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Woman living with seven-year infection from ex-boyfriend’s foul fart
Author of the articleenette Wilford
Published May 29, 2025 • Last updated 2 days ago • 2 minute read

Christine Connell, who claims ex-boyfriends fart from seven years ago gave her E.coli, resulting in a persistent sinus infection.
Christine Connell, who claims ex-boyfriends fart from seven years ago gave her E.coli, resulting in a persistent sinus infection. Photo by Christine Connell /Instagram
A woman revealed how she has suffered from a chronic sinus infection for years after her ex-boyfriend farted at her.


Christine Connell said in a recent TikTok video that has amassed more than 441,000 views that doctors have long been baffled by the cause of the persistent infection, and tests up to now have turned up nothing.

But culture samples taken from her nose determined she had E. coli — and it’s all thanks to her gassy ex.

She joked that her ex, who she dated about seven years ago, got “the best possible breakup revenge that anyone could ever get.”

The travel content creator went on to say that “he farted terribly” while they were staying in a hotel after she had surgery, and it was so funky she “couldn’t breathe.”

But after swabs were recently taken from her sinuses, E. coli was found.

“You usually don’t get E.coli in your sinuses because E. coli is from poop,” Connell continued.

“So, how does that get in your sinuses — unless you have a boyfriend who farts disgustingly and you are forced to inhale it because you are immobile after ankle surgery.”



Connell detailed in another video that she was already in bed when her naked ex, who was standing beside the bed, turned his butt toward her and let it rip.

“That is when the fart happened. I’ve never, ever, ever smelled anything that compares to that,” she said, clarifying that he didn’t gas her on purpose — he just happened to fart in her direction on his way to bed and it got her.

E. coli are bacteria found in the intestines of some animals, and can be found in their feces, according to Health Canada.

Most strains of E. coli are harmless and even beneficial, helping with digestion, but some strains can cause illness, including diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and headaches.


Nowhere does it mention sinuses so Connell appears to be a special case, admitting in one video that “it’s definitely rare.”


Connell theorized that because she was recovering from ankle surgery, her immune system was “focused on healing that,” and if she was otherwise healthy, it might not have happened.

In updates to fascinated commenters’ questions, Connell said she was also tested to see if she is immunocompromised (which she is not) and if there were any other symptoms (she does not).

But in another video, Connell recounted how she was travelling with a friend who, as a joke, “farted in my face.”



Soon after, she developed pink eye, something she hadn’t had since she was a kid.

“I can’t think of how I would have gotten it besides my friend farting in my face,” Connell mused.

“So maybe I’m just susceptible to E. coli, which is weird, but again, I don’t have any immune issues according to tests so, I don’t know.”

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'BEST BREAKUP REVENGE': Woman living with seven-year infection from ex-boyfriend’s foul fart

A woman revealed how she has suffered from a chronic sinus infection for years after her ex-boyfriend farted at her.

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Woman living with seven-year infection from ex-boyfriend’s foul fart
Author of the articleenette Wilford
Published May 29, 2025 • Last updated 2 days ago • 2 minute read

Christine Connell, who claims ex-boyfriends fart from seven years ago gave her E.coli, resulting in a persistent sinus infection.
Christine Connell, who claims ex-boyfriends fart from seven years ago gave her E.coli, resulting in a persistent sinus infection. Photo by Christine Connell /Instagram
A woman revealed how she has suffered from a chronic sinus infection for years after her ex-boyfriend farted at her.


Christine Connell said in a recent TikTok video that has amassed more than 441,000 views that doctors have long been baffled by the cause of the persistent infection, and tests up to now have turned up nothing.

But culture samples taken from her nose determined she had E. coli — and it’s all thanks to her gassy ex.

She joked that her ex, who she dated about seven years ago, got “the best possible breakup revenge that anyone could ever get.”

The travel content creator went on to say that “he farted terribly” while they were staying in a hotel after she had surgery, and it was so funky she “couldn’t breathe.”

But after swabs were recently taken from her sinuses, E. coli was found.

“You usually don’t get E.coli in your sinuses because E. coli is from poop,” Connell continued.

“So, how does that get in your sinuses — unless you have a boyfriend who farts disgustingly and you are forced to inhale it because you are immobile after ankle surgery.”



Connell detailed in another video that she was already in bed when her naked ex, who was standing beside the bed, turned his butt toward her and let it rip.

“That is when the fart happened. I’ve never, ever, ever smelled anything that compares to that,” she said, clarifying that he didn’t gas her on purpose — he just happened to fart in her direction on his way to bed and it got her.

E. coli are bacteria found in the intestines of some animals, and can be found in their feces, according to Health Canada.

Most strains of E. coli are harmless and even beneficial, helping with digestion, but some strains can cause illness, including diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and headaches.


Nowhere does it mention sinuses so Connell appears to be a special case, admitting in one video that “it’s definitely rare.”


Connell theorized that because she was recovering from ankle surgery, her immune system was “focused on healing that,” and if she was otherwise healthy, it might not have happened.

In updates to fascinated commenters’ questions, Connell said she was also tested to see if she is immunocompromised (which she is not) and if there were any other symptoms (she does not).

But in another video, Connell recounted how she was travelling with a friend who, as a joke, “farted in my face.”



Soon after, she developed pink eye, something she hadn’t had since she was a kid.

“I can’t think of how I would have gotten it besides my friend farting in my face,” Connell mused.

“So maybe I’m just susceptible to E. coli, which is weird, but again, I don’t have any immune issues according to tests so, I don’t know.”
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'BEST BREAKUP REVENGE': Woman living with seven-year infection from ex-boyfriend’s foul fart

A woman revealed how she has suffered from a chronic sinus infection for years after her ex-boyfriend farted at her.

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Sicily’s Mount Etna erupts in fiery show of smoke and ash
It was the 14th eruptive phase in recent months

Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Published Jun 02, 2025 • 1 minute read

Smoke rises from the crater of the Etna volcano as it erupts, on Mount Etna near Catania on June 2, 2025.
Smoke rises from the crater of the Etna volcano as it erupts, on Mount Etna near Catania on June 2, 2025. Photo by GIUSEPPE DISTEFANO /AFP
MILAN — Sicily’s Mount Etna put on a fiery show Monday, sending a cloud of smoke and ash several kilometers into the air, but officials said the activity posed no danger to the population.


The level of alert due to the volcanic activity was raised at the Catania airport, but no immediate interruptions were reported. An official update declared the ash cloud emission had ended by the afternoon.

Italy’s INGV National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology said the spectacle on Europe’s most active volcano was caused when part of the southeast crater collapsed, resulting in hot lava flows. It was the 14th eruptive phase in recent months.

The area of danger was confined to the summit of Etna, which was closed to tourists as a precaution, according to Stefano Branca, an INGV official in Catania.

Sicily’s president, Renato Schifani, said lava flows emitted in the eruption had not passed the natural containment area, “and posed no danger to the population.”

The event was captured in video and photos that went viral on social media. Tremors from the eruption were widely felt in the towns and villages on Mount Etna’s flanks, Italian media reported.

Video showed tourists running along a path on the flank of the vast volcano with smoke billowing some distance in the background. Excursions are popular on Etna, which is some 3,300 meters (nearly 11,000 feet) high, with a surface area of some 1,200 square kilometers (about 460 square miles.)

Sicily’s Mount Etna erupts in fiery show of smoke and ash

The spectacle on Europe's most active volcano was caused when part of the southeast crater collapsed, resulting in hot lava flows.

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Long-running experiment finds tiny particle is still acting weird: 'Huge feat in precision'
The mysterious particles called muons are considered heavier cousins to electrons

Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Adithi Ramakrishnan
Published Jun 03, 2025 • Last updated 16 hours ago • 2 minute read

This image provided by the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory shows the ring-shaped track that scientists used to study tiny particles called muons, July 20, 2023 in Batavia, Ill.
This image provided by the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory shows the ring-shaped track that scientists used to study tiny particles called muons, July 20, 2023 in Batavia, Ill. Photo by Ryan Posteland/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory /AP
NEW YORK — Final results from a long-running U.S.-based experiment announced Tuesday show a tiny particle continues to act strangely — but that’s still good news for the laws of physics as we know them.


“This experiment is a huge feat in precision,” said Tova Holmes, an experimental physicist at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville who is not part of the collaboration.


The mysterious particles called muons are considered heavier cousins to electrons. They wobble like a top when inside a magnetic field, and scientists are studying that motion to see if it lines up with the foundational rulebook of physics called the Standard Model.

Experiments in the 1960s and 1970s seemed to indicate all was well. But tests at Brookhaven National Laboratory in the late 1990s and early 2000s produced something unexpected: the muons weren’t behaving like they should.

Decades later, an international collaboration of scientists decided to rerun the experiments with an even higher degree of precision. The team raced muons around a magnetic, ring-shaped track _ the same one used in Brookhaven’s experiment — and studied their signature wiggle at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory near Chicago.


The first two sets of results — unveiled in 2021 and 2023 _ seemed to confirm the muons’ weird behavior, prompting theoretical physicists to try to reconcile the new measurements with the Standard Model.

Now, the group has completed the experiment and released a measurement of the muon’s wobble that agrees with what they found before, using more than double the amount of data compared to 2023. They submitted their results to the journal Physical Review Letters.

That said, it’s not yet closing time for our most basic understanding of what’s holding the universe together. While the muons raced around their track, other scientists found a way to more closely reconcile their behavior with the Standard Model with the help of supercomputers.


There’s still more work to be done as researchers continue to put their heads together and future experiments take a stab at measuring the muon wobble — including one at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex that’s expected to start near the end of the decade. Scientists also are still analyzing the final muon data to see if they can glean information about other mysterious entities like dark matter.

“This measurement will remain a benchmark … for many years to come,” said Marco Incagli with the National Institute for Nuclear Physics in Italy.

By wrangling muons, scientists are striving to answer fundamental questions that have long puzzled humanity, said Peter Winter with Argonne National Laboratory.

“Aren’t we all curious to understand how the universe works?” said Winter.

Long-running experiment finds tiny particle is still acting weird: 'Huge feat in precision'

The mysterious particles called muons are considered heavier cousins to electrons. They wobble like a top when inside a magnetic field

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More microplastics in glass bottles than plastic: Study
Author of the article:AFP
AFP
by Rébecca Frasquet
Published Jun 20, 2025 • 2 minute read

Drinks in glass bottles had five to 50 times more microplastic fragments than in plastic bottles.
Drinks in glass bottles had five to 50 times more microplastic fragments than in plastic bottles.
PARIS — Drinks including water, soda, beer and wine sold in glass bottles contain more microplastics than those in plastic bottles, according to a surprising study released by France’s food safety agency Friday.


Researchers have detected thee tiny, mostly invisible pieces of plastic throughout the world, from in the air we breathe to the food we eat, as well as riddled throughout human bodies.


There is still no direct evidence that this preponderance of plastic is harmful to human health, but a burgeoning field of research is aiming to measure its spread.

Guillaume Duflos, research director at French food safety agency ANSES, told AFP the team sought to “investigate the quantity of microplastics in different types of drinks sold in France and examine the impact different containers can have”.

The researchers found an average of around 100 microplastic particles per litre in glass bottles of soft drinks, lemonade, iced tea and beer. That was five to 50 times higher than the rate detected in plastic bottles or metal cans.


“We expected the opposite result,” PhD student Iseline Chaib, who conducted the research, told AFP.

For water, both flat and sparkling, the amount of microplastic was relatively low in all cases
“We then noticed that in the glass, the particles emerging from the samples were the same shape, colour and polymer composition — so therefore the same plastic — as the paint on the outside of the caps that seal the glass bottles,” she said.

The paint on the caps also had “tiny scratches, invisible to the naked eye, probably due to friction between the caps when there were stored,” the agency said in a statement.

This could then “release particles onto the surface of the caps”, it added.

Wine fine
For water, both flat and sparkling, the amount of microplastic was relatively low in all cases, ranging from 4.5 particles per litre in glass bottles to 1.6 particles in plastic.


Wine also contained few microplastics — even glass bottles with caps. Duflos said the reason for this discrepancy “remains to be explained.”

Soft drinks however contained around 30 microplastics per litre, lemonade 40 and beer around 60.

Because there is no reference level for a potentially toxic amount of microplastics, it was not possible to say whether these figures represent a health risk, ANSES said.

But drink manufacturers could easily reduce the amount of microplastics shed by bottle caps, it added.

The agency tested a cleaning method involving blowing the caps with air, then rinsing them with water and alcohol, which reduced contamination by 60 percent.

The study released by ANSES was published online in the Journal of Food Composition and Analysis last month.

More microplastics in glass bottles than plastic: Study

Drinks including water, soda, beer and wine sold in glass bottles contain more microplastics than those in plastic bottles, says a study.

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’Heat dome’ over Ontario and Quebec causing wild weather across much of Canada
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Published Jun 22, 2025 • Last updated 7 hours ago • 3 minute read

TORONTO — Blame the heat dome hanging over Ontario and Quebec for some of the strange weather hitting other parts of the country.


Environment Canada meteorologist Julien Pellerin says scorching temperatures over the eastern part of the continent are causing below-normal temperatures in other regions, which have led to warnings of wet snow and heavy rain in the West.


“If you have a heat dome on a sector, you can expect colder air in another sector, so that’s what the Prairies are currently experiencing,” Pellerin said on Sunday.

“It’s coming from the United States, a high-pressure system that doesn’t move quickly … so it brings intense heat and moist air over southern Ontario and southern Quebec and it’ll settle there for the next three days.”

The dangerous temperature levels span from southwestern Ontario towards North Bay, Sudbury and Timmins, while in Quebec the highest temperatures are expected from Montreal to Shawinigan and north up to Abitibi.

Pellerin says he expects Ontario and Quebec to hit their peak daytime highs on Monday and Tuesday with temperatures rising above 30 C, and the humidex making it feel more like 40 to 45 degrees, depending on the region.

“It won’t last very long,” he added. “By the end of Tuesday and Wednesday, we will have a transition in air mass all over Canada, especially over Quebec and Ontario.”

In the meantime, the effects of the heat dome are bringing surprises to other parts of the country.

On Saturday, Environment Canada warned that areas in British Columbia could face heavy showers, and over some of the highway summits, the possibility of wet snow.

Meanwhile, heavy rainfall advisories that had been in effect in southern Alberta were all lifted by Sunday, but the region received significant precipitation. City residents were being warned to stay off the Bow River.


The Calgary Fire Department advised against boating and all other water activities on the Bow due to higher-than-normal water flow, although the city said flooding over riverbanks was not expected.

“We know that Calgarians love their rivers, yet we also know that when our waterways flow this high and fast, there’s significant risk to anyone, regardless of your watercraft or skill level,” Calgary Fire Deputy Chief Pete Steenaerts said in a news release.

Saskatchewan’s Water Security Agency warned the Alberta rain could also lead to increased flows on the South Saskatchewan River between the Alberta boundary and Lake Diefenbaker.

The agency said Alberta began dumping water from reservoirs this past week to make room for the additional run-off.


It expected lake levels at Lake Diefenbaker, a large reservoir northwest of Regina that’s a popular recreation area, to rise over a metre this week as a result of the weather system.

Heat levels in Ontario and Quebec led Environment Canada to remind people to stay hydrated by drinking water before they’re thirsty, to watch for early signs of heat exhaustion and not overexert themselves.

“Be careful; you know yourself,” Pellerin said.

“Make sure you’re aware of what you’re feeling and take breaks, Make sure you have a location where you can rest with the air conditioning.”

In Quebec, schools are being urged to stay vigilant with the rising temperatures.

In a letter from the assistant deputy education minister, schools were encouraged to “put in place all the preventative measures you judge necessary to ensure everyone’s security.”

“Depending on the situation, these measures could go all the way up to closing one or more schools for the day of June 23,” said the message signed by Stephanie Vachon.

’Heat dome’ over Ontario and Quebec causing wild weather across much of Canada

Blame the heat dome hanging over Ontario and Quebec for some of the strange weather hitting other parts of the country.

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Heat records at risk as Ontario, Quebec battle scorching temperatures
Environment Canada says heat wave likely to continue until Wednesday with daytime highs of up to 36 C

Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Natasha Baldin
Published Jun 23, 2025 • Last updated 7 hours ago • 4 minute read

Dangerously high temperatures persisted on Monday across much of Ontario and southwestern Quebec, as residents tried to keep cool under a lingering heat dome.


Environment Canada said the heat wave that began Sunday will likely continue until Wednesday, with daytime highs of up to 36 C and humidex values between 42 and 46 C.


New heat records may be set across the province on Monday, said Environment Canada meteorologist Geoff Coulson.

Toronto’s current heat record for June 23 is 32.8 C and it was set in 1983, Coulson said. The daytime high in the city on Monday was expected to reach 36 C.

Cities including Windsor, Kitchener-Waterloo and Ottawa were also at risk of breaking temperature records, he added, noting that 18 other locations in Ontario set new heat records on Sunday.

Following a relatively cool spring, Coulson said this heat dome is “almost a worse scenario” since people are not yet acclimatized to high heat and humidex readings “well above normal for this time of year.”


Amid the sweltering conditions, thousands of people in parts of central and eastern Ontario were without power after severe weekend thunderstorms.

Hydro One says its power restoration crews were “out in full force” and expected to make significant progress on Monday but warned that some of the affected customers may be without electricity until Tuesday.


“Given the extreme heat forecasted for the next few days, customers are encouraged to visit their municipality or township’s website for information on cooling centres,” Hydro One said on its website.

In Toronto, more than 500 cooling spaces have opened and the city said some outdoor pools will stay open until nearly midnight on Monday. However, the city temporarily closed some pools on Sunday, citing the need to ensure “staff health and safety” when temperatures reach a certain threshold.


Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow said the city is working to avoid further pool closures by deploying additional lifeguards and medical staff to pool sites.

“Pools need to be open during a heat wave. That’s obvious to us all,” Chow said in a social media post. “We’re fixing it now.”

The Toronto District School Board, meanwhile, warned of “uncomfortable conditions” in its schools due to the extreme heat, advising students to wear light clothing, hats, sunscreen and to drink lots of water.

“Across the TDSB, while some schools are fully air conditioned and some are partially air conditioned, others have no air conditioning and the extreme heat will result in uncomfortable conditions,” the school board said in an email to parents on Sunday.


The email said closing schools due to extreme heat “is not an action typically taken by TDSB or other school boards across the province.”

However, several French-language schools in the province, including some in Toronto, were closed Monday due to a lack of air conditioning, the Viamonde School Board said on its website.


Meanwhile in Quebec, the Montreal school services centre, which represents French schools in the city, said the local public health department did not recommend shutting down classes. Instead, activities would be adjusted according to the heat, it said.

In Old Montreal, Beverly Iron and David Mudge of London said they changed their vacation plans due to the heat. After the temperature climbed to 34 C, with a humidex of 45 C, the pair opted out of a long walk in favour of sitting under the trees overlooking the St. Lawrence River with a couple of vanilla ice cream cones.


“It’s hit us hard,” Iron said.

Next to a nearby fountain and artificial lake in Montreal, B.C. couple Peter and Cindy Martin were watching their West Highland white terrier, Fergus, roll happily in the grass after a quick swim. The couple said they felt comfortable after drinking plenty of water, but had worried about their pet.

“He was just panting, he was hot,” Peter Martin said, noting with a smile that the no swimming signs “don’t show any dogs not swimming.”

Some Ontarians are trying to beat the heat by heading to beaches such as those at Sibbald Point Provincial Park, on the shore of Lake Simcoe roughly 70 km north of Toronto.

Dmytro Allot, who moved to Canada two years ago from Ukraine, said this is his first time experiencing extreme heat in Canada.


“Sometimes we had this weather (in Ukraine), but it’s not normal for us to have such a high temperature,” Allot said.

Carter Carino, who drove an hour from Toronto to get to Sibbald Point, said he came armed with five bags of ice and Gatorade to stay cool.

“I just wanted to hang out at the beach, trying to stay hydrated, get a lot of electrolytes in,” he said.

Public health officials are encouraging everyone in the heat zone to drink plenty of water and be on alert for early signs of heat exhaustion.

Overnight lows are forecast to stay between 22 to 25 C, with the humidex above 30 C until the expected midweek cool down.

–With files from Morgan Lowrie and Vanessa Tiberio.

Heat records at risk as Ontario, Quebec battle scorching temperatures

Environment Canada said the heat wave that began Sunday will likely continue until Wednesday, with daytime highs of up to 36 C .

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Surprising ways food packaging is exposing us to microplastics
Researchers found that the highest number of particles were found in glass bottles

Author of the article:Washington Post
Washington Post
Shannon Osaka
Published Jun 24, 2025 • 3 minute read

At this point, most people know that microplastics are everywhere. Scientists have shown that tiny particles, amounting to the weight of a plastic spoon, can be found in our brains; hundreds of fragments of plastic are in each breath we take.


But the exact origins of those tiny pieces of plastic have been unclear. Are they coming from plastics discarded in landfills and decomposing over dozens of years? Or are they spilling out of the plastic water bottles and containers we seal our food in? The answer matters – for individuals hoping to avoid the particles and politicians who may want to restrict the microplastics we eat, drink and breathe.


Scientists are finding answers – but not always the ones that they expected. New research shows that microplastics are shedding from reusable plastic containers and food packaging, but the particles can also come from glass bottles with painted caps, as well as highly processed foods packaged in any material.

“We have not really understood all the factors that can lead to the release of micro and nanoplastics,” said Lisa Zimmerman, a plastics researcher and scientific communication officer at the Food Packaging Forum, a Swiss nonprofit group.


In a study published last month, French researchers analyzed dozens of samples of water, tea, sodas, beer and wine in various containers – glass bottles, plastic bottles and metal cans. They expected to find the most microplastic particles in beverages housed in plastic.

Instead, the researchers found that – across all the beverages they tested – the highest number of particles were found in glass bottles. In glass containers, they found about 100 microplastic particles per liter of beverage, or five to 50 times more than in plastic bottles or cans.

“We were surprised,” said Alexandre Dehaut, research project manager at ANSES, France’s food safety agency, and one of the authors on the paper. “Glass is a material that’s inert and has been used for a long time by humans.”


Scientists were confused – until they realized all of the glass bottles they tested except for wine bottles had metal caps. Those caps were decorated with polyester paint and matched the color and material of the particles found in the plastic bottles. The prevalence of the particles decreased by more than half when the caps were blown and rinsed before bottling – suggesting that, at least in some cases, there may be fairly easy ways to reduce microplastic exposure.

“We managed to lower the content by 60 percent,” Dehaut said.

Another study, released last year, found that packaging might not matter as much as food processing. After analyzing multiple types of proteins – meats, seafood and plant-based meats – researchers at the Ocean Conservancy and the University of Toronto found that highly processed products contained significantly more tiny particles than minimally processed products. For example, a chicken nugget had 62 microplastic particles per serving; a chicken breast had just two.


That’s likely because processed foods pass through a complicated web of conveyor belts and machines – with many parts made of plastic – before being packaged and sent to the grocery store. The largest exposure to microplastics, then, may come before the consumer is in contact with the food.

That doesn’t mean that plastic containers are off the hook, however. A new paper published Tuesday, from researchers at the Food Packaging Forum, integrated the findings from seven studies that showed the particles are shedding from certain types of containers, especially when handled in certain ways.

For example, plastic dishes made of melamine shed increasing amounts of particles when washed. Reusable plastic cups shed more particles when exposed to hot water. Plastic water bottles released more microplastics when their plastic caps were screwed and unscrewed multiple times.

Zimmerman, the lead author of that study, said the research confirms what scientists had been advising: Avoid storing food in plastic whenever possible and, in particular, avoid heating plastic containers. But, she added, the recent studies show microplastics can come from unexpected places – and more research is needed.

Surprising ways food packaging is exposing us to microplastics

New research shows that microplastics are shedding from reusable plastic containers and food packaging

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Doctors baffled by teen with mysterious condition where he can’t eat any food
Author of the articleenette Wilford
Published Jun 25, 2025 • 2 minute read

Finley Ranson, who suffers from rare, unknown condition where he cant eat any food.
Finley Ranson, who suffers from rare, unknown condition where he cant eat any food.
A boy in England has flabbergasted doctors with his rare, unnamed condition where he can’t eat any food.


Finley Ranson, 14, from Battlesbridge, Essex, suffers from an unknown condition where his digestive system reacts badly to any fatty compounds or oils found in food.


Ranson’s body treats food like a virus, causing him to bleed internally.

“It is impacting my life, as I’ve not been able to eat any food or drink other than water,” the boy told SWNS.

The boy was taken to a London hospital when he was four “where a central line fed nutrients and minerals into his heart,” his mother, Rhys Ranson, told the news service.

“It was a game-changer,” she said. “He was happy, bouncing and starting to put on weight.”

Since then, Ranson gets lipid infusions in one tube and carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins and minerals three times a day into his stomach from a different one.


What began as a six-hour process every week has since changed to twice a week in the last five years, SWNS reported.


“We have to bypass the gastrointestinal tract completely,” Dr. Manas Datta, the boy’s pediatrician since birth, told the BBC.

Ranson’s mother revealed that doctors tried to introduce separate ingredients into the tube going into her son’s stomach, but “as soon as they put the lipid in, we took 10 steps back.”

The teen’s condition is so rare it doesn’t even have a name, so for the time being, the teen calls it “Finley-itis.”

Doctors originally thought Ranson was allergic to breast milk, but after being fed hypoallergenic milk through a tube, he still had issues that would be frightening to any parent, from his stools consisting of “all blood and mucus” to him not putting on any weight.



Since the discovery, Rhys is now learning how to do the lipid infusions at home, which she hopes will improve her son’s quality of life.

“We hope there’s a day that comes (when) he can have a normal diet,” she said.

“But if not, as long as Finley’s happy and healthy and thriving the way he is, we’re happy to continue what life is like for us at the moment.”

Essex teenager left unable to eat due to rare digestive condition

Finley receives weekly injections into his heart as his digestive system cannot tolerate lipids.

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Doctors baffled by teen with mysterious condition where he can’t eat any food

A boy in England has flabbergasted doctors with his rare, unnamed condition where no food is safe in his stomach.

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Collapse of cyanide-soaked ore at Yukon mine happened in seconds: Report
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Ashley Joannou
Published Jul 02, 2025 • 1 minute read

An independent review says last year’s spill of millions of tonnes of cyanide-soaked ore at a Yukon gold mine unfolded in seconds but resulted from the “accumulation of a series of adverse conditions and events.”


The 156-page report released Wednesday says the June 2024 collapse was triggered by the failure of a section of Eagle Gold Mine’s heap leach facility, which was too steep and had a history of poor drainage.


It says that in addition to “geomechanical causations” of the collapse, it’s clear that “actions and inactions” of owner Victoria Gold Corp. and third-party contractors also contributed to the failure, directly or indirectly.

It says if variability of the ore quality had been adequately managed, or the integrity of parts of the system had been ensured, the failure at the mine about 85 km north of Mayo in central Yukon “would probably not have occurred.”


The report makes a series of recommendations related to industry practices and regulatory processes.

Yukon Energy Minister John Streicker says in a statement that the government is reviewing the findings and recommendations and is “committed to taking appropriate action in response.

“We are also seeing encouraging signs on site, with cyanide, mercury and other contaminant levels decreasing. This is a testament to the hard work and dedication of everyone involved in the response and remediation efforts,” he said.

The mine has not operated since the collapse and Victoria Gold was placed in receivership in August 2024.

Collapse of cyanide-soaked ore at Yukon mine happened in seconds: Report

An independent review says last year's spill of millions of tonnes of cyanide-soaked ore at a Yukon gold mine unfolded in seconds.

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The Dalai Lama says he plans to reincarnate, ensuring the institution will continue
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Sheikh Saaliq
Published Jul 02, 2025 • 3 minute read

DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Wednesday said the centuries-old Tibetan Buddhist institution will continue after his death, ending years of speculation that started when he indicated that he might be the last person to hold the role.


Speaking at prayer celebrations ahead of his 90th birthday on Sunday, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism said that the next Dalai Lama should be found and recognized as per past Buddhist traditions, while signalling that China should stay away from the process of identifying his successor.


The Dalai Lama’s succession plan is politically consequential for most Tibetans who oppose China’s tight control of Tibet and have struggled to keep their identity alive, in their homeland or in exile. It is also profound for Tibetan Buddhists who worship him as a living manifestation of Chenrezig, the Buddhist god of compassion.

The decision, however, is expected to irk China, which has repeatedly said that it alone has the authority to approve the next religious leader. It insists the reincarnated figure must be found in China’s Tibetan areas, giving Communist authorities power over who is chosen.


Many observers believe there eventually will be rival Dalai Lamas — one appointed by Beijing, and one by senior monks loyal to the current Dalai Lama.

Tenzin Gyatso became the 14th reincarnation of the Dalai Lama in 1940. He fled Tibet when Chinese troops crushed an uprising in the Tibetan capital Lhasa in 1959 and has been living in the town of Dharamshala in India since then, helping establish a democratic government-in-exile while also traveling the world to advocate autonomy for the Tibetan people.

Tibetan Buddhists believe the Dalai Lama can choose the body into which he is reincarnated, as has happened on 14 occasions since the creation of the institution in 1587. He has reiterated in the past that his successor would be born outside China.


The Dalai Lama laid out his succession plan in a recorded statement that was televised at a religious gathering of Buddhist monks in Dharamshala. He said the process of finding and recognizing his reincarnation lies solely with the Gaden Phodrang Trust — a non-profit he founded in 2015 that oversees matters related to the spiritual leader and the institute of the Dalai Lama.

“No one else has any such authority to interfere in this matter,” he said, adding that the search for a future Dalai Lama should be carried out in “accordance with past tradition.”

Asked Wednesday about the Dalai Lama’s announcement, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning at a daily news briefing said “the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama must adhere to the principles of domestic search in China” and “approval by the central government.”


Mao said the process must “follow religious rituals and historical settings, and be handled in accordance with national laws and regulations.”

Separately, Amnesty International’s China Director, Sarah Brooks, in a statement Wednesday said the efforts by Chinese authorities to control the selection of the next Dalai Lama was a “direct assault” on the right to freedom of religion.

“Tibetan Buddhists, like all faith communities, must be able to choose their spiritual leaders without coercion or interference by the authorities,” Brooks said.

The Dalai Lama has often urged his followers to reject anyone chosen by Beijing. The self-proclaimed Tibetan government-in-exile he once headed before relinquishing his political role in 2011 also supports this stance.


Penpa Tsering, the president of the government-in-exile, said Tibetans from around the world made “an earnest request with single-minded devotion” that the position of the Dalai Lama should continue “for the benefit of all sentient beings in general and Buddhist in particular.”

“In response to this overwhelming supplication, His Holiness has shown infinite compassion and finally agreed to accept our appeal on this special occasion of his 90th birthday,” he said at a press conference.

Tsering, however, warned China not to meddle in the process of the Dalai Lama’s succession, saying it is a “unique Tibetan Buddhist tradition.”

“We not only strongly condemn the People’s Republic of China’s usage of reincarnation subject for their political gain, and will never accept it,” he said.

The search for a Dalai Lama’s reincarnation begins only upon the incumbent’s death.

In the past, the successor has been identified by senior monastic disciples, based on spiritual signs and visions, and it can take several years after the next Dalai Lama is identified as a baby and groomed to take the reins.

The Dalai Lama says he plans to reincarnate, ensuring the institution will continue

Ensuring the institution will continue.

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The Dalai Lama says he plans to reincarnate, ensuring the institution will continue
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Sheikh Saaliq
Published Jul 02, 2025 • 3 minute read

DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Wednesday said the centuries-old Tibetan Buddhist institution will continue after his death, ending years of speculation that started when he indicated that he might be the last person to hold the role.


Speaking at prayer celebrations ahead of his 90th birthday on Sunday, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism said that the next Dalai Lama should be found and recognized as per past Buddhist traditions, while signalling that China should stay away from the process of identifying his successor.


The Dalai Lama’s succession plan is politically consequential for most Tibetans who oppose China’s tight control of Tibet and have struggled to keep their identity alive, in their homeland or in exile. It is also profound for Tibetan Buddhists who worship him as a living manifestation of Chenrezig, the Buddhist god of compassion.

The decision, however, is expected to irk China, which has repeatedly said that it alone has the authority to approve the next religious leader. It insists the reincarnated figure must be found in China’s Tibetan areas, giving Communist authorities power over who is chosen.


Many observers believe there eventually will be rival Dalai Lamas — one appointed by Beijing, and one by senior monks loyal to the current Dalai Lama.

Tenzin Gyatso became the 14th reincarnation of the Dalai Lama in 1940. He fled Tibet when Chinese troops crushed an uprising in the Tibetan capital Lhasa in 1959 and has been living in the town of Dharamshala in India since then, helping establish a democratic government-in-exile while also traveling the world to advocate autonomy for the Tibetan people.

Tibetan Buddhists believe the Dalai Lama can choose the body into which he is reincarnated, as has happened on 14 occasions since the creation of the institution in 1587. He has reiterated in the past that his successor would be born outside China.


The Dalai Lama laid out his succession plan in a recorded statement that was televised at a religious gathering of Buddhist monks in Dharamshala. He said the process of finding and recognizing his reincarnation lies solely with the Gaden Phodrang Trust — a non-profit he founded in 2015 that oversees matters related to the spiritual leader and the institute of the Dalai Lama.

“No one else has any such authority to interfere in this matter,” he said, adding that the search for a future Dalai Lama should be carried out in “accordance with past tradition.”

Asked Wednesday about the Dalai Lama’s announcement, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning at a daily news briefing said “the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama must adhere to the principles of domestic search in China” and “approval by the central government.”


Mao said the process must “follow religious rituals and historical settings, and be handled in accordance with national laws and regulations.”

Separately, Amnesty International’s China Director, Sarah Brooks, in a statement Wednesday said the efforts by Chinese authorities to control the selection of the next Dalai Lama was a “direct assault” on the right to freedom of religion.

“Tibetan Buddhists, like all faith communities, must be able to choose their spiritual leaders without coercion or interference by the authorities,” Brooks said.

The Dalai Lama has often urged his followers to reject anyone chosen by Beijing. The self-proclaimed Tibetan government-in-exile he once headed before relinquishing his political role in 2011 also supports this stance.


Penpa Tsering, the president of the government-in-exile, said Tibetans from around the world made “an earnest request with single-minded devotion” that the position of the Dalai Lama should continue “for the benefit of all sentient beings in general and Buddhist in particular.”

“In response to this overwhelming supplication, His Holiness has shown infinite compassion and finally agreed to accept our appeal on this special occasion of his 90th birthday,” he said at a press conference.

Tsering, however, warned China not to meddle in the process of the Dalai Lama’s succession, saying it is a “unique Tibetan Buddhist tradition.”

“We not only strongly condemn the People’s Republic of China’s usage of reincarnation subject for their political gain, and will never accept it,” he said.

The search for a Dalai Lama’s reincarnation begins only upon the incumbent’s death.

In the past, the successor has been identified by senior monastic disciples, based on spiritual signs and visions, and it can take several years after the next Dalai Lama is identified as a baby and groomed to take the reins.

The Dalai Lama says he plans to reincarnate, ensuring the institution will continue

Ensuring the institution will continue.

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France's unique dinosaur egg trove
Author of the article:AFP
AFP
by David COURBET
Published Jul 02, 2025 • 3 minute read

Aix-en-Provence — At the foot of Sainte Victoire, the mountain in Provence immortalised by Impressionist painter Paul Cezanne, a palaeontologist brushes meticulously through a mound of red clay looking for fossils.


These are not any old fossils, but 75-million-year-old dinosaur eggs.


Little luck or skill is needed to find them: scientists believe that there are more dinosaur eggs here than at any other place on Earth.

The area, closed to the public, is nicknamed “Eggs en Provence”, due to its proximity to the southeastern city of Aix en Provence.

“There’s no other place like it,” explained Thierry Tortosa, a palaeontologist and conservationist at the Sainte Victoire Nature Reserve.

“You only need to look down to find fragments. We’re literally walking on eggshells here.”

Around 1,000 eggs, some of them as big as 30 centimetres (12 inches) in diameter, have been found here in recent years in an area measuring less than a hectare -– a mere dot on a reserve that will span 280 hectares once it is doubled in size by 2026 to prevent pillaging.


“We reckon we’ve got about one egg per square metre (11 square feet). So there are thousands, possibly millions, here,” Tortosa told AFP.

Around 1,000 eggs, some of them as big as 30 centimetres in diameter, have been found in recent years in an area measuring less than a hectare.
Around 1,000 eggs, some of them as big as 30 centimetres in diameter, have been found in recent years in an area measuring less than a hectare.
“Eggs” is not in the business of competing with other archaeological sites -– even though Tortosa finds the “world record” of 17,000 dinosaur eggs discovered in Heyuan, China, in 1996 vaguely amusing.

“We’re not looking to dig them up because we’re in a nature reserve and we can’t just alter the landscape. We wait until they’re uncovered by erosion,” he said.

“Besides, we don’t have enough space to store them all. We just take those that are of interest from a palaeontology point of view.”

Holy Grail
Despite the plethora of eggs on site, the scientists still have mysteries to solve.


Those fossils found so far have all been empty, either because they were not fertilised or because the chick hatched and waddled off.

“Until we find embryos inside -– that’s the Holy Grail — we won’t know what kind of dinosaur laid them. All we know is that they were herbivores because they’re round,” said Tortosa.

Fossilised dinosaur embryos are rarer than hen’s teeth.

Palaeontologists discovered a tiny fossilised Oviraptorosaur that was at least 66 million years old in Ganzhou, China, around the year 2000.

But Tortosa remains optimistic that “Eggs” holds its own Baby Yingliang.

In the Cretaceous period, the Provencal countryside’s flooded plains and silty-clayey soils offered ideal conditions for dinosaurs
In the Cretaceous period, the Provencal countryside’s flooded plains and silty-clayey soils offered ideal conditions for dinosaurs
“Never say never. In the nine years that I’ve been here, we’ve discovered a load of stuff we never thought we’d find.”

Which is why experts come once a year to search a new part of the reserve. The location is always kept secret to deter pillagers.


When AFP visited, six scientists were crouched under camouflage netting in a valley lost in the Provencal scrub, scraping over a few square metres of clay-limestone earth, first with chisels, then with pointy-tipped scribers.

“There’s always something magical — like being a child again — when you find an egg or a fossilised bone,” specialist Severine Berton told AFP.

Unique
Their “best” finds -– among the thousands they have dug up — include a small femur and a 30-centimetre-long tibia-fibula. They are thought to come from a Rhabdodon or a Titanosaur — huge herbivores who roamed the region.

In the Cretaceous period (89-66 million years BCE), the Provencal countryside’s then-flooded plains and silty-clayey soils offered ideal conditions for dinosaurs to graze and nest, and perfect conditions to conserve the eggs for millennia.


The region, which stretched from what is now Spain to the Massif Central mountains of central France formed an island that was home to several dinosaur species found nowhere else in the world.

Alongside the endemic herbivores were carnivores such as the Arcovenator and the Variraptor, a relative of the Velociraptor of Jurassic Park fame.

In 1846, French palaeontologist Philippe Matheron found the world’s first fossilised dinosaur egg in Rognac, around 30 kilometres from Eggs.

Since then, museums from across the world have dispatched people to Provence on egg hunts. Everyone, it seems, wants a bit of the omelette.

Despite efforts to stop pillaging, problems persist, such as when a wildfire uncovered a lot of fossils in 1989 and “everyone came egg collecting”, Tortosa said.

Five years later the site was designated a national geological nature reserve, closed to the public — the highest level of protection available.

The regional authorities are now mulling over ways to develop “palaeontology tourism”, a move Tortosa applauds.

“France is the only country in the world that doesn’t know how to promote its dinosaurs,” Tortosa said.

“Any other place would set up an entire museum just to show off a single tooth.”

Eggs en Provence: France's unique dinosaur egg trove

At the foot of Sainte Victoire, a palaeontologist brushes meticulously through a mound of red clay looking for fossils.

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don't give the trumptychrist any ideas.

My thought exactly, before I even got to your comment!

 

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William Shatner opens up about ‘ups and downs’ of living with permanent hearing loss
Author of the articleenette Wilford
Published Jun 30, 2025 • Last updated 4 days ago • 2 minute read


William Shatner is speaking out about the difficulties of living with tinnitus.


The primary causes of the condition, also known as permanent hearing loss, are age and exposure to loud sounds, according to Health Canada.


The Canadian actor, 94, was diagnosed in the ‘90s long after filming on the Star Trek set, but noted that his tinnitus has worsened as he has gotten older.

“My own journey with tinnitus started when I was filming a Star Trek episode called ‘Arena,’ and I was too close to the special effects explosion, and the result was that I was left with permanent tinnitus,” Shatner shared in a new video for the nonprofit Tinnitus Quest, which aims to raise money for research aimed at finding a cure or treatment for the condition.

“And over the years, I’ve had many ups and downs with my tinnitus, and I know from firsthand experience just how difficult it can get,” Shatner continued.

The Boston Legal actor also said in the video that “about 1% to 2% of the population suffer from a chronic, debilitating form of tinnitus” and “there are no effective treatments” for it.

“The more money we can raise for Tinnitus Quest, the quicker we can find a solution to help the millions of people suffering,” Shatner added.

“Thank you so much for watching, and I hope you will consider donating to Tinnitus Quest.”



Most people who have mild hearing loss aren’t even aware they have it, according to Health Canada, which notes that in a study that looked at hearing loss among people in Canada between the ages of 40 and 79, 8% of men and 5% of women self-reported hearing impairment.

However, when researchers measured the hearing of participants in the study, they found that 63% of men and 46% of women had measurable hearing loss.

The T.J. Hooker star previously spoke candidly about his condition in an interview with E! News, recalling in an interview when he realized he had tinnitus and how it has impacted his life.


“I was on the beach and it’s a vivid moment, and you know how the waves go out — the wave comes in [roars] and then it goes ‘ssss’ [as it] goes out. All of a sudden, I kept hearing a ‘ssss’ even though there was another wave coming. And that’s how I discovered [I had tinnitus],” he explained.


Shatner went to the doctor who said “it might not” get worse, the actor knew.

“But of course it does as you age,” he said.



Shatner said he eventually got used to the sound, explaining, “your brain starts to assimilate the sound, like it would if you were living beside an airport,” but admitted that it can be overwhelming at times.

“Sometimes it’s really bad, but I know it’s not going to kill me.”

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William Shatner opens up about ‘ups and downs’ of living with permanent hearing loss

William Shatner is speaking out about the difficulties of living with permanent hearing loss.

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Heat warning issued for southern Ontario this weekend: Environment Canada
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Published Jul 04, 2025 • 1 minute read

TORONTO — Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for parts of southern Ontario this weekend, with humidex values expected to make it feel like 40 C.

The alert issued Friday afternoon says daytime highs between 31 and 33 C can be expected on Saturday and Sunday.


It says overnight lows are projected to sit around 21 to 25 C, providing little relief from the heat.

The heat is expected to break Sunday night.

People are advised to drink water, limit direct exposure to the sun and plan outdoor activities during the coolest parts of the day.

This is the second heat warning issued for southern Ontario this summer, after extreme heat reaching the mid-30s broke temperature records in many parts of the province on June 22 and 23.

Heat warning issued for southern Ontario this weekend: Environment Canada

The alert issued Friday afternoon says daytime highs between 31 and 33 C can be expected on Saturday and Sunday.

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William Shatner opens up about ‘ups and downs’ of living with permanent hearing loss
Author of the articleenette Wilford
Published Jun 30, 2025 • Last updated 4 days ago • 2 minute read


William Shatner is speaking out about the difficulties of living with tinnitus.


The primary causes of the condition, also known as permanent hearing loss, are age and exposure to loud sounds, according to Health Canada.


The Canadian actor, 94, was diagnosed in the ‘90s long after filming on the Star Trek set, but noted that his tinnitus has worsened as he has gotten older.

“My own journey with tinnitus started when I was filming a Star Trek episode called ‘Arena,’ and I was too close to the special effects explosion, and the result was that I was left with permanent tinnitus,” Shatner shared in a new video for the nonprofit Tinnitus Quest, which aims to raise money for research aimed at finding a cure or treatment for the condition.

“And over the years, I’ve had many ups and downs with my tinnitus, and I know from firsthand experience just how difficult it can get,” Shatner continued.

The Boston Legal actor also said in the video that “about 1% to 2% of the population suffer from a chronic, debilitating form of tinnitus” and “there are no effective treatments” for it.

“The more money we can raise for Tinnitus Quest, the quicker we can find a solution to help the millions of people suffering,” Shatner added.

“Thank you so much for watching, and I hope you will consider donating to Tinnitus Quest.”



Most people who have mild hearing loss aren’t even aware they have it, according to Health Canada, which notes that in a study that looked at hearing loss among people in Canada between the ages of 40 and 79, 8% of men and 5% of women self-reported hearing impairment.

However, when researchers measured the hearing of participants in the study, they found that 63% of men and 46% of women had measurable hearing loss.

The T.J. Hooker star previously spoke candidly about his condition in an interview with E! News, recalling in an interview when he realized he had tinnitus and how it has impacted his life.


“I was on the beach and it’s a vivid moment, and you know how the waves go out — the wave comes in [roars] and then it goes ‘ssss’ [as it] goes out. All of a sudden, I kept hearing a ‘ssss’ even though there was another wave coming. And that’s how I discovered [I had tinnitus],” he explained.


Shatner went to the doctor who said “it might not” get worse, the actor knew.

“But of course it does as you age,” he said.



Shatner said he eventually got used to the sound, explaining, “your brain starts to assimilate the sound, like it would if you were living beside an airport,” but admitted that it can be overwhelming at times.

“Sometimes it’s really bad, but I know it’s not going to kill me.”

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William Shatner is speaking out about the difficulties of living with permanent hearing loss.

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I know what he's going through. I also have tinnitus but only in the right ear - at least, that's the ear that I actually hear it. It's a slight buzzing sound & since I'm hearing impaired, it really affects my hearing in that ear. Even with my hearing aides, I still hear the sound but I've gotten used to it & thankfully, it hasn't gotten louder (fingers crossed). It's a bit annoying. My sister-in-law has been struggling with it for years. Apparently, for her, it's a much bigger issue than it is for me.

 

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I know what he's going through. I also have tinnitus but only in the right ear - at least, that's the ear that I actually hear it. It's a slight buzzing sound & since I'm hearing impaired, it really affects my hearing in that ear. Even with my hearing aides, I still hear the sound but I've gotten used to it & thankfully, it hasn't gotten louder (fingers crossed). It's a bit annoying. My sister-in-law has been struggling with it for years. Apparently, for her, it's a much bigger issue than it is for me.

Rest assured you ain't missing much.