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C0RI0LANUS

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3. Hi hatrack. Thanks for posting this.

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Fri Feb 14, 2025, 04:09 AM

Feb 14

This is like smoking a cigarette on both ends. On one side, we have to put the fires out. On the other side, the environment gets contaminated. France is experiencing impure water from insecticides making their way into the water system. Some of her colonies are suffering from powerful (now banned) pesticide use. People are developing cancer and arable lands have been despoiled. I wrote an OP about this a few months ago.

And Elon Musk must be freaking out about some of the rare earths being used to suppress the fires. "No! No! Not cadmium! Not chromium!"

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https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-54992051

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Cadmium, Arsenic, Chromium Among Toxic Metals In Fire Suppression Chemical Dropped From Planes [View all] hatrack Feb 13 OP

Those are probably also present in burned down homes & businesses. Callie1979 Feb 13 #1

Sort of true PJMcK Feb 13 #2

Hi hatrack. Thanks for posting this. C0RI0LANUS Feb 14 #3