Still a very green banana.

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Cake day: July 4th, 2023
  • Verdant Banana@lemmy.worldtoscience@lemmy.world•Even nicotine-free vapes can harm the lung - study
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    9 months ago

    the nicotine found in most vapes now days are the newer synthetic variety

    after talking to the lab responsible we were told the main difference between synthetic and real is that the synthetic does not cause cancer

    another difference is the real nicotine derived from the tobacco plant is usually sourced from India just like your kitchen spices like vanilla and is prone to contamination from ground pollution like heavy metals

    synthetic nicotine solves several problems including reducing the strain on the planet by using less resources than required for growing large crops of tobacco

    combine that with green chemistry which uses no heavy metals for a catalyst and you have a clean product

    now onto flavorings

    some such as isoamyl acetate for banana flavor are not very harmful to vape and is even used to test breathing equipment

    extensive studies some on a global scale have been done to show the varying degrees of toxicity to nontoxicity on the various flavors

    some flavorings are also good on the environment not only because of green chemistry but also with the newer technologies of reclaiming atoms and molecules from food waste

    there is lab on the east coast of the US doing just that and making chemicals some for flavoring such as isoamyl acetate which has multiple applications

    articles like this are deadest on turning back the clock on good science and good health

  • Verdant Banana@lemmy.worldtoWorld News@lemmy.world•Child killed in USA school shooting is identifiedEnglish
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    9 months ago

    is that all we did was identify a victim?

    are we not going to change the country’s gun laws or promote and fund mental health or do anything else or

    just bag and tag and move on to the next horror show

    starting to feel like any day now we are going to wake up to

    "Yesterday’s body count lottery rounded out to a solid ‘n’ sturdy thirty! Ten outta Heywood - thanks to the unabated gang wars! One officer down, so I guess you are all screwed. ‘Cause the NCPD will not let that go. Got another blackout in Santo Domingo. Netrunners are at it again, pokin’ holes in the power grid. While over in Westbrook, Trauma Team’s scrapin’ cyberpsycho victims off the pavement. And in Pacifica… Well… Pacifica is still Pacifica.

    This has been your man, Stan. Join me in another day in our City of Bugs!"

  • Verdant Banana@lemmy.worldtoWorld News@lemmy.world•Trump's rhetoric is increasingly mirroring Nazi talking points, and nobody is paying attention, an expert on extremism warnsEnglish
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    9 months ago

    does not help when there are people not allowed to vote and the only other option is to vote biden who immediately went back on campaign promises such as firing staffers who were cannabis users

    same person who ran with obama and chained someone to a chair for the sole reason she wanted the same rights as everyone else who was running for president and the same biden who is touting economic wins with a federal minimum wage of $7.25

    this has been a problem before trump entered the stage and no trump did not make matters better

    maybe the citizens should be allowed to hear from all the candidates and maybe who gets to be on the ballot should a federal issue and stop going state by state in a “united states” of america on every issue