Notices by Daniel MacPhee 🔬🧬🧫🇨🇦 (dmacphee@mas.to)

The Long, Strange History of Teflon, the Indestructible Product Nothing Seems to Stick to | Smithsonian
#Teflon #Science #Chemistry #Education #History
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-long-strange-history-of-teflon-the-indestructible-product-nothing-seems-to-stick-to-180984920/

Oil companies sold the public on a fake climate solution — and swindled taxpayers out of billions

A con-job plain and simple.

“in the best-case scenario, with carbon capture technology working flawlessly and deployed at large scale, it could only account for a little over 2 percent of global carbon emissions reductions by 2030.”
#Environment #ClimateChange #Canada #cdnpoli #Saskatchewan #skpoli

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/08/08/news/oil-companies-sold-public-fake-climate-solution-and-swindled-taxpayers

Project 2025 Plan for Trump Presidency Has Far-Reaching Threats to Science

These days it seems that no one wants to talk about policies, but just focus on personalities, image and age. The outcomes could be devastating.

#Science #Politics #USA #Canada

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/project-2025-plan-for-trump-presidency-has-far-reaching-threats-to-science/

The disinformation nonsense of chemtrails. Perhaps the Premier of #Saskatchewan should read the article.

“What actually needs to be stopped is the perverse hijacking of physics and chemistry to make unsubstantiated claims about the public being harmed by nonexistent chemtrails, and the threats to scientists who are carrying out research that aims to benefit the public.”
#Science #Scicomm #ChemTrails #Disinformation #Canada

https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking-environment/trail-chemtrail-nonsense

The benefits of vaccination to protect against COVID-19.

“for the vast majority of people — including young and otherwise healthy people — COVID-19 vaccination is not only safe, but the cardiovascular protection it offers could be life-saving.”
#COVID19 #VaccinesWork #Vaccination #Science #Scicomm
https://theconversation.com/cardiovascular-risks-and-covid-19-new-research-confirms-the-benefits-of-vaccination-226130

Melatonin commonly taken by kids not a magic bullet, pediatricians say.
Parents should be cautious: “…parents often reported giving melatonin for more than 12 months, but research on its long-term safety in kids and teens is lacking.”

In fact such use is considered off label.
#Melatonin #Sleep #Medicine #Science #Canada

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/melatonin-kids-1.7050217

To the delight of eager U.K. ecologists, London welcomes its first baby beaver in centuries
Definitely a keystone species.
#Beavers #Environment #Ecology #Science

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/to-the-delight-of-eager-u-k-ecologists-london-welcomes-its-first-baby-beaver-in-centuries-1.7009202