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>>>> the full paper is b --0000000000008ba427058b843445 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I found the article - it is part their Cigarette Butt Pollution Project ( https://www.cigwaste.org/) https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/20/Suppl_1/i25 This is still just a summary - you have to pay to get the full article. Nancy On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 8:02 AM Don MacNeill <donmacneill@bellaliant.net> wrote: > I think of New Scientist as being a reputable publication but it would > certainly be good to have the details of the experiment if people might act > on the results. > > Don > > Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net > On 6/17/2019 9:13 AM, N Robinson wrote: > > Here is the link to the article in *New Scientist* - no mention of any > details of the "experiment". > > > https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22229750-200-time-to-kick-cigarette-butts-theyre-toxic-trash/ > > Nancy > > On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 6:43 AM Don MacNeill <donmacneill@bellaliant.net> > wrote: > >> Comes from tobacco plants. Warfarin is also dangerous but beneficial in >> small amounts. It would be interesting to know if the study about fish >> deaths had high or low concentrations of poisons from the filters in >> whatever amount of water they used. >> >> Don >> >> Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net >> On 6/16/2019 10:17 PM, Mary Macaulay wrote: >> >> Cough >> High grade poisonous fertilizer >> >> With kindest regards >> >> Mary (Macaulay), P.Eng. >> CEO Insect Recovery Project >> Social Enterprise - Tatamagouche Remember Adventures & Caper Cafe >> Bed & Breakfast, Pedal Buggy, bike, kayak, coaster & snowshoe rentals, >> great bird friendly coffee, organic baking, breakfast & pasta, soups, >> stews, vegan curries & chili, pollinator meadow, games & more!! >> (Cafe/Buggies Open Wed to Sunday: 8:00 am - 3 pm; Tatamagouche B&B phone >> me directly , Angevine Lake Chalet - book via Airbnb) >> RememberAdventures.ca & InsectRecovery.org >> 1-902-293-1533 >> Twitter @RememberTata & @InsectRecovery >> >> On Jun 16, 2019, at 9:01 PM, N Robinson <nrobbyn@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> A Nova Scotia student has done something useful with the 37.4 pounds of >> cigarette butts he collected over three months on his campus, besides >> showing off what a horrible mess it was. He sent them off to an Ontario >> company where they make fertilizer out of them: >> >> "Even though his class project has been completed, Johannesen said he >> plans to keep picking up cigarette butts so he can send them to a recycling >> company in Toronto where the paper, tobacco, and ash will be turned into >> industrial-grade fertilizer, which is most often used on golf courses." >> The full story can be found here: >> >> >> https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/nova-scotia-student-s-cigarette-butts-pile-growing-every-day-1.4367145 >> >> Your comments on that "high-grade fertilizer", please. >> >> Nancy >> >> On Sun, Jun 16, 2019 at 7:19 PM Mary Macaulay <marymacaulay@hotmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Please note that birds and other wildlife also directly ingest these >>> highly poisonous butts - another way in which this highly toxic trash >>> contributes to environmental harm. Hope no one on the list is excusing >>> themselves from littering in this way thinking they are helping out >>> wildlife ..?? >>> >>> With kindest regards >>> >>> Mary (Macaulay), P.Eng. >>> CEO Insect Recovery Project >>> Social Enterprise - Tatamagouche Remember Adventures & Caper Cafe >>> Bed & Breakfast, Pedal Buggy, bike, kayak, coaster & snowshoe rentals, >>> great bird friendly coffee, organic baking, breakfast & pasta, soups, >>> stews, vegan curries & chili, pollinator meadow, games & more!! >>> (Cafe/Buggies Open Wed to Sunday: 8:00 am - 3 pm; Tatamagouche B&B phone >>> me directly , Angevine Lake Chalet - book via Airbnb) >>> RememberAdventures.ca & InsectRecovery.org >>> 1-902-293-1533 >>> Twitter @RememberTata & @InsectRecovery >>> >>> On Jun 16, 2019, at 6:27 PM, Parker Donham <parker@donham.ca> wrote: >>> >>> I asked Prof. Google about this, and she directed me to the following. >>> >>> - From Scientific American:* Cigarette Butts in Nests Deter Bird >>> Parasites >>> <https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/culturing-science/cigarette-butts-in-nests-deter-bird-parasites/>* >>> - From the Economist: *Some birds use discarded cigarettes to >>> fumigate their nests* >>> <https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2017/09/30/some-birds-use-discarded-cigarettes-to-fumigate-their-nests> >>> - From Nature: *City birds use cigarette butts to smoke out >>> parasites >>> <https://www.nature.com/news/city-birds-use-cigarette-butts-to-smoke-out-parasites-1.11952>* >>> - From the New Scientist: *From the New Scientist Birds use >>> cigarette butts for chemical warfare against ticks >>> <https://www.newscientist.com/article/2138655-birds-use-cigarette-butts-for-chemical-warfare-against-ticks/>* >>> >>> These reports in the popular press all seem based on a single study by >>> by three Mexico City researchers published in Biology Letters. The Royal >>> Society has an abstract (but the full paper is behind the usual >>> unconscionable academic paywall): >>> >>> - *Incorporation of cigarette butts into nests reduces nest >>> ectoparasite load in urban birds: new ingredients for an old recipe?* >>> <https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsbl.2012.0931> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 12:17 PM Ken J MacAulay <kenmacaulay@eastlink.ca> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> John there was a recent article on-line about wild bees using plastic >>>> to >>>> line their nests. That article also mentioned birds using cigarette >>>> butts >>>> in their nests to kill mites etc. Like you, though, I can't remember >>>> if it >>>> was on a news feed or a FaceBook article. Here is a link to an article >>>> that >>>> mentio