I2SL: International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories’ Post

This disturbing Financial Times article👇 asks if the rising rates of cancer in young people is caused by #microplastic #pollution? Recent scientific research is showing that cancer may no longer be "a disease of old age", given the rates of several cancers are rising faster among the young than among the old. As the FT reports, "Scientists at the American Cancer Society have confirmed the trend across a wider range of cancers, with statistics broadly suggesting that a Gen X or Millennial is more likely to develop certain types of the disease than her Baby-boomer parents." While known cancer risk factors such as sedentary behaviour, changes in diet, rising levels of obesity and diabetes, may account for some of this increase, the presence of cancer patients in Harvard University’s Cancer Institute clinic who are young, fit and healthy, has led the scientists to look for environmental carcinogens capable of affecting entire generations. The FT journalist, Anjana Ahuja goes on "Last year, New Zealand researchers showed that microplastics, now found everywhere and ingested from infancy onwards, could disrupt the gut lining. The prevalence of microplastic pollution since the 1960s — the tiny plastic particles come from consumer products and the breakdown of industrial waste — has the right timeline and might explain the compounding effect between generations, but it needs further investigation." This tells us why the current negotiations of the #UNPlasticsTreaty really, really matter! Those negotiations will come to a head in Busan, Korea in November at #INC-5, when hopefully, Global Rules that seek to address problematic and avoidable plastic products, chemicals of concern and product design will be approved. This includes Microplastics, and Pinovo applauds the fact that Microplastic Pollution is now firmly “on the agenda” in the UN Plastic Treaty negotiations. #PaintIsPlastic #SDG14 #PaintMicroplastics #SaveOurOcean #GlobalPlasticsTreaty #Biz4PlasticsTreaty UpLink - World Economic Forum Global Plastic Action Partnership Katapult Ocean Ocean Impact Organisation Solar Impulse Foundation REV Ocean Minderoo Foundation OCEANOVATION RespectOcean Sustainable Ocean Alliance Ocean Conservancy

Amazing leaps (again) in life sciences. 25% more life with something as "simple & complex" as antibodies, giving rise to more manna, more matter, more ideas, more innovation, more thoughts and more of everything. It will also give this planet more human mouths to feed while it is on the brink of destruction by the same hands that are extending our own lives. While we physically become like our biblical forefathers, if I may be bold to ask if we will get the same treatment to develop our feeble minds that needs tending to and constant reminders as warnings nor life threatening changes are not working their way to everyone. Mindset alignment, development and changes are needed to make us see. Transformative information that drives change are needed to make us look. Our planet's cries are needed to be heard, and not all of us are listening. What will make us realise that our home, the only liveable planet we have on our hands now, is withering away despite the billions and efforts poured into actions because non-actions are now still loudest. #climatechange #sustainability #savegaia #lifewithgaia

Spatial Investigation of Legacy Pollutants within a Confirmed Cancer Cluster in Three Houston, TX Neighborhoods

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY APPLICATIONS ARE DUE TONIGHT! To help communities build capacity and advance scientific understanding of unusual patterns of cancer or efforts to understand potential relationships with environmental hazards, the National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH) and the Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN) invite communities to apply for a bundled award of financial and technical support over six months that includes access to technical assistance from a network of national experts, opportunities to engage in peer learning, and a $25,000 grant that may provide funding for unique needs specific to a community or its members when addressing unusual patterns of cancer and environmental concerns. Cancer incidence rates have increased over the past several decades. Cancer rates for people younger than age 20 have risen 41% since the 1970s. For communities concerned about unusual patterns of cancer, it can be hard to connect with or get help from researchers, health professionals, or other officials to investigate and address environmental contamination and/or environmental hazards. The health and economic burden of cancer is high, especially for disproportionately impacted low-wealth communities and communities of color. Supporting communities in their efforts to investigate and address potential environmental contributions to cancer can help to ease the burdens on individuals and families impacted by cancer and better address concerns they may have about the possible connection between cancer and environmental contamination in their communities. NCHH and CEHN offer these mini-grants to support communities with concerns about unusual patterns of cancer. Communities will be able to build capacity, make connections with experts who can evaluate cancer data, review existing or new data on environmental hazards, and develop sustainable work plans to facilitate the investigation of cancer and environmental hazards. Grantees will also have opportunities to connect with other communities that have similar concerns. Learn more and apply at https://bit.ly/CEgrants25. All applications are due Wednesday, January 15, at 11:59 p.m. ET. Good luck!

ALLIED: I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE SUCH A POWERFUL MILITARY MOVIE IN ALL MY LIFE. I CAN SERIOUSLY SEE BRAD PITT PLAY 007 JAMES BOND. UPDATE: T-MOBILE UNCARRIER *T-LIFE *T-MOBILE PLAY HILTON FOR THE STAY PARIS HILTON REUM *THAT'S HOT MR. PABON CEO *CHILDS/DREYFUS GROUP S. STALLONE *ACTOR D. LUNDGREN *ACTOR J. GATES NASSAR *EQUESTRIAN P.H.O.E.B.E GATES B. BLANCO *MUSIC PRODUCER EPA ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING WILLIE'S STEAK HOUSE *THIS STEAK IS THE HOUSE SELENA GOMEZ *RARE-SUPERSTAR JENNIFER LOPEZ AFFLECK *ACTRESS/SONGSTRESS TAYLOR SWIFT *SONGSTRESS *HONORARY SCHOLAR THE HONOR SOCIETY NOBEL FOUNDATION NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC NASA THE STAR TREK SOCIETY K. MULGREW *ACTRESS N. KIDMAN *ACTRESS CHAN ZUCKERBERG INITIATIVE M. ZUCKERBERG CEO *META Facebook MAYE MUSK MODEL M. SIEVERT CEO *T-MOBILE TENRI CULTURAL INSTITUTE https://lnkd.in/eB98Jnv9 BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION CHAN ZUCKERBERG INITIATIVE M. ZUCKERBERG & P. CHAN WONDERMIND: CRYPTO-FINANCE & WHAT'S ON THE TABLE. REYGITONIUM-G MR. MS. TEEFEY & SELENA GOMEZ-RARE-SUPERSTAR. TCI GALLERY SPRING 2024 THEMES. CRYPTOCURRENCY & REYGITONIUM-G I ABSOLUTELY SEE NOTHING WRONG WITH CRYPTOCURRENCY: REYGITONIUM-G I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THE INFANT DEMOCRATIC-CAPITALISTIC MINDS OF TODAY BLAME THE USA GOVERNMENT. THAT SAID THEN IS ANY GOVERNMENT TO BE BLAMED FOR THE HOMELESS PROBLEMS PLAGUING THE WORLD.?... NO. GOD KNOWS ALL THE HEADACHES USA GOVERNMENT HAVE WITH THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS. THE NEW WORLD IS PRACTICALLY A SHOCK TO WITNESS. PEOPLE "ONLY WORKING" TOGETHER FOR A COMMON GOAL... "IN THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS." THUS DOESN'T THAT ALSO INCLUDE THE HOMELESS. THE HOMELESS ARE OUT THERE... ARE YOU.? HOMELESS...............A OPPORTUNITY MISUNDERSTOOD. The modern economic system is a market economy, which is a capitalist economy where people, not the government--NOT THE GOVERNMENT--own most businesses. In a capitalist economy, prices allocate capital and labor between competing uses, and capital assets like factories, mines, and railroads can be privately owned and controlled. https://lnkd.in/eB98Jnv9 GOOGLE. EXAMPLE, IF YOU NEED TO RAISE MONEY FOR ANY REASON OR MORE SO LETS SAY THE "HOMELESS" PROBLEM WHICH IS BELIEVED TO BE TIME & MONEY CONSUMING BUT IN ONE DIRECTION TOWARD THE HOMELESS. HOWEVER CRYPTOCURRENCY CAN POSSIBLE ALLOWS AN EXPENDITURE OF CURRENCY TO BENEFIT ALL WHO USES THE CRYPTO & REGARDLESS OF HOW IT'S CONSUMED. THEREFORE IF A CRYPTO "HOMELESS" CURRENCY "REYGITONIUM-G" EXISTED IT'S MORE HIGHLY LIKELY THAT THE HOMELESS PROBLEM CAN BE VANQUISHED BECAUSE CURRENCY-FINANCES IT'S ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO BE TAPPED INTO FOR HOMELESS RESOLUTIONS. REYGITONIUM-G: INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO OF 8-BILLION EARTH CITIZENS. OR CONTINUE HIDING THE HOMELESS EVERY TIME A POLITICAL LEADER VISITS AMERICA. THE DAMNEDEST CRAZIEST FUNNIEST EMBARRASSING ABOUT THE HOMELESS CHAOS IS ANY EXCUSE AS TO WHY HOMELESS EXIST. THANK YOU FOR READING. https://lnkd.in/eT3XsGuJ https://lnkd.in/eysHM89U

More and more funding entities (Germany - "Anchoring sustainability considerations in DFG funding activities ": https://lnkd.in/e85iRM8k) require action from research labs to reduce their environmental footprint - and prove it. That's a very positive and important sign. #Grenova can provide you with a personalized impact analysis regarding pipette tips and microplates usage - and offers solutions to minimize carbon emissions, reduce plastic waste and save water. #reduce #reuse #recycle #sustainability

Corporate Social Responsibility-CSR of global business is to have a communo-centric approach to their business model in giving back to the global community that keeps their business profitably sustainable. This goes a long way to cement the business agenda as it makes the community and society a better place for all to live in.

Biomedical research is harmful to our health. I’m not crazy. I know its importance to improve health. But, like all other human activities, what scientists do in the lab has consequences for the environment. Luckily, an increasing number of leading organizations show commitment to greener research. For example, Cancer Research UK (CRUK) included sustainability as a key pillar of its strategy. To display its engagement, the organization included sustainability in its positioning statement. This means that Cancer Research UK must be sustainable to accomplish its mission and defeat cancer. What are the implications for researchers? Cancer Research UK just released new requirements. Starting from 2026: 💲 Researchers applying for most funding schemes must hold My Green Lab or LEAF accreditations, proving their work's sustainability. ♻ Data sharing will be encouraged to avoid replicating unnecessary experiments Are scientists left alone in their journey? Of course not. Cancer Research UK will support them through various communication channels and other initiatives to make the cancer research field greener.

Today's Headlines: COVID Tech Fights Cancer? Promising new research shows mRNA tech from COVID vaccines could be used to create personalized cancer treatments! #CancerTreatment #MRNA #Breakthrough Sleepless and Forgetful? New study reveals why sleep deprivation disrupts a key brain signal for memory formation. #SleepHealth #Memory #BrainScience Unearthing Mayan Secrets Analysis of ancient DNA sheds light on ritual human sacrifices practiced by the Maya civilization. #AncientDNA #Maya #History https://lnkd.in/dihVajqs