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If you're not testing it, it's got about a 37% chance of being toxic. Especially promotional products. open.substack.com/pub/ecocult/...

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Out: Capsule wardrobes. In: dressing in community.

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And yet, dermatologists won't tell you this.

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Don't roll your eyes at the California warning labels. Turns out, they're protecting you from toxic chemicals. ecocult.substack.com/p/hey-looks-...

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But, womp, Customs physically cannot carry this out. There are 2 million individual packages coming in every day from China. So, the effect will be slow.

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In "I gotta give it to him" news, after Biden tried and failed, Trump finally closed the de minimus loophole that allowed Shein and Temu to dump toxic products on Americans and undercut quality brands. sourcingjournal.com/topics/trade...

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A new study shows 50% more microplastics in brains in 2024 than in 2016. "The scientists also examined the brains of 12 deceased patients diagnosed with dementia, and found that they had three to five times more microplastics than normal brains." www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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Trump gagging the EPA and threatening to fire its employees is really going to Make America Healthy Again. How is RFK going to take down pesticide makers without any support from the pesticide regulation agency? www.govexec.com/workforce/20...

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What in the AI slop garbage is THIS. www.journee-mondiale.com/en/i-tried-m...

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Americans across the political spectrum agree that there are far too many toxins in our food, air, water, and homes. So here's how Trump has already made America Healthy Again in the past week....

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It is damn near impossible to grow 100% of a balanced diet on your own and unthinkable if you don’t have a lick of experience. You wanna cut down your produce bills w a couple raised beds, maybe learn to can? Sure. You want to opt entirely out of the preexisting food system? Lol. Lmao. Enjoy scurvy.

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This is such great news. For so long Amazon has had a chokehold on ebooks. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/b...

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"Customers only care about one thing: barely functioning AI crammed into every facet of their lives... Doesn’t that sound fun? Just living in a constant state of fear that all of the information you have access to is anywhere from a little to very wrong?" www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/our...

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Just because we don't want to waste all the apples from the old trees everywhere! "New England states top list for fruit and vegetable intake. 64%+ of adults consume fruits daily (led by Vermont at 66%), 84%+ eat vegetables daily (led by Maine at nearly 87%)." www.traceone.com/resources/pl...

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At least five different companies have created a synthetic fiber with an additive that makes it break down in the presence of bacteria. But no large brand is using them. Something is up. open.substack.com/pub/ecocult/...

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Hear me out: you take the hard-won products of journalism, science, art and creativity, you use vast amounts of electrical energy during a time-sensitive energy transition to re-jumble the words and sentences, and then you present the outputs as being better and more trustworthy than the original

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"Anything under 5% of a textile's weight doesn't need to be listed—enough to hide carcinogenic or reproductive toxic chemicals." @aldenwicker.bsky.social From the archive: originally published 26/7/24 www.landclimate.org/...

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I'm glad someone else is talking about this!

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"Well, I hate to break it to you, but almost every single fashion company is actually just selling Chinese cashmere." Great piece by @aldenwicker.bsky.social: The Big "Mongolian" Cashmere Scam open.substack.com/pub/ecocult/...

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i think it’s unfair to expect regular people to know precisely how journalism works so i will say the answer to “why did they sit on that story for so long” is often “because of lawyers”

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Yikes. An Australian toddler's Temu hoodie caught fire instantly from a spark from a firepit, melting her skin. WTF was that hoodie made of??? www.news.com.au/national/que...

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If you've lost power due to the wildfires around LA and are using a portable generator, remember to keep it outdoors and make sure your carbon monoxide alarms are working.

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A note to Californians evacuating: don't try to save your house. If your house survives and your neighbors' houses don't, your home will be catastrophically, unlivably toxic. Insurance companies do not cover "chemical contamination." news.mongabay.com/2024/11/as-g... #californiawildfires

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Of course! PFAS is everywhere. www.foodandwine.com/paper-straws...

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My latest article gives real talk about what it takes to be a designer with a conscience these days.

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Hey. If it hasn't occurred to you (because I just articulated out loud this AM for the first time).... Supplements are ultra-processed food. Not only do they usually not do they thing they're supposed to do, they can be contaminated, and often come in plastic packaging.

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I really love this!

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Time for a living wage for all! www.commondreams.org/opinion/glob...

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At the beginning of this week, I moved my 11-year-old website over to Substack, and I'm already happy with the move, with so many paid subscribers out of the gate. The culture of paying writers for quality work is top. Here's my first article: ecocult.substack.com/p/we-need-to...

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