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nemo™ 🇺🇦<p>(3/6)</p><p>Psychiatric hospital admissions &amp; emergency visits rise during heatwaves—older adults &amp; those with existing mental health conditions are most at risk. Lower-income communities also face greater impacts. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/VulnerablePopulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VulnerablePopulations</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ClimateHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateHealth</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tewa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tewa</span></a> Women United: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pueblo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pueblo</span></a> Infants Endangered by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LANL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LANL</span></a> 's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Radiation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Radiation</span></a> Plan </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeLedNonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeLedNonprofit</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TewaWomenUnited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TewaWomenUnited</span></a> Commissioned Two Reports to Study Impacts. Finding: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LosAlamos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LosAlamos</span></a> National Laboratory Omitted Dose Calculations to Infants and Children in Their Compliance Application</p><p>By Tewa Women United, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a>, November 19, 2024</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EspanolaNewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EspanolaNewMexico</span></a> — "The Native-led nonprofit organization Tewa Women United, based in Española, New Mexico, has released two independent scientific technical reports assessing the implications and adherence to regulations concerning Los Alamos National Laboratory’s proposal to release tritium into the open atmosphere from four Flanged <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tritium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tritium</span></a> Waste Containers located in Area G, near <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteRockNewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteRockNewMexico</span></a>.<br> <br>"These reports found that the concentration of tritium in the most loaded radioactive container, if vented during unfavorable weather conditions, could lead to radiation doses significantly exceeding the annual regulatory limit of 10 millirem established by the Environmental Protection Agency regulatory radiation standards. </p><p>"The author of one report, Bernd Franke, stated, 'In the case of tritium, infants and small children get a radiation dose about three times greater than adults, with the same concentrations of tritium in air, water, and food.'<br> <br>"However, LANL’s application for venting did not include potential impacts of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TritiumVenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TritiumVenting</span></a> on infants or children; in effect, LANL did not consider them as 'members of the public.' So far during the permitting process, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> has allowed LANL to ignore these <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VulnerablePopulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VulnerablePopulations</span></a> in their proposal. </p><p>"Kathy Wan Povi Sanchez, member of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SanIldefonsoPueblo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SanIldefonsoPueblo</span></a> and one of Tewa Women United’s co- founders, said, 'Tritium makes water, our sacred source of life, radioactive. We were shocked to learn that LANL’s compliance calculations did not take infants and other children into account.'"</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/11/tewa-women-united-pueblo-infants.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/11</span><span class="invisible">/tewa-women-united-pueblo-infants.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadioactiveContamination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadioactiveContamination</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericans</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheSacred</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReaderSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReaderSupportedNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PuebloTribes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PuebloTribes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TritiumContamination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TritiumContamination</span></a></p>
Travelin' Matt<p>Homelessness among individuals with developmental disabilities is already a chronic and worsening problem. One of the most significant issues is the aging or death of primary caregivers. </p><p>What other unique challenges contribute to this predicament, and what can we do to fix it?</p><p><a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/Homelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Homelessness</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/DevelopmentalDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevelopmentalDisabilities</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/HousingCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HousingCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/VulnerablePopulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VulnerablePopulations</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/DisabilityAwareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityAwareness</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.howimportant.org/p/a-look-at-homelessness-among-individuals-with-developmental-disabilities" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">howimportant.org/p/a-look-at-h</span><span class="invisible">omelessness-among-individuals-with-developmental-disabilities</span></a></p>
Auscandoc<p>“The study, published in the journal PLOS Pathogens, found net <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/ViralLoads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ViralLoads</span></a> among all community members declined after university <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/VaccineRequirements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VaccineRequirements</span></a> went into effect. Masking, isolation and antibodies from getting sick weren't enough to decrease infection rates.</p><p>"Before the vaccine was required, the virus was becoming more concentrated in saliva and easier to spread to <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/VulnerablePopulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VulnerablePopulations</span></a>” <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COVID</span></a></p><p><a href="https://noc.social/@CaulfieldTim/111026217528781745" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">noc.social/@CaulfieldTim/11102</span><span class="invisible">6217528781745</span></a></p>