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hello sunshine welcome back to CNN 10
it's April 11th and a random thought
Thursday heat pressure and time the
three things that make a diamond are
also the three things that make a waffle
I'm Coy wire let's eat the Biden
Administration has set the first ever
National Standard to Limit Forever
chemicals in our drinking water these
chemicals are officially known as posos
spelled out
pfas a government study found their
present in nearly half of the United
States drinking water these forever
chemicals can stick around in our
environment and in our bodies they are
linked to a variety of health problems
that include cancer thyroid disease
reproductive problems and heart and
liver damage the CDC says these
chemicals can be found in the blood of
nearly 97% of Americans This regulation
is designed to reduce exposure to these
chemicals for about 100 million people
across the United States the plan
targets five specific types of chemicals
and sets strict limits for them water
treatment facilities have three years to
start testing and another two years to
implement technology to filter out these
chemicals the federal government has set
aside a billion dollars to do it so what
does this all mean for you and me CNN's
Dr Sanjay gupa has more you may have
never heard of posos but you're likely
to have these potentially dangerous
chemicals inside your body plil and
polypill are substances that are known
as forever chemicals these synthetic
chemicals were developed in the 1940s
and are used to repel oil and water they
make consumer items non-stick and
waterproof stain resistant and they're
found in many products you likely use
some obvious non-stick cookware
waterproof clothing but also in things
you may not necessarily realize dental
floss pizza boxes microwave popcorn bags
even makeup and sunscreen now over the
last several decades these chemicals
have been developed at this break neck
Pace there's now more than 9,000 posos
related chemicals to date and again
they're called Forever chemicals because
they don't break down completely meaning
the same properties that make these
chemicals so durable also make them
extremely hard to get rid of meaning
they accumulate in the environment in
animals and yes they accumulate in US
humans thousands of communities AC the
United States have drinking water that
is contaminated with posos and as a
result more than 200 million Americans
could have toxic posos in their drinking
water according to the environmental
working group now here's the thing
nearly all people have a measurable
level of posos in their bodies in fact
it's estimated that 98% of the US
population has some level of posos
contamination and for individuals
Exposed on a regular basis the chemicals
build up cumulatively now I want to be
clear these are relatively early days
and we still don't fully understand the
extent of the threat posed by these
chemicals posos have been linked to
cancer and kidney and liver damage and
other serious health problems in people
with prolonged exposure as for reversing
the damage that has already been done
water treatment is expensive at scale
it's even harder if not impossible to
remove posos from soil or the
environment but here's what you can do
until a cheaper more effective solution
is found you can avoid void stain and
water resistant products and sprays if
you order delivery or takeout from
restaurants remove your food from
takeout containers before reheating when
cooking at home steer clear of non-stick
cookware and filter your drinking water
with activated carbon or reverse osmosis
if
possible who's going to get it which
founding fathers appear on the first US
postage stamps Washington and Jefferson
Washington and Franklin Adams and
Franklin or Washington and Adams
if you set George Washington and
Benjamin Franklin go ahead and put your
hands up the 5cent stamp depicting
Franklin and 10 Center picturing
Washington became valid for use in the
US in the year
1847 we've got news in the world of
snail mail stamp prices are set to rise
again the US Postal Service is bumping
up the price of the first class Forever
stamp by a nickel the cost is increasing
from 68 cents to 73 if you're thinking
that's a lot you're you're right since
2019 the cost has shot up by 36% so if
you paid a dollar to send something five
years ago you'd be paying a136 today the
Postal Service says this price hike is
designed to get the post office on
better Financial footing they added that
the prices though remain among the most
affordable in the world the 5-cent
increase doesn't kick in until July and
still requires regulatory
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for today's story getting a 10 out of 10
we're shining some light on all the
animals that were suddenly in the dark
during Monday's Eclipse they didn't know
what was going on our Ed lavendera
reports from the Dallas
Zoo it was like momentarily walking into
the classic Comedy Night at the Museum a
glimpse into the Secret Lives of animals
at the Dallas Zoo when humans aren't
around to watch zebra started chasing
him and then the ostriches got into the
mix as well just as the zoo slipped into
total darkness a jolt of well animal
energy seemed to shoot through the
grounds the moment mesmerized Lisa van
sleet a curator of mammals at the Dallas
Zoo so did the total eclipse day meet
your expectations it exceeded my
expectations today there was a lot more
activity than I expected to see out of
the animals just before total darkness
an ostrich laid an egg and hovered over
it for a Time protecting it Zoo
officials say it's not clear if the
moment was caused by the eclipse but
that the time in was certainly curious
they said Guinea foul suddenly crowed
wildly you can hear the I hear the birds
are starting the birds are getting
louder just before the the moon covered
the Sun for almost 4 minutes A young
giraffe and its mother galloped around
the enclosure the zebras joined in the
chase as well here and around the
country elephants grouped together and
appeared to head back to the area where
they sleep flamingos packed together in
the middle of a pond in their habitat
primates apparently also thought it was
bedtime animal experts say the sudden
Darkness triggered a natural reaction
among many of the animals at night time
Predators go out a lot more and so they
have to kind of huddle together to be
safety in numbers and in case
something's coming so they went into
that instinct pretty quickly at this
Doggy Daycare in the Dallas area this
group of dogs seemed to stop confused by
the sudden darkness when the sun
returned the dog started playing around
again another video captured a cat
wanting to come inside its home when
Darkness struck at the Toledo Zoo a
polar Barett didn't seem to care about
all the fuss nonchalantly dove into the
water before the sun disappeared Texas
Parks and Wildlife officials teamed up
with NASA to set up These acoustic
recording devices to monitor the sounds
of animals in the
wild but not all animals were flustered
or impressed by the total eclipse tobogo
the giraff mostly walked around unfazed
ready to start chewing on the lettuce
the humans feet
when the sun came back because a total
eclipse is so rare there's very little
documentation very few studies that have
been done on animal behavior during a
total eclipse because of that Zoo
officials say they plan on sharing their
observations and the data they gather
not just with other zoos that were in
the path of this Eclipse but as well as
with other zoos across the country Ed
lavendera CNN
Dallas apparently the eclipse didn't
meet tobogo expectations he spotted the
Sun Leaf of absence but he's used to
Long stretches of Darkness so he was
unfazed because he knew it'd come back
ler than later today's shout out is
going to Milani Middle School in Milani
Hawaii Aloha Blazers and thank you for
watching the show and how about Andrew
at zionville West Middle in Indianapolis
and Nick at Avon Middle School South in
Avon Indiana awesome to meet you both at
the Final Four Rise Up happy Friday Eve
everyone shine bright today and go on
out and make someone smile I dare you
I'm KY wire and we are CNN
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