If it is drained down the sink, it can damage pipes and contaminate groundwater, and when it is tossed by the side of the road, it can contaminate freshwater and crops many communities rely on.
Her primetime success came after a daytime Emmy award in the previous decade for her role in The Doctors, a soap opera which aired from 1979-1981.She also appeared in several films, including Sully and Seabiscuit.
More recent roles have included an appearance as Madame Reynard in the 2020 film French Exit, for which she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award.Born to a Canadian mother and American father in Sumatra, Indonesia, Mahaffey relocated as a teen to Texas.Her first film credit came in 1977, with a role in the film Tell Me My Name.
Mahaffey appeared in episodes of dozens of television series over her five-decade career, including medical drama ER, the dystopian series The Man in the High Castle, and the musical series Glee.In Desperate Housewives, her memorable role as Alma Hodge, the manipulative ex-wife of Orson Hodge, saw her appear on the drama-filled Wisteria Lane for eight episodes.
She also appeared as teacher Victoria MacElroy in Young Sheldon, a spin-off of the Big Bang Theory that focuses on the upbringing of the show's titular star Sheldon Cooper.
This latest twist in the Trump trade tariff drama has many people asking what it means for the UK's deal with the US.The government has reiterated this, with
in December 2024 that: "For pay awards to go beyond inflation they will have to be met by productivity improvements."The National Education Union (NEU), England's largest teaching union, has already said it would resist any further effective cuts to the overall education budget.
And it is demanding any pay rise for teachers be fully funded with new money.that it would vote on taking strike action if the government stuck with its 2.8% pay offer for the 2025-26 academic year.