Large Study Links Industrial Solvent in Drinking Water to Parkinson Disease Risk in Camp Lejeune Veterans
Neurologist Samuel Goldman, MD, MPH, had long felt obligated to dive into the question of whether the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that had contaminated the drinking water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune up to the mid-1980s were associated with an increased risk of Parkinson disease.
It is not quite as the BBC (as usual) tries to skew the story a wholly UK wide problem, it is a problem in England simply because England has privatised water and the private utility companies involved skim the profits off the top without reinvesting in infrastructure.
In Scotland water is nationalised ,although not perfect as there is still some farm run off and leaching along with a certain amount of storm drain overflowing during severe weather,most rivers are pretty good and there is no effluent in the drinking water.
The 1st article on the environment page explains further :-
We Breached The 1.5 °C Threshold Over 10 Years Ago, Study Warns
Chemical records written in sea sponge skeletons suggest we passed the critical threshold of 1.5 °C of warming as early as 2010. If true, this places us close to – or even at – about 2 °C today.
Being ahead of schedule would explain why such extreme climate consequences have been walloping us far sooner than anticipated. Last year’s huge leaps in temperatures left researchers stunned and scrambling for theories to account for some mysterious missing factor to explain things.