8/16/24: 🐻 Grizzly bridge, moss buildings, and floating cleaner

Happy Friday my friend,

How does a grizzly bear and a moose cross a major highway? On an animal bridge, of course! 38 animal overpasses in Banff, Canada keep them crossing the highway safely, resulting in 80% fewer vehicle-animal incidents since implementing the first overpasses in 1996.

ECL TRIVIA: How many Earth days does it take for Neptune to orbit the Sun? (Answer below)

🌎 Planet Health

🗑️ FLOATING TRASH CLEANER: A hydrologist has invented a mattress-sized floating system made from recycled materials like styrofoam and bamboo, on which plants grow and naturally filter pollutants in the water. “Dr. Pradhanang’s initiative not only cleanses the water but also turns waste into a valuable resource, providing a double benefit,” especially in places where resources are limited, reports One Green Planet.

🌿 GREEN CONCRETE WALLS: A Dutch innovation used on building exteriors can lower temperatures in crowded cities and capture fine particulate matter. Respyre’s recycled “concrete-like” coating creates the perfect “old stone” conditions for moss to grow, helps small insects to make a home, and boosts biodiversity– all on the side of a building!

🚫 HARMFUL CHEMICAL BANNED: Last week, an emergency order was announced by the Environmental Protection Agency to remove this dangerous pesticide from the market, which is linked to dangerous effects for pregnant women resulting in lower birth weights and brain impairments for their unborn babies. “For the first time in almost 40 years, EPA is using its emergency suspension authority to stop the use of a pesticide,” said an administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention.

🧑‍⚕️ Human Health

🍭 ARTIFICIAL SWEETENER NO-NO: Though it’s “recognized as a safe” alternative to sugar commonly found in keto protein bars and low-carb products, erythritol may stimulate blood clot formation, spiking blood erythritol levels to “over 1k times the baseline,” based on these new findings from the Cleveland Clinic.

🐦‍ SPARROWS ‘IN THE COAL MINE’: House sparrows were tested for lead near mining towns as a way to predict lead exposure levels in the blood of kids living there, too. “Lead levels in both sparrows and children were higher near the mining sites and declined similarly as distance from the mining sites increased,” the report states, and the co-author says this study helps to demonstrate to people “that humans are a part of nature, not apart from nature— we’re intimately linked.”

🍎 PEEL, DON’T WASH: A new study confirms you can’t simply “wash away” some pesticides. “Using their method to examine pesticide contamination in an apple, researchers noted that the pesticides went far further than skin deep, penetrating the peel and making their way into the pulp layer.” They say that fully peeling the apple drastically reduces the contamination, though also degrades the nutritional benefits found in apple skins. Let this be your sign to purchase organic apples!

Pain and black pepper?

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Creature Feature

🐜 PANDA ANT: Adorably dressed in a panda-like black and white coloring, the panda ant is actually a wasp– and considered endangered! Learn five facts about the panda ant here.

Nutrition 101

🥔 POTATO POTASSIUM: What has a higher level of potassium than a banana? A potato! “A modest decrease in fasting blood glucose levels was present for study participants who ate potatoes. Study participants also showed improvements in body composition, waist circumference, and a decrease in resting heart rate,” Sci Tech Daily reports. Learn more about the superfood benefits of potatoes here.

💬 Poll

⬅️ Last poll’s results

Are you watching any of the Olympics?

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Yes! 🏊🏼 (56.7%)

🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️ Not this time 🥱 (43.3%)

To a healing future,

— Rob

P.S. You can’t just sprinkle black pepper on your food and expect to soothe your aching joints. Go HERE to find out more!