"Wildfires, heat domes, hurricanes, and extreme weather events are hard to ignore; yet, much to the consternation of environmental activists, a significant segment of the population continues to deny anthropogenic global warming. Even among environmental advocates, there is often a tendency to view the rise in diseases such as cancer, Parkinsonās disease, and heart, liver, and kidney diseasesāalong with neurological disordersāas merely bad luck or the result of poor genetics. The difficulty in definitively linking these disorders to the increasing presence of chemical toxins and microplastics allows agrochemical, petrochemical, and pharmaceutical companies to continue their practices without accountability. The industrial use of glyphosate and other pesticides, PFAS, heavy metals, dioxins, phthalates, and VOCs continues to accumulate in our environment, creating an ever more toxic planet. Bioaccumulation may be the most dangerous term that people either donāt understand or donāt know. Every person and organism has physiological thresholds for warding off viruses, bacteria, and chemical toxins, which, when exceeded, can lead to illness, disease, or even death. Much to the delight of chemical companies, the greatest threats to our biosphereāchemical toxins and wasteāoften go unnoticed."
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Lyle Lewis, quoted in "Memories of the Future 2.0.ā Vice-Versa, University of Hawaii at Manoa (February 15, 2025)
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