rest of the afternoon. This is not an isolated event -- but also only a recent occurrence. It used to be money. Is this layoffs at NWS?

submitted 66 days ago • 3 comments

California, other states sue Trump administration over cuts to CDC infectious disease funding (w/ @susrust.bsky.social): www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

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CA's AG Bonta joining 22 other states, and DC, to sue the Trump Administration’s Health and Human Services and RFK, Jr. over the unlawful termination of $11 billion in public health funding. Story to come. w @kevrector.bsky.social oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...

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Good morning! Another herd has been added to CA's #BirdFlu #H5N1 list, bringing the grand total to 758. National total -- across 17 states -- now 996.

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Monday morning #H5N1 #BirdFlu situational assessment: 995 infected dairy herds across 17 states; 757 in CA. Recent additions from Idaho and CA.

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An organ recipient died from #rabies. The deceased donor wasn't recognized as a rabies case, suffering from non-traditional symptoms. In addition, 3 recipients of corneal tissue were exposed, but were treated with post-exposure prophylaxis. What a horrible situation. abcnews.go.com/Health/michi...

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How do we forecast toxic algae outbreaks and save sickened sea lions, dolphins and sea birds? #NOAA. Will Trump administration cutbacks jeopardize our response? Yes. www.latimes.com/science/stor...

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Updates have been slow, but USDA's latest #BirdFlu #H5N1 counts show 756 infected herds in CA and 993 across 17 states -- since last March. (new herds in CA and ID -- and one in MN still not on the list).

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

The consequences of devastating US foreign aid: lost surveillance, research, response capacity, more people sick, more people dead. How does abandoning the world make America great? Great if difficult to read piece by @tombollyky.bsky.social & Yanzhong Huang www.foreignaffairs.com/china/coming...

submitted 73 days ago • 3 comments