I love that in the last few years I have gone from "Everything I create must be perfect or it is worthless" to "How amazing that I can create something out of nothing with just my hands and my brain!"
Like look at this lil guy! I enjoyed making him and he makes me happy to look at and that is enough.
So we all know that Tumblr is US-centric. But to what degree? (and can we skew the results of this poll by posting it at a time where they should be asleep?)
"Despite a huge amount of political opposition from the chemical industry, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its first regulations aimed at limiting quantities of PFAs, or ‘forever chemicals,’ in American drinking water.
For decades, Polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAs have been used for coatings that resist fire, oil, stains, and water and are now found in a wide variety of products like waterproof clothing, stain-resistant furniture, food packaging, adhesives, firefighting spray foams, and non-stick cooking surfaces.
There are thousands of PFAS compounds with varying effects and toxicity levels, and the new EPA regulations will require water utilities to test for 6 different classes of them.
The new standards will reduce PFAS exposure—and thereby decrease the health risk—for 100 million people in the U.S.
A fund worth $1 billion for treatment and testing will be made available to water utilities nationwide—part of a $9 billion investment made possible by the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to assist communities impacted by PFAS contamination.
“Drinking water contaminated with PFAS has plagued communities across this country for too long,” said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan in a statement Wednesday.
Under Regan’s leadership, the EPA began in 2021 to establish a roadmap for dealing with widespread PFAS contamination, and so far they’ve gathered much data, including monitoring drinking water, and begun requiring more reports from businesses about use of the unregulated substances.
The agency reported that current peer-reviewed scientific studies have shown that exposure to certain levels of PFAS may lead to a myriad of health issues that are difficult to specify because of the variety of compounds coming from different places.
Regardless, the 66,000 water utility operators will have five years to test for the PFAS pollution and install necessary technology to treat the contamination, which the EPA estimates that 6%–10% of facilities will need. [Note: Deeply curious where they got a number that low, but anyway.]
Records show that some of the manufacturers knew these chemicals posed health hazards. A few major lawsuits in recent years have been settled that sought to hold chemical companies, like 3M, accountable for the environment damage.""
I’ve searched high and low for the wonderful original post because this is amazing and deserves to be rebloged but I hope this is good enough.
As thundercrumbs said GET OFF THAT MANS FACE!
Panel 1
Watson: Speaking of new friends, I daresay the group was as queer as the case! It seems to me you didn’t even find the invisible fellow the most curious of them.
Holmes: Ah, you noticed that, did you?
Panel 2
Holmes (voiceover): Indeed, they’re quite a peculiar gathering… many traits to spark the curiosity.
Panel 3
Watson: That aside, I am glad you were able to meet Irene Norton again, under less dubious circumstances.
Holmes: As am I. That wasn’t my proudest moment, was it?
Panel 4
Holmes: I’m relieved that she has asked me to stay in touch.
Watson: Oh? So she and her husband are settling down in London?
Panel 5
Holmes (voiceover): They are; and she has stated, quite firmly, that I owe them a proper wedding.
Panel 6
Holmes: I have composed a list of venues to suggest to the bride. Do help me compose my reply?
Watson: Of course! Let me fetch the writing-paper…
Panel 7
Holmes (voiceover): Dear Mrs. Norton, I am writing to tell you…
Caption: End Interlude 1
Between the hotvintagepoll, the vintagestagestars poll and the vintagetvstars poll, my conviction that people were just hotter last century is getting increasingly cemented