Farmers WARN of TOXIC VEGETABLES After Massive Lithium Fire Next to "Salad Bowl of America"

Independent reporter Tina-Desiree Berg covered a community meeting in Castroville, California where residents expressed their growing concerns weeks after the massive Vistra Lithium Battery Plant fire spread toxic chemicals as far as 50 to 100 miles and sickened residents with nosebleeds, headaches, burning lungs, chemical burns, dizziness, breathing problems, metallic taste in mouth, and more. In this clip, Tina speaks with two local farmers about the growing concern that the toxic chemicals released during the fire may have contaminated local crops in the nearby "Salad Bowl of America"-the farming area that produces 70% of Americans' vegetables (and a lot of our fruits). WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT to stay out ON-THE-GROUND covering these important stories the corporate media COVERS UP.
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[@AngelaG-100]

It seems that our local government is hard on the cannabis industry/testing, etc, more than they do these extremely dangerous battery plants!

[@AngelaG-100]

See if santa cruz labs can help with anything

[@_JackNapier]

If you haven't done a piece on rocket fuel in vegetable farmers produce due to rocket fuel runoff water being used. . .🃏✌️

[@Mr.eFF0]

Have you thought about doing a story on enhanced geothermal energy? It doesn't require any lithium-ion batteries for storage, and can provide clean energy 365 days per year, 24 hours per day, in a wide variety of climatic and geological conditions. Check out the Fervo project in Utah if you haven't already heard about it. If an enhanced geothermal plant were to catch fire, it could be rapidly shut down, and certainly would not cause problems as severe as what just happened at Moss Landing. Can we please phase out this cheap Tesla crap and start looking at some better and safer long-term generation solutions? Get Alien Musk on the phone and ask him if he wants some cobalt cabbage from Salinas with his winter greens. What a supreme db lol.

[@TimothyGarrett-mi9wm]

Ship those veggies to our representatives to eat!!!!

[@vincetuminello5868]

The location of this lithium battery storage facility was approved by Democrats some of whom are no longer in office. Don’t be blaming the current administration.

[@miked8249]

Since Pelosi owns over $ 1 M in stock options in Vistra, maybe she will eat it and tell you it's safe!

[@cesarchaves2896]

Or to the voters who put those A-Holes in office, especially the orange buffoon!

[@bw2408]

damn straight

[@tauIrrydah]

Send the lettuce to McDonalds.

[@steambom3350]

Am I the only one who sees that corporations just want the rest of us to stop existing?

[@serversurfer6169]

That's the oppressor's dilemma-they need us to make things. We, the people, have nothing to lose but our chains. 😜

[@buffalospringfield1109]

thats cuz they legit do, have you not been reading ingredient labels & looking at all the false health naratives debunked by eric berg on yt?

[@Qcat335]

Robots, Transhumanism, Bio digital Convergence They do not need humans nor want them in the way they exploited us before... They have all the tech, resources and intelligence they needed.

[@Timetorideagain]

You mean gates and the wef

[@dannymeyer3256]

The real question is why is it allowed it’s literally genocide.

[@icecoldnut5152]

"He poisoned our water supply, burned our crops and delivered a plague unto our houses"

[@tonywalker8030]

SpongeBob?

[@SN-qr2uu]

@@tonywalker8030🍊💩🤡

[@MeshugaMatch-z6z]

@SN-qr2uu It's a SpongeBob quote.

[@jasminejeanine2239]

Yep, we've been doing that for years.

[@OskinsBob]

NO IT'S WHAT PATRICK STARFISH SAID BEFORE HE BECAME FAMOUS 🎯

[@kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934]

So who allowed battery storage next to food basket? Just abominable

[@lindamichigan5471]

Government

[@AngelaG-100]

I don't think most people knew what was even going on there.I know I didn't. And now to find out they were going to put one right in the town of watsonville, in a neighborhood!!! Look into that too.

[@AngelaG-100]

And the guy that's talking about hemp, just watch to see how they try to regulate him!

[@don2deliver]

It's the new green deal. Isn't hating big oil wonderful?

[@AngelaG-100]

The local government, and you should look at how much money they make per year. It's insane!

[@MeredithDrennan]

The company should pay ALL damages and give the farmers full income that is lost. Get big Gov. to go after big business instead of being paid off by them,!!

[@farmerted487]

Sounds great. Where will the company get that money from? Insurance will only pay out so much.

[@kateoneal4215]

The US government and big biz IS THE EXACT SAME THING!!! Not two separate entities.😅

[@deadpanfish]

​@farmerted487 directly out of the executive paychecks. Those are the people responsible for every final decision made. Individuals need to be held directly accountable. Financially and criminally.

[@farmerted487]

@@deadpanfish I don't think you comprehend the scale of the damage. The business doesn't have enough money to do what you're talking about. It would probably need to be declared a superfund site to be allocated enough funds to clean it properly.

[@randystanton1224]

There is no ending to what the damage is. Decades centuries

[@SaddleRockManitou]

If this doesn’t get everyone’s attention, NOTHING will.

[@FromAshes444]

All mainstream media has to do is actively not talk about it, or spread lies in relation to it, and the truth gets squashed-as it always does. The people have been conditioned to give their power away to our false authority structures.

[@samhall7385]

Awe it's your first time, I've said this so many times. Welcome to Russia 2

[@miked8249]

I wish them luck but it won't. Exposing lithium batteries as toxic is very unpopular and subject to censorship by YT. Take it from me I am a lithium battery troll on the message boards. If the ratio of electric/gas vehicles were flipped, I could only imagine the environmental damage just from car fires.

[@samhall7385]

@@miked8249 we need trains so badly

[@wrldonwill]

I think it's getting attention... The question is: what are people going to do about it? In fact, that's always the question to any issue.

[@christinarixey3710]

TO REMOVE HEAVY METALS FROM SOIL YOU PLANT SUNFLOWER PLANTS. They then must dispose of the plants. This is a common practice to clean ground soil. IT WORKS!

[@samhall7385]

That and hemp, I agree

[@BlueSky144]

Wow! Thank you for this information. I instinctively wanted to put sunflowers in an area of land that was doused with weed killer.

[@swannoir7949]

So does yarrow. But again, it will take 4-5 years, and that's a lot of land. My gosh. I'm glad I got a garden.

[@OskinsBob]

OK HOMBRE

[@Robin-x1c]

Different plant remediate different toxins.

[@Trom5464]

2:09 what’s insane is that some rich guy and elected officials considered all these dangerous notions and purposefully went ahead and willfully chose this.

[@jasminejeanine2239]

Yep, this is why I'm pro-regulations. It's SOOO much cheaper just to not put chemical plants next to the one place we grow our veggies in the states then to clean it up after something happens. Of course the GOP won't even allow us to do research studies for this exact reason. No, while they are in a blue state, the farms in California are in the red part of the state. They decide zoning laws. It's easy unless a bunch of people start yipping for the state gov to not even realize it's a problem until after the fact. Which is why we really need the federal gov to pass a law that requires states to chart what'd happen if there was a catastrophy. Of course right now Trump is making it even easier and getting rid of the FDA.

[@stephwinant5038]

Not only that but they literally made the choice not to tell the public that the battery plant was even there

[@don2deliver]

@@jasminejeanine2239 It wasn't a chemical plant. It was a battery farm fire. A battery farm because the Leftist in California forced wind and solar energy and even shut down natural gas energy. It was caused by poor voting.

[@itmattersnot1216]

And now he's fired and hushed everyone so THERE WILL BE NO TESTING, NO NOTIFYING, NO ADDRESSING. WE WILL JUST BE POISONED 👹

[@truthonly7699]

@@jasminejeanine2239 he is getting rid of the corruption in these agencies that lets this kind of shit happen.

[@tylerhackner9731]

This is horrifying

[@elaine1034]

Remember the East *Palestine* Ohio train wreck? That was deliberate to.

[@buddygrimfield7954]

This is what several decades of voting for neoliberals has gotten us.

[@MagegirlNino]

How in the world are we going to make sure we aren't eating vegetables from here?! How will we prevent pregnant people from being exposed to this?!

[@beam-kitty8425]

Go on the carnivore diet. It’s better for our health anyway.

[@MM-qp4pd]

All by design! Then a few months later they will "wonder" why cancer rates for humans and pets are increasing. But that's ok cause it's a win win for big harma and medical personel who they pay to do the dirty work for them. Follow the $$$$$

[@tabathac444]

What about everything poisoned by the East Palestine attack.

[@Robin-x1c]

Get your fruits and veggies from local farmers markets and avoid frozen foods from the store for a year or so after the soil is remediated, and canned for who knows? You can look on frozen and canned for where food was packaged to get some idea but it really isn’t reliable.

[@thispersonisblanked3457]

Oh we wont. Since we killed the bill that keeps food safe in the last administration, there's no reason to not believe they wouldn't give this garbage to us.

[@llprice2000]

There should be some class action lawsuits for these farmers.

[@faithnevaehmartinez4509]

I fully agree. But I think way back in the first days of this happening. The residents signed some clause waiving any future rights to sue in order for them to be eligible to receive checks for them to be able to afford motel rooms when they were being forced to evacuate they're homes!

[@bw2408]

they need to go to the damn governments

[@michellekhrisat9301]

That department is being eliminated 😢

[@charleeghee7195]

JFK Jr needs to be brought into this mess. He had a lot of experience in suing companies that were poisoning our world.

[@Retromusic-s9v]

@@charleeghee7195RFk belongs to the same clubs. He profited from all that. Anyone who holds a position in politics is there by design. Both sides are working towards the same goals.

[@FromAshes444]

Stories like this are disheartening because all mainstream media has to do is decide to not talk about it, and it’s like it never happened. Most people (even in that area) don’t even know this has happened. It goes to show just how much power the establishment has had over the population. We need to continue to reclaim our power back. I’m not sure how, but this KZbin channel is one way of doing so.

[@MM-qp4pd]

All by design! Then a few months later they will "wonder" why cancer rates for humans and animals are increasing. But that's ok cause it's a win win for big harma and medical personel who they pay to do the dirty work for them. Follow the $$$$$

[@annabellesanchez8011]

The media is paid to not talk and paid to lie

[@maximustheindoorchicken7367]

It gives voice to the public. Thats how. These people are the best. I am terrified.

[@Katrina-mx2sf]

Like Palestine,Ohio .Those people never got justice.

[@janice369]

​@@Katrina-mx2sf Neither did Flint, Michigan either,

[@Pompomgrenade]

Keep making noise... The world should know that the largest lithium ion energy production plant caught fire because the design failure is not tested prior to being implemented at the expense of public harm

[@benf1111]

This will be the new norm as long as it helps profits.

[@patrodrigue7839]

At least this administration wants to keep our tax dollars accounted for. The last one just wanted to take our taxes and send them out of the Country to be laundered, right into their offshore accounts.

[@SJ-lm7xz]

Did you ever think it might have been bombed? First the fires, now a plant explosion, water supply was cut off…what happened in W. Virginia. Wake up!!!

[@SJ-lm7xz]

The rest of the world knows what is going on and y’all still thinking someone is going to come save ya.

[@Katrina-mx2sf]

Why would a battery storage facility be allowed to be near an agricultural area?

[@sabiansatchel]

To do exactly what this did.

[@WWZenaDo]

Cheap land, lack of regulatory oversight, and pathologically greedy psychopath billionaires.

[@gillierob231]

Politicians got paid off.smh

[@volkerengels5298]

How to have a Nuclear Power Plant close to coast line - *while sea level is rising?* Uhm - Ignorance, Indifference, Stupidity=Greed? Pick one or some...

[@hpensive]

Even God put a recreational facility next to a waste dump. That being said, "They don't really care about us."

[@TheLMC323]

It's sickening what corporations are able to get away with.

[@michellekhrisat9301]

It's going to get so much worse😢

[@Didibloome]

Time to grow your own veggies , look for community garden co-ops, they're invaluable.

[@yadealone]

The difficult thing is even surrounding areas were affected. You can test in Moss Landing and they’re awaiting results from independent tests that were done in a wide area even miles away. I live 9 miles from the Plant in Watsonville. How do I know if my organic garden is safe? I seem to be all right, but that’s all I can go by. Most of us will not know unless we pay for testing ourselves. My heart goes to those that were affected closer in. I have a friend who lives further out and she was affected. They are sweeping this under the rug, and it makes sense because how can they begin to pay for all these damages? If they find that the toxic metals have affected a greater area then when? Are crops affected? Our aquifer? Us!

[@Didibloome]

@yadealone yeah, that is a tough one. The only thing I can think of is to replace soils and compost from non-contaminated sources, in a greenhouse, but who knows what is leaching into the groundwater. I'm sorry you have to deal with this and being so close to the fire. It's a bad situation. Though, for the rest of us in order to avoid contaminated crops from the area, we should definitely try to grow some of our own food. Someone just got rid of the food insecurity dept, and this is the best way to get ahead of things and make sure we don't have problems.

[@brysoncherry9884]

They're spraying aluminum over you everyday dunce

[@elw6150]

Can't grow veggies in frozen rock hard soil covered with snow 8 months out of the year!!

[@Didibloome]

@@elw6150 there are greenhouses that are partially buried that keep heat year round. Do some Google searching, large volumes of water can be used for heat sinks that absorb the daytime heat and release it at night to keep the temp stable.

[@audreywitko1445]

Thank you for exposing this frightening information!

[@newsoul8626]

thank you for reporting on what MSM doesn't cover!! ❤️

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[@annabellesanchez8011]

​@StatusCoup The Democrats pay the media to hide things and paid to lie to us

[@suttonlarry7354]

Who the hell said let's put a lithium battery plant smack damn in the middle of our agricultural sector?

[@loyddussaultsr4181]

Don't count on the EPA because the EPA has been castrated

[@joehutmacher3323]

The EPA caused this debacle.

[@slotbunny]

@@joehutmacher3323EXACTLY!

[@vincetuminello5868]

The EPA was in the pocket of the progressive Democrats.

[@MeshugaMatch-z6z]

@joehutmacher3323 because it's been castrated. Since Dubya. Learn to pay attention.

[@swannoir7949]

@@MeshugaMatch-z6zYou mean George Bush? Number one or two? The REPUBLICAN?

[@andreannegarant6346]

Au Québec, notre gouvernement essaie d'installer ce genre d'usines tout le long du Saint Laurent, notre sang, notre mère, on se bat de toutes nos forces contre ça. Pauvres Californiens, vous avez toute ma sympathie.

[@Katrina-mx2sf]

Keep fighting! You'll have a lithium fire that makes st.lawrence toxic. Love fr BC

[@valeriewedel2775]

I have ridden along the St Lawrence River - one of the life blood of our land. I stand with you! Protect the land, Water and people!

[@andreannegarant6346]

@@valeriewedel2775 Merci

[@redhead8777]

NO FREKN' WAY!!!!

[@TupeloHoney6104]

Great reporting! Im afraid to buy produce now. What next? Guess I better get my greenhouse. 🙄

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[@Mwm-x3n]

We need to grow our own veggies But is our soil safe?

[@YahwehsbountifulHarvest]

​​@@Mwm-x3nbuild a greenhouse and make a cement floor. Do container gardening.

[@tarajoyce3598]

People from East Palestine Area sell their produce at my local farmer market. Just saying. My elderly mother insists on buying it. She says it's fine. We basically live in a toxic waste dump. The residents don't care. They don't want to know.

[@slotbunny]

This is SO IMPORTANT! Thank you!

[@MM-qp4pd]

All by design! Then a few months later they will "wonder" why cancer rates for humans and pets are increasing. But that's ok cause it's a win win for big harma and medical personel who they pay to do the dirty work for them. Follow the $$$$$

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[@InesAtienza]

Labeled "organic" isn't going to mean anything. Pay more for fruits and vegetables grown and shipped from outside the U.S.

[@MeshugaMatch-z6z]

Most won't be able to afford them once tariffs kick in.

[@Dari-b5g]

You trust can vegetables from China?

[@monicaclark9581]

I don't trust any produce that comes from foreign countries esspecially on cargo ships that are sprayed with pesticides. Vitamin C, cilantro, bentonite clay, and curcumin can take away some heavy metals out of the body. One study in a medical journal showed that curcumin extract of 500 mg 2 times a day can reverse DNA damage due to arsenic poisoning

[@natel9019]

They hit all food from overseas with gama radiation. Grow your own.

[@LFMcD]

Organic label in grocery is mostly a money making scam. I worked in grocery industry 30 years mostly with produce and saw the process from the fields to produce shelves. Only way to get true organic is go to and individual that grows nothing but organic, but even then they will use some fertilizer and pesticides.

[@APirateNamedJohn]

They need to be held 100% liable. And yet the gop wants to abolish osha. Shameful

[@FuriosaSonoran]

Just a quick heads up, OSHA is for worker safety... the EPA is for environmental safety.

[@Patti5d]

Make Vistra pay for this and the farmers for their loss.

[@bluedragonfly5]

Thank you for doing these interviews with the locals

[@MaryAnn-r1g]

To me it does not seem like all of this tech crap is worth it if it's killing us

[@theewildrose]

They're experimenting on us

[@HarryKersey]

How are these battery plants able to operate and not be responsible for this . Why are they able to have these plants near civilian homes and especially near food producers . No regulations to make their industry safe . Many questions to be answered.

[@user-si9cn8qi8t]

I would try to sue the corporation or the local government or EPA and have them pay a settlement to convert all of the local farms into Hydroponics growing systems in order to prevent and minimize any contamination that is going to be in the soil for a couple of years thus also contaminating local food This way they have to pay some type of large restitution to the town for possible health risks and side effects that they're going to see later on but then also this prevents these local farms from being shut down if produce was later discovered to be unsafe and contaminated this will allow farmers to continue grow crops for their business and they won't have to worry about going bankrupt if their produce is not grown in the unsafe soil this would be safer to eat I feel like that's only fair for the corporations to pay to prevent the local agricultural business from being completely wiped out and hopefully their business can stay afloat

[@MIKEMIKE-te2dt]

Thanks for your terrific reports!

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[@dnel7203]

Please check on Georgia!!! They also had a similar fire a few months back that nobody is talking about it anymore😢

[@StatusCoup]

We have covered that!

[@ebonyjackson3198]

Wait. I live in Georgia and I haven't heard a thing about this.

[@PrayerWarrior4]

They lost a majority of their peaches due to disease a couple years ago, had to restock from one county in CA

[@tonywalker8030]

They better listen to them, they know what they are talking about

[@HappyQuailsLC]

The EPA tested after it was safe for THEM to return to do so! What does that tell you about the readings and the explanations about the testing has vastly changed over time.

[@Soapgirl64]

How about the bid to dismantle the EPA?

[@TheAnimeMegaFreak]

According to history. The plant was built in the 1950s but wasn't always a battery maker back then

[@joehutmacher3323]

It never has produced batteries It was a clean natural gas electricity generation plant. They shut that down and put batteries on site to store power produced by dirty wind and solar.

[@rockonmadonna]

Could you please tell us which vegetables the area mostly grows? Spinach? Arugula? Butter lettuce? Iceberg? Romaine? What exactly are we talking about here?

[@MeshugaMatch-z6z]

Everything from green leafs to berries to cruciferous vegetables and even mushrooms and garlic.

[@Patti5d]

Crops get rotated. Artichokes mostly in Castroville. Broccoli lettuce kale. Cilantro. Some companies grow in Arizona. Yeah someone needs to tell us what is going on here.

[@A.M.7886]

Why is she constantly laughing? There's nothing funny about this!

[@swannoir7949]

@@A.M.7886IKR

[@seadragon1456]

Oranges and grapes too.

[@pennyfeddersen7395]

This is so devastating

[@user-wm5wn3bx8n]

All of the soil in the area needs to have little pill bugs planted there since pill bugs, eat lead, and heavy metals

[@jasoncorrell6999]

Growing lavender will remove toxic metals from soil. It is used in the east for land reclamation, to clean the soil from coal mining

[@crusher9z9]

yeah but how are you gonna get the pillbugs out the ground

[@jakespivey3716]

I live in CA, I've have eaten strawberries from Castroville. I didn't know till now they put a lithium battery plant there. who's stupid idea was that?

[@cubey]

@@jakespivey3716 a capitalist owned politician

[@rcfarmer4450]

There are no capitalists in your corporate bank owned socialist fascist country. Maybe try and use your lgbt army in Afghanistan again and lose 🇦🇫 😂 ​@@cubey

[@cubey]

@rcfarmer4450 that doesn't make any sense. capitalism and socialism cannot exist at the same time. either a few own everything (capitalism) or everyone owns everything (socialism). fascism is capitalism.

[@rcfarmer4450]

Fascism is corporatism owned by the government see Hitler and The Italians. Socialism is the same thing except when we sign our business over to Mao, Stalin, or Kim we agree with dear leader and say the people now own it Mao being the only people who own it. Capitalism hasn't existed in the west for over 100 years.

[@jakespivey3716]

@ fascist is what the majority of Americans want us to become and it looks like they're going to have their way since no one in the republican party thinks that obeying the law is important any more. Prior to this of course, we can whatever we want to do so a country can be socialist in some aspects and capitalistic in others. For example, the repubs would like end SSI. Whew, yah that's alot of money saved. But, then you would have to pay for your parents food and shelter when they are retireed and their life savings are eaten up by inflation. Without Medicare, you'd have to decide to I pay $200k for grandma's heart surgery instead of sending my kids to college or should I just let your folks die if they should become seriously ill? Do you see the value of socialism yet?

[@gg-wk2ww]

The heavy metal industry knows how to clean out the metals. They have steps using different types of muds to clean out from water . Just don't let them disappear or not be held accountable because this keeps happening, I suspect on purpose.

[@aubreytacopirate7625]

I don't see a better way than controlling the food. To control the people.

[@fugazi225]

thanks for info

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[@junesecrist6719]

And Musk said last night he wants to get rid of all government regulations. Especially those effecting his businesses.

[@feuerling]

And controll the press so nobody reports on accidents. Like he's trying to hide the accident statistics of his cars.

[@scottphipps2278]

​@@feuerling His cars are dangerous and The NHTSA Board was is going to do a major recall on his cars so that is real reason is best friends with Trump.......ALEDGELY

[@jammiebooker6489]

Placing a lithium battery factory next to where a majority of fruits and vegetables are grown reminds me of the "trouble brewing" Far Side comics

[@shannons1785]

These farmers should be paid for the crops they can't sell and the owners of the battery corp should pay the clean up and Calif govt as well for allowing such a place to be built near farmland

[@sarahfern7128]

Paul Stamets has some great results on mycelium for taking heavy metals out of soil.

[@HappyQuailsLC]

Whoever thought we would join this long list if disaster areas. Need I answer that? A lot of us were wondering about this ever since the last fire.

[@kateoneal4215]

Look up the largest shareholders of the parent company, PG&E. Blackrock, etc.........

[@FromAshes444]

Yea, it was probably done intentionally. Isn’t Blackrock a satanic cult?

[@swannoir7949]

PG&E. Another Erin Brockovich storyline.

[@iranjohn]

What that guy is talking about is Phytoremediation. The question is, how do you harvest without putting some of the heavy metal back into the soil? Also, does that hemp go to landfills, or is it made into textiles that will carry those heavy metals?

[@bleuraven]

Are all the trumps and musks out there going to grow their food in their little protective bubbles too?

[@iranjohn]

You know they are.

[@joehutmacher3323]

I don’t believe the Tesla batteries caught fire. I heard there were two on site away from the defective ones that caught fire.

[@juliepoppe6294]

Already have been for years. @bleuraven you just keep eating the contaminate vegetables. You’ll be fine!

[@colleenashcraft5723]

Trump doesn't eat vegetables

[@wrenbyrd1093]

@@colleenashcraft5723🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 He eats the McDonald’s 🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔 no veggies.

[@stickyfox]

thank goodness we have the EPA and FDA and USDA and... oh right. :(

[@scottphipps2278]

@stickeyfox And we still don't get the cleanest AIR WATER , FOOD FLINT MITCHIGAN HAS NOT BEEN CLEANED UP And the water is still dirty. Now U go check

[@PsychicIsaacs]

Bill Mollison was talking about toxic crops in 1995, that's 30 years ago! It's not just lithium, it's cadmium and uranium contamination from the superphosphate...

[@OneDishWonder234]

When I read through the comments in any of the videos regarding this subject (ONLY ON STATUS COUP!) I am reading about who's to blame, what do we do, grow your own veggies....!!! Whatever!! The air is STILL not safe, and--- it will be a LOOOOONG time before you can utilize the soil from any earth anywhere near that area. And THAT area is MUCH BIGGER than the area YOU are even thinking about. Anything that will be grown around there HAS TO BE ENCLOSED.....with air specifically filtered to target the toxins that have become prevalent due to this particular type of fire. AND with soil that is not contaminated; or you could grow hydroponically with highly filtered water. Listen--- my sister, (who is VERY smart especially when it comes to anything plants!) made me aware that there is a BIG difference between "toxic" and "lethal" when it comes to plants. And thats in their normal state. Anyway, I can't help but think if you keep exposing yourself to "toxic"....ALOT,,,,ie daily, all nite, etc... you then send yourself more toward lethal accumulations.

[@Samina-bf2eq]

Let alone what they are spraying into the skies 😢

[@Lookuplookdown]

THANK YOU!!!! Damn people time to wake up NOTHING is ORGANIC or CLEAN!!! Blolws my mind!! So Disconnected from Reality. I live here and have tried so many times to have this conversation with people and they refuse to acknowledge it. I mountain bike and run and folks are like "beautiful day" and im lke NOt really have you notice the frequency lines and whiteout??? I have protested in this town at the clock tower and just got verbally abused, they Don't want to hear it...college town too, super brainwashed in all kinds of scary ways. Blowin in the wind...

[@Lookuplookdown]

This FARMLAND is also covered in PESTICIDES!!! They crop dust ALL this Land. I have seen it countless tiimes. Lots of plastics and trash along the road too. Could have a full time job picking up trash , it's beyond Sad!! I think it's Sad and Pathetic that it took something like this to get people to notice how TOXIC our World IS! It's in OUR Faces EVERYDAY!

[@Jc-ms5vv]

😂😂😂

[@josephmclennan1229]

BLIP trails

[@MS6InvaderCommander]

Damn not water vapor 😢

[@lifespanwellnessbeauty-60i64]

I feel very badly that this happened to the people in that area. 😢Is there any way to know which brand names of products come ftom that region?

[@brandonwilliams159]

Don't bring them vegetables to our stores we do not want it it's toxic. Keep it where it is. We don't want to turn into zombies like the movie.

[@michaellovullo7363]

Too many people in the first world. People in the first world want more of everything that is killing the ecosystem. We are unwilling to give anything up.

[@kellywalker1664]

THIS. We have solutions, but they take time, work and sacrifice-something few Merkins are willing to sign on for .

[@seadragon1456]

Idk. But I know for certain NONE OF US want these plants burning next to us. Think about it… Would you rather have a GAS vehicle go up in flames next door, with the wind blowing towards your house? OR would you rather have an EV go up in flames next door, with the smoke blowing towards your house? You must choose one. And why did you choose one over the other? Neither are healthy for us or the planet but I can say with confidence that I’d rather deal with a gas vehicle because it can be put out within 30 minutes. The alternative does more damage. Not only does it deposit loads of heavy metals it also creates a gas that stays low to the ground for a while before dissipating.

[@myoldvhstapes]

All 8 million people on earth would fit in a one-mile cube. That's how little room our bodies take up.

[@michaellovullo7363]

@myoldvhstapes There are 8 billion people on the planet. Your response has nothing to do with the way the first world uses resources.

[@michaellovullo7363]

@myoldvhstapes and if you believe that the entire global population would fit in a one mile cube. I have a bridge to sell you in New York.

[@niemanjulie]

It is imperative that we conduct a thorough analysis of the soil in the agricultural fields adjacent to the Moss Landing fire as soon as possible, specifically testing for the presence of heavy metals. Prompt results are crucial for assessing the environmental impact and ensuring the safety of the land. We must prioritize this testing to obtain the necessary information without delay!

[@wrenbyrd1093]

We? 😂

[@jogmeat]

Now we really don’t need migrants - no crops

[@searchingtruth8883]

They are safer out of the area.

[@PaxilRose]

BREAKING NEWS: Experts suggest Americans who don't want to be poisoned by EVERYTHING move out of the US, potentially causing S America to build a wall to avoid migrant crisis.

[@catharinawraak9831]

This worried me when I saw the news about the fire, and I was amazed by the lack of reactions - but there were so much else to focus on those days. The reporters are only human … Here in Sweden we still have problems after Chernobyl. The winds and the rain transported radioactive material all the way to us, and it lingers in the soil in some areas. Our government is keeping track though, and it is getting better and better.

[@lovleypoppy]

Which produce should we avoid?

[@VALiantiosous]

green stuff? vegetables from CA? are citrus fruits safe?

[@deadpanfish]

Some of our stores keep produce in the original packaging and has the name and location of where it was grown on the box. Use that and a map to help with your decision.

[@LUVN4GIV]

@@VALiantiosousStrawberries, lettuce, Brussels sprouts, garlic, artichokes, spinach,….. But there is a bigger problem if the metals are in the aquifer. We will need testing for water and produce for years to come.

[@Joy-p2v3i]

@@VALiantiosous My guess is buy oranges that come from Florida.

[@dennisschoenaurer4152]

East Palestine, Ohio all over again

[@AndreaSimone57]

Thanks for covering these stories!!

[@micolsen9824]

The strangest people have the power.

[@FromAshes444]

Exactly, it seems that only people who are deranged obsessively seek out positions of power.

[@TheFlutecart]

Vice President Vance will fix it. - sorry, no he wont. This trumpian government could care less now than when it happened.

[@TupeloHoney6104]

Send all the produce to their doorstep

[@don2deliver]

This happened because of the push to use all green power.

[@ILGuy2012]

Please explain what Jobama did, particularly about EP, Ohio???

[@Noumenon4Idolatry]

I don’t know if that’s true. RFK will probably be on it.

[@Noumenon4Idolatry]

@@don2deliver Yeah, so Biden?

[@Greens5511]

Wow, this os horrible!! I am sick over this gor them! My heart goes out to u and send u my prayers for Gods blessings for all involved!

[@tubby-i4w]

Hemp is natures solar cell and dirt cleaner. Hemp is a wonderful plant. That's not how it's gonna go though.

[@rogercurry-o2m]

How is this not a problem that the EPA should be fully involved in? What does the EPA even do?

[@ukchanak]

Nothing, now. Trump gutted it

[@FromAshes444]

No three letter government organization really does anything other than collect money. I’m glad that more people are beginning to see that.

[@lifespanwellnessbeauty-60i64]

​@@ukchanakHe has no idea what he's doing. None. Whatsoever.

[@OneDishWonder234]

WHEN ARE GOING TO CONTACT THE CITY OF SUDBURY ONTARIO???!!!! THEY HAD HE SAME FALLOUT IN 1967!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They have the data you need, and they can tell you what they did. I have been saying this for more than a week now!!!!!

[@ftwgunnerpwns]

Reach out to the people/someone out there in California maybe

[@OneDishWonder234]

@@ftwgunnerpwns I am. I am reaching out to Status Coup, the only people reporting about all this. I don't live in California....but the farmers, residents, businesses etc do. I am hoping THEY contact Sudbury. Or at least read about what happened there. And most importantly, what they were able or not able to do about the situation.

[@OskinsBob]

HEAVY METAL....COMING FROM THE SKY DAILY... CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG

[@discoverarchery]

The US doesn’t test for heavy metals in our food, even organic produce, and this is nothing new, about 10!years ago they found that organic and non organic food from China had elevated levels of heavy metals.

[@robingaura2922]

All the smart meters have lithium batteries, they cause many house fires.

[@cubey]

@@robingaura2922 your phone has one. how many phone fires are there per capita for the number of phones out there

[@robingaura2922]

@cubey only the ones targeted by mossad.

[@Lornagarcia-g1i]

So sorry this happened. We’ve been growing our own kitchen garden . Let’s grow everybody. Love from California ❤️

[@sharonbielski2792]

Thank you for your information

[@StatusCoup]

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[@rickcoleman8903]

Fredericktown missouri had a,huge lithium recycling plant fire not long ago it's a scary situation.

[@erra9490]

broccoli,artichokes, berries grown in the area are going to be sold to someone. watch what you buy folks

[@Joy-p2v3i]

Doesn't Florida grow these as well?

[@sheilagadde5975]

Excellent reporting. Keep up the investigation.

[@MoralMonster]

Thanks!

[@genevaward6525]

Thats why they stealing all the hemp seeds. They need to be in jail for crimes against humanity

[@goldenwaxwing6297]

Holy goodness. So obvious and yet it never was on my mind at all. Are we all going to get sick now? How long till this gets into our food? Month? Years?

[@michellekhrisat9301]

Scary because corporations wont worry about us at all .Not a fan of farmers at the moment but some of them care 😢

[@Dari-b5g]

Try horseradish and big beets to get deep roots to break the soil. We got acid rain. Look at pin holes in leaf. Dead tree tops Remember the air currents

[@Parmis_Dax]

So freaking sad. We're all in so much trouble and no one even knows! Please get this to RFK JR and President Trump asap!

[@scottphipps2278]

Capitalism will send those vegetables to your kitchen table.. Aledgely

[@jkeelsnc]

This is WHY we need the EPA. And please don’t give me the excuse that the battery factory is the EPA’s fault.

[@SMDsoulnumbers]

Government wants this to be forgotten. Just another slap in the face to California's by our Governor Newsome and big energy conglomerates. When will we all wake up to the trouble our state is in.

[@loukeeney6585]

This is beyond sad ....

[@goldbrick2563]

What company's batteries were they? I don't think it was mentioned. Can someone fill me in if it was, thanks

[@ronhilton4294]

This is such a tragic event. Good reporting. I was very glad to see everyone pushing for answers. Nothing like this has ever happened before so I imagine answers will be slow to come because no one really knows. I heard hemp mentioned and that would definitely be benificial. Perhaps for use in building materials. Hempcrete for sure. Tobacco, rhubarb, too. This is huge loss. I await to hear more on the remediation effort. My heart goes out to all of you. Stay strong!

[@mariahporras3526]

How did this fire start? This is horrible

[@cynthiamckenzie1034]

THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING THE TRUTH 😢🙏🙏🙏🙏💯

[@tonimurray2865]

Well, not only the soil, but what about the plants right now?

[@CalHarle]

Old Canadian here. This breaks my heart. I really feel for these guys. I also feel extremely blessed to be living in Saskatchewan. Birthplace of universal health care.

[@timothyhoffman3470]

LADY YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT HEMP!~^~ The guy is right!

[@Peaches-i2i]

Actions have consequences. Maybe our country needs people who can think into the future and consider risks.

[@kellyhassen8071]

Used to only plant soy as cover crop, to contol PH. Not to eat...

[@maricotodiz4475]

If the thing can eat that window, think about people's and what we eat? Right now I am probably eating, and is just fine? There is not a real and true Lawyer that can represent this city? Between us, everyone in this city.!