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Whether we like it or not, our world is sometimes a daunting, hostile place. It’s largely thanks to the ones who were supposed to love and protect it: yes, I am looking at you, my fellow humans. From ecological catastrophes that have reached the point of no return, to a violent war happening in not some outer corner of our planet, but right there in the center of Europe.

No wonder many of you know how it feels to close your eyes before falling asleep and have all these brutalities viciously run through your mind.

This Reddit thread has taken it a step further and asked people “What is some dark stuff going on around the world right now that the public probably doesn’t know about?” which shows how little we know and think of on the not-so-pretty side of the world. So it’s time to erase that oblivion.

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People Share “Dark Stuff Going On Around The World" The General Public Is Likely Not Aware Of, And Here Are 30 Of The Most Eye-Opening Answers The “Clients” of Jeffery Epstein and Ghislane Maxwell are still pedophiles, and still free, putting innocent children at risk.

sugar-rat-filthy , wikipedia Report

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The concentration camps that the Uyghur Muslims are in right now in China. It's devastatingly brutal.

jamesonswife Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

this needs to be higher. the WEST, especially the media, is not talking about this or just briefly skimming over it. China uses the Uyghurs in forced slave labor and most companies that use them turn a blind eye. Of course, the Chinese Communist Party denies all of these.

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People Share “Dark Stuff Going On Around The World" The General Public Is Likely Not Aware Of, And Here Are 30 Of The Most Eye-Opening Answers Humanity has wiped out 60% of animal populations since 1970.

chickichuglette , Frans van Heerden Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh God, I’ve only reached the second post on this list and already can’t take it any more.

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It would take volumes of books to go into these problematic aspects of our planet deeper, in order to explain and educate why exactly they happened and what to do to be a part of the solution and not a problem.

This time, however, we will be talking about one of the disasters known as ocean pollution which has been caused and escalated by us, humans. In fact, every year, 9 to 14 million tons of plastic waste are dumped into the ocean. In order for your to better picture it, let me tell you it is the equivalent of a garbage truck (17 tons) every minute!

Bored Panda reached out to Valérie Amant, the Director of Communication of The SeaCleaners who said that “if no urgent action is taken, the approximately 9-14 million tonnes of plastic that currently enter the ocean each year are expected to triple over the next 20 years.”

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People Share “Dark Stuff Going On Around The World" The General Public Is Likely Not Aware Of, And Here Are 30 Of The Most Eye-Opening Answers People are dying because they can’t afford their over-priced medication. A very easy save… just price gouging and horrible healthcare.

OpportunitySure9578 , Tamanna Rumee Report

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People Share “Dark Stuff Going On Around The World" The General Public Is Likely Not Aware Of, And Here Are 30 Of The Most Eye-Opening Answers The deforestation of Europe. The last protected ancient forests in Europe (mostly in the east) are cut down by big furniture companies from Finland and Austria. The people trying to protect the forests (activists, journalists, park rangers) are being intimidated, beaten and killed, while the police is looking the other way (or sometimes even participating in the abuse). Basically the same thing like in the Amazon basin, but with a lot less visibility.

silo10 , roya ann miller Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why are we not hearing about this? Surprised by Finland. I thought the Northern European countries were big on looking after the land and being environmentally responsible?

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People Share “Dark Stuff Going On Around The World" The General Public Is Likely Not Aware Of, And Here Are 30 Of The Most Eye-Opening Answers Saudi Arabia sentencing to death people who refuse to move out of their homes so that they can build Neom, their new mega city. And their relatives being sentenced to multiple decades of prison time just for protesting or merely posting their support for the cause on social media.

Bigstar976 , Carles Rabada Report

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Šimon Špaček
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Neom line is doomed to fail. If it ever gets build, it will be marked as one of the biggest fails in history.

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Amant explained that this means that between 23 and 37 million tonnes of plastic will enter the ocean each year by 2040. “This is equivalent to 50 kilograms of plastic per meter of coastline worldwide,” she said. Amant encourages people to read the latest report on UNEP right here.

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The SeaCleaners believes that action against plastic pollution is possible, and should take place on land and at sea. Amant explained that it should be done “both in a preventive way (to prevent more waste to be discarded into the sea) and in a corrective way (to clean the waste that can be cleaned). There is quite a controversy about why we do need to collect plastic waste at sea. We explain why here.

#7

People Share “Dark Stuff Going On Around The World" The General Public Is Likely Not Aware Of, And Here Are 30 Of The Most Eye-Opening Answers California’s water level is very close to the point where we would need to count down the days/months/years of water left

Many say the Water Wars are coming but in some places they are already here

Jack_RabBitz , Pixabay Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I live in an arid country and we have a lot of water restrictions. Does California not enforce them?

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People Share “Dark Stuff Going On Around The World" The General Public Is Likely Not Aware Of, And Here Are 30 Of The Most Eye-Opening Answers In America there are corporations such as Black Rock buying up tons of houses, whole neighborhoods really. they're paying higher than asking price, they will then be permanently renting them out and it will further destroy the middle class/working class. they will make middle class ppl permanent renters. and our politicians on both sides of the aisle are letting this happen because they take money from these corporations.

mspote , wikipedia Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Corporatocracy - where corporations run the government - it is happening nearly EVERYWHERE and it needs to END. Yes, most prevalent in the USA, but also many other places.

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People Share “Dark Stuff Going On Around The World" The General Public Is Likely Not Aware Of, And Here Are 30 Of The Most Eye-Opening Answers The extent of fisheries and ocean life's collapse. Alaska just put the emergency brakes on its entire snow crab fishery as the numbers suddenly fell off a cliff. Same for many salmon species, wild fish, etc.


"Plenty of fish in the sea" seems like a saying that will be true forever, but it won't be. I have seen estimates that there would just be NO commercially-viable fishing by 2048.


We are scraping the bottom of the ocean and emptying it of life

PaddlinPaladin , Derek Keats Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Something like 90% of the snow crab population has just disappeared this year.

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The disastrous effects of ocean pollution can be divided between obvious and not so much. First, plastic pollution has a tremendous negative impact on marine animals and marine biodiversity. “Marine animals, marine biodiversity are the most immediate and visible victims of plastic pollution. More than 1.5 million marine animals die every year: strangled, suffocated, starved, and fatally injured. 90% of marine species are impacted by plastic pollution: from plankton to large predators (3,800 species in total),” Amant explained. She added that mortality rates caused by plastic debris can be as high as 22% for cetaceans and almost 50% for sea turtles.

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People Share “Dark Stuff Going On Around The World" The General Public Is Likely Not Aware Of, And Here Are 30 Of The Most Eye-Opening Answers Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is at an alarming level. There has already been instances of pan antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria. This can throw us back to the pre antibiotic era. Which will effectively mean, catch an infection and die.

No big pharma wants to invest in antibiotic research because of the huge R&D cost and relatively meagre return. Although everyone agrees that we desperately need new antibiotics

AlmostADrug , Testalize.me Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also it'll make major surgery basically impossible, because you'll get an infection in the wound site and cark it

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TotallyNOTaFox
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The german company Lysando developes medicine called "Artilysin" - it's based on bacteriophages (Viruses that infect bacteria) that break the shell of bacteria with proteins that can be reproduced in labs. It has several benefits over antibiotics like not killing off helpful bacteria or very low to no risk of creating resistances

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Viktor
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That’s cool but has its own risks. Ideally it should be targeted tk specific bacteria but could probably mutate to do a lot of damage.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pakistan has become the epicenter of XDR typhoid, a variant of the bacteria resistant to at least 5 classes of antibiotics. As someone who's had regular typhoid before, the thought of catching the resistant strain sends shivers down my spine.

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WonderWoman
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We can't make enough money to justify saving the world. Great motto!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And yet parents will keep putting their children on antibiotics for the slightest sniffle instead of building up their immune systems.

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Shawn
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And then there is the 9th Century Anglo-Saxon eye infection medicine that when recreated almost completely wiped out the highly resistant superbug staphylococcus aureus, otherwise known as MRSA.

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Lee Kerr
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

From Bald’s leech book; It’s about 7 years since I saw a report on it but nothing since I’ve a vague idea that the ingredients included garlic and wine and the combination was more effective than the individual ingredients

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Alexander Fleming himself was the first person to warn about the likelihood of antibiotic resistance way back in 1945. Less than 100 years later, we've now got bacteria resistant to all known antibiotic classes. Massive overuse in the farming industry (to improve animal growth) is a major factor, but also there's over-prescription and inappropriate prescription in humans. Making antibiotics available over the counter without a medical prescription just worsens the situation.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hand hand surgery this past Tuesday. Felt fine Wednesday,, until I started taking the Keflex antibiotic. I've NEVER had any issues with medications - I mean, some made me itch ( codeine), but that's not a "true" allergy (I mean, I wasn't going to die of taking it)- it's just a bad inconvenience (still, tell your providers if a med makes you uncomfortable; there's always an alternative). But this time? Omg.... it's Monday here and I had to call in bc I haven't eaten since Wednesday (well, I did have a few pretzels last night), but it's the worst pain ( intestinal ) that I've ever experienced after a surgery. A freakin HAND surgery! I had a spinal stimulator placed in 2020 and never felt this damn bad. I know that, as you age, your body can suddenly "decide" to develop allergies to things you were never allergic to, but wth???

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I know abdominal pain can be a side effect but if you're that sick yeah have the doc change it. Hope you feel better soon!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I read an article recently that loratadine, an allergy medicine, breaks down the resistance in certain antibiotics resistant bacteria.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I blame all the anti-bacterial sprays, soaps, wipes, etc. for the resistance. People don't seem to understand we need a certain about of bacteria in our systems. Let your children play in the dirt, mud puddles, make mud pies. Get a dog, whatever. Wash with plain old soap and water, build up their immunity.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Resistance to anti-bacterials and antibiotics are two completely separate issues.

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7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Antibiotic resistant bacteria is the fault of doctors and their patients. Most people who are prescribed antibiotics don't take the full course and it's literally a case of "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger." As for the doctors, a lot of them cave to the patient who insists that they need antibiotics even if it's a *viral* infection and antibiotics won't do c**p. Penicillan, the once "magic bullet", doesn't do much of anything now. Neither do its derivatives.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's why it's so idiotic when people go to their Dr to get antibiotics when they have a cold or the flu, when it doesn't work for those things. I only take antibiotics when I really need it. Taking antibiotics for everything, and also not finishing your whole course of antibiotics can cause antibiotic resistant illnesses too!!!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Combining an antibiotic with colloidal silver overcomes the resistance so that the antibiotic is effective again.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is why gps are reluctant to give antibiotics now and if forced to will try to give the same one you have used before.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Note the issue with the cost of drugs: Someone has to put in the time and money to not only find the drug, but to get it approved. Not cheap. Production is the least expensive part of it. And only about 1 in 10 drugs gets past approval. Lots of sunk costs.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some countries are making antibiotics available w/o prescription - we are doomed

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Steve Hayward
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The world's in pandemonium but most people seem to be in blissful ignorance??

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marianne eliza
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's a lot more money in ED meds, hair restoration meds, weight loss meds.

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Ray Heap
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It will be back to burning wounds out with a glowing iron.

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H M
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Russia never did, they went phage treatment instead. The West could but are focused on pills.

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moon_magic
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yet our flippin spud of a health secretary in the UK wants to make them available over the counter

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First of all if people would die because of any infection there would be big money to be made so of course big pharma would be on the case. In addition scientists are now experimenting with special viruses that only attack bacteria (called bacteriophages) to seek and destroy bacteria inside the human body.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Where are you getting your information from? WHO has identified antibiotic resistance as a concern. Big pharma is not interested as effective new antibiotics will be ring fenced for use when nothing else works, so it is not profitable to develop drugs for the cases which are currently 1 in a million. Bacteriophages may work but they are experimental and a long way from everyday use because you need to identify the bacterial infection first and then hope to have the right phage available.

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Especially Cipro (used after accidental anthrax exposure) yet also subscribed for infections-in rare cases you will have tendons that are unbearably taught, and eventually wind up in a wheelchair -most don't live past 35-40ish and are bedridden. Most people don't have this reaction, but regardless, it should be taken off the drug market

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People Share “Dark Stuff Going On Around The World" The General Public Is Likely Not Aware Of, And Here Are 30 Of The Most Eye-Opening Answers I’m a nurse I’m the U.S. the short staffing is worse than you think. People think the healthcare system *will* collapse or is *going to* collapse but it’s not, it already has. Just because you don’t see the hospitals on fire doesn’t mean there isn’t some *severe* staffing and supply shortages

Futuredoctorg , MedicAlert UK Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In the UK, we’re missing 25% of our health and social care workforce. Nice one, Brexit. Great. Thanks.

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People Share “Dark Stuff Going On Around The World" The General Public Is Likely Not Aware Of, And Here Are 30 Of The Most Eye-Opening Answers Women going missing from Indian Reservations across some of the US. Many are young women and probably being used for sex trafficking. There are some interesting podcasts on the subject.

youngthugsmom , Liza Summer Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also happening in Canada. Way under reported and seems like the cops don't care..

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Plastic pollution also negatively affects the global economy in numerous ways. Amant said that the cost of plastic pollution to the tourism and fishing industries is estimated at €13 billion each year.

“By 2040, plastic waste is expected to present an annual financial risk of US$670 billion to businesses and governments who will have to bear the costs of managing it at the projected volumes. A 1% to 5% decline in the provision of marine ecosystem services (= all the economic value of the services provided by the sea) due to plastic pollution is equivalent to an annual loss of $500 billion to $2.5 trillion,” she explained.

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People Share “Dark Stuff Going On Around The World" The General Public Is Likely Not Aware Of, And Here Are 30 Of The Most Eye-Opening Answers The drift toward authoritarian rule and the dissolution of democracy.

Back2Bach , Arnaud Jaegers Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The USA only has around 65% of their population eligible to vote, yet 100% of the population has an opinion. That’s crazy to me… a country that is so politically obsessed yet chooses not to have a say. That kind of thing leads to a death of democracy. Give your people freedom to choose but almost half don’t use their freedoms, and cry about it instead.

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8000 women are burned to death every year over dowry disputes in India. This figure does not count women killed by other means or women who survive the burning or women killed for reasons other than dowry disputes.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And then there's countries where throwing acid into a woman's face is considered "defeneding one's honor"... and the really scary thing is that the so-called incels in western countries would probably resort to such methods, if they weren't afraid of getting arrested.

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People Share “Dark Stuff Going On Around The World" The General Public Is Likely Not Aware Of, And Here Are 30 Of The Most Eye-Opening Answers 70% of the world's Chocolate comes from West Africa

an estimated 1.5 million child slaves are engaged in chocolate production in Ghana and the Ivory coast, alone -- not counting Nigeria and Cameroon

ArcTan_Pete , Tetiana Bykovets Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Check out Tony's chocolate bars if you want to support slave free chocolate. They are a little expensive but worth it.

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It’s important to note that richer countries produce more plastic waste which is often sent to less developed countries. “The average US citizen produces 8 times more plastic waste than a Chinese citizen,” Amant said. This, in turn, increases social, economic, and health inequality.

Aman explained that in developing countries, local communities do not always have the structures, nor the funding capacity to manage the environmental, health, social and cultural burden of plastic pollution. “Plastic pollution helps to perpetuate these inequalities by jeopardizing access to clean water, pest and disease control.”

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People Share “Dark Stuff Going On Around The World" The General Public Is Likely Not Aware Of, And Here Are 30 Of The Most Eye-Opening Answers The permafrost is thawing in Siberia, Canada and Alaska. The methane release rate and pre-ice age bacteria awakening from hibernation will reek havoc on our world at an unpredictable rate.

TakeBeerBenchinHilux , Peter Hansen Report

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one has always bothered me the most, literally oceans boiling and lethal steam and gases being whipped around us by storms and wild winds.

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People Share “Dark Stuff Going On Around The World" The General Public Is Likely Not Aware Of, And Here Are 30 Of The Most Eye-Opening Answers I moved to Sydney 2 weeks ago, and can’t believe how many public suicides there are. It’s almost every day someone kills themselves from jumping from a building or in front of a train. I catch the train almost every day and it feels like a matter of time before I see one happen myself.
We’re in a massive mental health crisis right now and it’s extremely hard to get help.

wannaplayzombies , Hamish Weir Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As long as the stigma on mental healthcare exists, people will keep bottling it up... until it bursts in a way that can't be fixed.

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People Share “Dark Stuff Going On Around The World" The General Public Is Likely Not Aware Of, And Here Are 30 Of The Most Eye-Opening Answers Fast fashion is a human rights and an environmental disaster. There are certain parts of the garment construction process that cannot be mechanized, so humans have to be involved in the production, and the vast majority of them are underpaid. Additionally, fast fashion (especially in women's clothing) isn't made to last, so the fabric and the actual construction is shoddy and the clothes wear out quickly, but fabric recycling is rarely available, so most of those clothes end up in a landfill. Natural fibers release greenhouse gases (ETA: this is an issue in landfills because organic materials decompose in an anaerobic environment in landfills vs an aerobic composting environment which creates more methane as they decompose, and synthetics release chemicals into the water table.

samiratmidnight , Francois Le Nguyen Report

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is a scary documentary about this. We don't need new clothes that often guys. Edited to add: This is one of them for anyone who is curious https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-0zHqYGnlo

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Longer effects of plastic pollution pause even more dangerous threats and they concern human health. Amant explained how that happens: “Marine plastic microparticles enter our food chain. An adult human would ingest and inhale up to 121,000 microparticles of plastic per year. Recent studies have shown that plastics can be found in our lungs, in our brains, and in our bloodstream.”

Moreover, plastic contains additives. “While ‘eating’ and ‘breathing’ plastic, we are exposed to these toxic products, including endocrine disruptors, at all stages of the plastic life cycle. The possible health consequences of daily contact with hormone-active substances in plastic are numerous: cancers, sterility, asthma, embryo development disorder…”

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People Share “Dark Stuff Going On Around The World" The General Public Is Likely Not Aware Of, And Here Are 30 Of The Most Eye-Opening Answers Mass kidnapping of school children in Nigeria and other African nations and the only ones talking about it since 2021 is UNICEF.

Edit: For the record, I'm speaking from an American's perspective who spent the better part of a decade serving in Europe/Asia with the military and can say for certain the only reason I'm aware of it is because of anti human trafficking awareness the US Air Force talks about constantly. I worked directly with NATO and listening to US AFRICOM talk about it daily and yet you NEVER hear about it in the main stream American media.

Noyaiba , tobie Report

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People Share “Dark Stuff Going On Around The World" The General Public Is Likely Not Aware Of, And Here Are 30 Of The Most Eye-Opening Answers The labor used to build the upcoming FIFA world cup stadiums...

Way_2_Go_Donny , Edoardo Busti Report

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People Share “Dark Stuff Going On Around The World" The General Public Is Likely Not Aware Of, And Here Are 30 Of The Most Eye-Opening Answers Propaganda is being used by several countries. Most of the Western countries people forgets that propaganda can be used in a complex context through mass media.
Always think critically and forge your opinions on a subject based on multiple sources and medias around the world.

poison29 , camilo jimenez Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a cybertech I've seen this being used online for years to erode and undermine western democracy... causing instability, mistrust, infighting and chaos...

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According to Amant, the impact of plastic pollution on human health is a recent subject of study, and urgently requires the development of scientific knowledge on their real impacts on our health, our immune, endocrine, and respiratory system, or even our DNA. “However it is very difficult to know precisely the consequences of plastic pollution as it is impossible to have a test group (ie a human group that would not be infected by plastic).” You can find more information about it here.

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People Share “Dark Stuff Going On Around The World" The General Public Is Likely Not Aware Of, And Here Are 30 Of The Most Eye-Opening Answers The troubled teen industry. They’ve been kidnapping and then abusing kids (for money) for the last 30 years, all legally.

TTI Survivor here… 17 years later, the place I was sent gives me nightmares every single night.

brickwallscrumble , cottonbro Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Are we talking about private for profit detention facilities in the U.S.A.?

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How about state-level law enforcement stealing identifiable property out of evidence control to pay snitches with it.

Source: I lost my career over exposing this practice and everyone involved was promoted.

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People Share “Dark Stuff Going On Around The World" The General Public Is Likely Not Aware Of, And Here Are 30 Of The Most Eye-Opening Answers In Africa there is a very real and very extensive slave trade going on right now to say nothing of the other probably 40 million living in bondage.

downwiththemike , Rio Lecatompessy (not the actual photo) Report

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I'm in Mexico right now. Indigenous children are being sold for rape in the state of Guerrero like pieces of meat. Gov't turns a blind eye and civilians are threatened by the cartel. It's messed up.

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Female Infanticide, i.e. the deliberate killing of newborn female children, is still happening in rural India. A full term new born baby is buried alive if unfortunate enough to be female. The mother is usually trying to get pregnant right after, until she finally gives birth to the prized male child.

TheAkashicMoonMaiden Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Won't this eventually kill off a country? If everyone is Male where will the next generation come from? Mixing nationalities is not usually popular in homes that would kill children.

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People Share “Dark Stuff Going On Around The World" The General Public Is Likely Not Aware Of, And Here Are 30 Of The Most Eye-Opening Answers Human trafficking

You can literally be victim of this while visiting other places or on your vacations.

Right now there are thousands of people that are being trafficked as mere objects

STJ41 , Francesca Zama Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I live in San Diego, California, which borders Tijuana, Mexico. Young women especially are kidnapped from San Diego and taken across the border, never to be seen again.

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People Share “Dark Stuff Going On Around The World" The General Public Is Likely Not Aware Of, And Here Are 30 Of The Most Eye-Opening Answers Micro plastics being found in breast milk.

schmelk1000 , Oregon State University Report

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How does that work? How does that happen? (I'm not asking out of incredulity but out of curiosity)

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People Share “Dark Stuff Going On Around The World" The General Public Is Likely Not Aware Of, And Here Are 30 Of The Most Eye-Opening Answers Somalia is pretty much gone at this point, facing war and one of its worst famines in ages, it would be a miracle if they make it through

chingudo , Ismail Salad Osman Hajji dirir Report

#30

9% of Eritrea's population is slaves

The prevalence of modern-day slavery is way more then people like to talk about

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