Anonymous ID: d4cf57 June 5, 2026, 2:49 p.m. No.24682904   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

The best marijuana spray was a more toxic salt, paraquat, developed by Britain's Imperial Chemical Industries; it is a poison that becomes tasteless, odorless and colorless after it is sprayed on crops. As little as one-tenth of an ounce of paraquat can kill humans who swallow it. Lesser amounts can cause scarring of the lungs, which can lead to an irreversible condition called pulmonary fibrosis. The herbicide can also cause lung hemorrhaging and vomiting.

 

The peasant growers of the Sierra Madre soon developed a new strategy to combat the herbicides. Paraquat kills in the sun. Its chemistry requires about three days of ultraviolet rays in order to destroy the plants on which it has been sprayed. To save the marijuana, peasants began to rush out and harvest the plants minutes after the helicopters were gone; they put their plants in bags to shield them from the sun. Even though they had been sprayed, the leaves of plants so shielded did not yellow. The plants appeared normal, so the peasants could sell them as if they were uncontaminated. The result: contaminated marijuana was mixed into the approximately 3,000 tons of Mexican pot smuggled annually into the U.S.

Anonymous ID: d4cf57 June 5, 2026, 3:33 p.m. No.24683107   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>3116 >>3124

>>24683064

>The street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libyan_desert_glass

Fragments of desert glass can be found over areas of tens of square kilometers. Like obsidian, it was knapped and used to make tools during the Pleistocene. The origin of desert glass is uncertain. Meteoritic origins have long been considered possible. Some geologists associate the glass with radiative melting from meteoric large aerial bursts, making it analogous to sand exposed to the thermal radiation of a nuclear explosion.

Anonymous ID: d4cf57 June 5, 2026, 3:47 p.m. No.24683144   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24560-meteor-impact-trapped-ancient-swamp-plants-in-glass/

Meteor impact trapped ancient swamp plants in glass

Remnants of an ancient swamp have been found preserved inside glass created during a meteorite strike. The discovery marks the first time that traces of life have been found to survive the heat and pressure of an impact, adding weight to arguments that microbes travelling on space rocks could have seeded the solar system.

So could pieces of an ancient swamp on Earth have gone flying off into space? Itโ€™s plausible, the team says, and organics trapped inside glass would be somewhat protected from cosmic radiation on an interplanetary journey. โ€œThatโ€™s when the implications get much more funky,โ€ says Howard. โ€œThereโ€™s not much challenge in dispersing this stuff. Some material might end up on the moon, some might end up on Mars. The material would be ejected into space in a well-preserved state.โ€

Anonymous ID: d4cf57 June 5, 2026, 3:49 p.m. No.24683152   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

https://phys.org/news/2013-12-ancient-meteorite-formed-glass.html

Organics preserved in ancient meteorite-formed glass

Inside the tiny crystal pockets, spheres up to 200 micrometers in diameter contained organics including cellulose, lignin, aliphatic biopolymer, and protein. The signature from the biomarkers suggested that fragments of peat were trapped in the molten glass, rapidly heating and degassing to create a frothy, bubble-like texture. Trapped inside of glass, the organics would have been prevented from breaking down via oxidation. Howard's samples showed no signs of fossilizations, indicating that such trapped organics could last as long as the glass around them.