Mercury

• "We all understand the pressures of trying to do more in less time," said Mercury VP, Claims, Kevin Quinn.
• These behaviors force driving with one hand on the steering wheel, a practice more dangerous than two-handed driving.
• Here are some sobering statistics from Mercury Insurance's October 2023 survey of 1,000 active drivers on distracted driving behaviors:
  While the problem of distracted driving is very real, there are hopeful signs on the horizon.
• For additional safety tips regarding distracted driving, please visit:

• LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Pictures Animation's Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse won Best Feature honors at the 51st Annie Awards™ celebration Saturday night on the campus of UCLA.
• Best Independent Feature was presented to Robot Dreams (Arcadia Motion Pictures).
• Best Special Production was presented to Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie (Wildbrain Studios in association with Apple), Best Short Subject was presented to WAR IS OVER!
• Best Character Animation – Feature went to The Boy and the Heron (Studio Ghibli Distributed by GKIDS) and Best Character Animation – Live Action was presented to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

• Halting overfishing is itself effective climate action.
• The intricate relationship between climate change and ocean ecosystems was the subject of recent collaborative research — led by researchers at the University of British Columbia — that highlighted the crucial links between overfishing and climate change.

Finding the connections

• Doing so would bolster marine life resilience in the face of climate shifts and reduce associate carbon emissions.
• 2 — Large subsidized fishing boat fleets can actually be a burden on small-scale fisheries, leaving them disproportionately vulnerable to shocks.
• In turn, overfishing not only depletes resources but also escalates carbon emissions, intensifying climate impacts on these fisheries and their communities, particularly women.
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  6 — Overfishing exacerbates climate and biodiversity threats.

• 7 — International fisheries management must play a central role in promoting biodiversity and retaining the ocean’s carbon sequestration potential.
• While 87 nations have signed the UN’s Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty (also known as the High Seas Treaty), only one has ratified it.
• Future regulations should allocate a percentage of the annual fish quota to maintain the carbon sequestration function of marine animals.

A simple goal

• Ending overfishing isn’t just an ecological imperative but a linchpin for climate action.
• Furthermore, fisheries aren’t mere victims in these dynamics, but have real agency to play a pivotal role in either exacerbating or mitigating climate change.
• Regulation of fisheries, while controversial, is essential to not overly exploit such a valuable public resource.

Rashid Sumaila receives funding from Canadian Research Councils, the Belmont, intergovernmental organizations, e.g. the World Bank, foundations and philanthropies (e.g. Pew, Oceana and the Dona Bertarelli).

• This study presents groundbreaking findings on the mercury vapor exposure from dental amalgams of pregnant women in the United States.
• In women with amalgam surfaces, the number of surfaces, correlated with significantly higher median daily urinary mercury excretion compared to women without amalgams.
• Notably, close to 30% of these women received daily mercury vapor doses from amalgams exceeding the safety limits set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
• Mercury amalgam dental fillings should be banned by the FDA as they pose a serious risk to the health of all individuals who have amalgam fillings, especially pregnant women and those of reproductive age."