Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and [email protected] • 5 months ago

An invisible, toxic chemical has been poisoning residents in Puerto Rico for decades

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An invisible, toxic chemical has been poisoning residents in Puerto Rico for decades

Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and [email protected] • 5 months ago

cross-posted to:
dangerdust

An industrial worker got one whiff of ethylene oxide. Twenty years later, he still hasn’t recovered — and his community is searching for answers.

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Wow, and probably nobody is going to jail or at least pay the people of the town for making them sick

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