A United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee just completed its fifth meeting to try and get a treaty to tackle plastic pollution and the threat it represents. Oil and gas producers have vetoed the treaty citing the problem isn't production but rather developing waste plastic removal technologies.
The most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) noted that all years in the future will be warmer than those we have experienced in the past. One of the suspects causing this acceleration can be found in ocean surface temperatures. Since 1901, the ocean's top 700 metres (2,300 feet) have warmed 0.83 Celsius (1.5 Fahrenheit).
It is not just Donald Trump leading the charge away from actively tackling human-caused climate change. Other governments or soon-to-be-elected ones are pointing to regressive policies that will exacerbate the warming trend for both the atmosphere and oceans. A global survey shows that the vast majority of people have very different thoughts.
Artificial Intelligence is being used by many as vendors flood the market with the next best version of their generative AI tools. For teachers and people in business being able to detect when AI is being used is important because there can be unintended consequences from confidential information or misinformation that the AI ends up producing.
Two COVID stories in the news. The first is about a nano-vaccine being developed that can be administered by nasal spray with coverage of all variants. The second is about the latest research into combatting Long COVID.
Despite climate change deniers and populists denying climate change realities, the severity of global climate risks as understood by insurers who are seeing the financial fallout should be enough evidence to motivate governments, businesses and the public to address the growing threat.
Dr. Katelyn Jetelina, an epidemiologist, wife, and mom of two little girls is the principle author and publisher of the newsletter, Your Local Epidemiologist, read by 280,000 people in 132 countries since it first came out four years ago. She and her team of 11 untangle disinformation from the science to help you make better life health decisions for you and your family.
Today, more than 400 million people in 25 countries have community water fluoridation. A Cochrane study notes that hat community water fluoridation programs are becoming less effective over time, not because they are a danger to children's health, but because most toothpaste brands today have added fluoride. Meanwhile, misinformation spreaders say fluoridation causes cancer, endangers pregnant women, and produces neurological disorders in children lowering their IQs.
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