1. Newsletter XVII 2024 - April 21st to 27th - News+ Reform of the Climate Protection Act: One step forward, two steps back

    argumentierte dagegen Martin Scheringer am Mittwoch bei einer Anhörung im Bundestag für das Verbot. Scheringer ist Professor für Umweltchemie an der ETH Zürich. PFAS sind per- und polyfluorierte Alkylverbindungen, die in der Natur nicht vorkommen. Sie werden Ewigkeitschemikalien genannt, weil sie nicht oder nur schwer in der Umwelt abgebaut werden. So reichern sie sich nicht nur in Böden und...

  2. Newsletter XI 2024 - March 10th to 16th - News+ There is every reason to be afraid of the AfD

    Newsletter Some of the incidents were never made public through official channels, so this information is only made available to the public in a roundabout way...

  3. Newsletter V 2024 - January 28th to February 3rd - Current news + US foreign policy: Profit over peace?

    The most talked about issue was new regulation. “Fluorowax”, i.e. ski wax with fluorine content, is now banned. At least in the professional and competition sectors, per- and polyfluorinated alkyl compounds (PFAS) are no longer permitted in ski wax. The ban on toxic, reproductively harmful and sometimes carcinogenic substances had already been postponed for a year. Switzerland...

  4. Newsletter XLVII 2023 - November 19th to 25th - News+ Spectacular setback for the development of small nuclear reactors in the USA - The dead horse

    Newsletter XLVII 2023 November 19th to 25th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current news + background knowledge The PDF file "Nuclear Power Accidents" contains a number of other incidents from various areas of the nuclear industry. Some of the incidents were never released through official channels, so this information is only available to the public on...

  5. Newsletter XXXIII 2023 - August 13th to 19th - News+ Military coup in Niger: Uranium mining and environmental destruction as deeper reasons?

    Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden – have put forward a plan that would severely restrict the production of more than 12 substances. They are known as per- and polyfluorinated alkyl compounds, or PFAS for short, and are often referred to as “forever chemicals” due to their longevity. Representatives of these substances can be found everywhere in our environment. They form...

  6. Newsletter XXVII 2023 - July 2nd to 8th - News+ Is nuclear power experiencing a renaissance? There are also military interests behind it

    which consists of around 5000 individual substances. There are only a few exceptions. According to law HF 2310, which was confirmed by Governor Tim Walz at the end of May, PFAS (per- and polyfluorinated alkyl compounds) will no longer be permitted in 13 product categories from 2025. The ban affects, for example, cookware, cosmetics, cleaning products, menstrual hygiene products and dental floss. From 2026 a...

  7. Newsletter XXIII 2023 - June 4th to 10th - News+ Politics with poison, hate speech and propaganda

    Newsletter XXIII 2023 June 4th to 10th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 News+ Background knowledge Nuclear Power Accidents This PDF file contains a non-exhaustive list of known incidents and releases of radioactivity... Excerpt for this month: June 04th, 2008 (INES 0 class?) Krsko nuclear power plant, SVN June 06th, 2008 (INES 1) nuclear power plant...

  8. Newsletter X 2023 - March 5th to 11th - News+ Dangerous toxins: Which products contain PFAS

    Uranium and plutonium can then be used again. So much for the theory... *** Current news+ background knowledge *** Current news+ ** Chemical industry | PFAS | Eternity Poison | polyfluorinated alkyl compounds Dangerous toxins: which products contain PFAS PFAS are found in jackets, pans and pizza boxes. The industrial chemicals are almost everywhere. We eat and breathe them. How...

  9. Newsletter IX 2023 - February 26 to March 4 - News+ 48 days until the last nuclear power plants in Germany are switched off

    Zeitung" (SZ) contacted more than 150 private and municipal water suppliers in Germany to find out to what extent they test their water for PFAS... IMHO PFAS (per- and polyfluorinated alkyl compounds) are practically non-degradable in nature and are therefore also referred to as Eternity poisons, just like uranium, thorium and plutonium. The chemical industry prefers it because it is more...

  10. Newsletter I 2023 - January 1st to 7th - News+ Where Are the Peacemakers?

    Newsletter I 2023 January 1st to 7th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current information + background knowledge The PDF file "Nuclear Power Accidents" contains a number of other incidents from various areas of the nuclear industry. Some of the incidents were never made public through official channels, so this information is only made available to the public in a roundabout way...

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