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1. ck2 · 1790692218 · focus · HN ↗

   well they are finding forever-chemical and micro-plastics in all freshwater in the USA now and even in ALL mother's milk

   so safe bet that cancer rates are never going to be lower than they are today

   remember US also just deregulated all pollution from power plants, funded re-starting coal plants and dropped car engine efficiency requirements

   oh they are also trying to double oil-fracking output which toxifies groundwater and air for miles around it with offgassing

   every rocket launch and deorbit by starlink et all also put toxic pollution into the atmosphere

   so next decade should end well for cancer rates

   1. tonmoy · 1790709193 · focus · HN ↗

      US is an outlier, globally we are making great progress in using renewables and cutting down carbon emissions (still a long way to go)

      Humans are making progress figuring out how to make space use sustainable as well! There are multiple companies out there working in de-orbiting satellites that have reached end of life. A single launch can possibly de-orbit 3-6 satellites. The capacity of a single one of these companies is enough to stabilize the number of space junk today

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