#UK: #Rayner calls in #Army to tackle #Birmingham bin #crisis

source: telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/…

The Local #Government Secretary has used formal powers known as #Military Aid to the Civil Authorities (Maca) to summon Army experts after a #strike by bin workers, which has lasted over a month, left more than 17,000 tons of #waste rotting in the streets.

#news #politics #capitalism #problem

Angela Rayner calls in Army to tackle Birmingham bin crisis

Military personnel take up office-based role to help during strike

^{Danielle Sheridan (The Telegraph)}

Alarming levels of #microplastics found in human #brains

Source: nationalgeographic.com/science…

Life in plastic - not fantastic... 😱

#pollution #waste #plastic #microplastic #Problem #health #humanity #future #earth #science #news

Alarming levels of microplastics found in human brains

A new study finds that microplastics and nanoplastics accumulate at higher levels in the brain than in the liver and kidney.

^{Olivia Ferrari (Science)}