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The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.

submitted 7 days ago • 59 comments

#BlackHistoryMonth: It's time for this "Dumping in Dixie" (title of a book I wrote in 1990) to end and we bury #environmentalracism forever! PFAS burden: Wisconsin ships toxic foam to Alabama Black Belt wisconsinwatch.org/2023/10/wisc... @wisconsinwatch @BullardCenter

submitted 9 days ago • 4 comments

Big day to be an infectious disease. Huge.

submitted 15 days ago • 16 comments

I got to snowshoe at the beach this weekend

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As a science advocate, something I hear a lot is that people think government would be better if there were more scientists and physicians elected to Congress. Senator Bill Cassidy's cowardice in voting for RFK Jr, show us that expertise is useless if you have no morals.

submitted 24 days ago • 40 comments

RFK Jr. is a danger to public health. Every Republican senator who votes yes will own the consequences. When RFK Jr. follows anti-vax conspiracies instead of science, when he greenlights Trump's anti-abortion agenda, when he cuts healthcare for seniors — remember who voted yes.

submitted 24 days ago • 570 comments

I spend a lot of time teaching about the labor movement when I teach occupational health. I hope it conveys to my students that workers have had to fight for our safety and that fight never ends. Every OSH rule is written in blood.

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Folks who were around in the early years know we built our Environmental Justice Movement from the bottom up with grassroots groups and in partnership with HBCU EJ Centers years before government embraced EJ. We'll keep working on EJ for All beyond next 4 years until we get the job done.

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

I'm proud to be giving another guest lecture on the misrepresentation and weaponization of science by transphobes, misogynists, and snake oil salespeople, and how we can frame our research more responsibly in light of it.

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RFK jr has spread misinformation about herbicides causing "gender confusion." They don't, but the claims have helped earn him acclaim on the alt-right. My latest for @eenews.bsky.social , now with an open link www.eenews.net/articles/gay...

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

NIH funded my dissertation work identifying potential antidotes to phosphine, cyanide, and azide, and it supports my current work studying the spatial distribution of #PFAS sources. It also allows my colleagues and I to collaborate with impacted communities.

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

For those concerned about environmental justice, the EJScreen tool (which provides valuable mapping and screening data) has not yet been taken down, and the database can be downloaded. Act fast… www.epa.gov/ejscreen/tec...

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH** * Currently paused by Executive Order ** Grant reviews now all canceled www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...

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“The impact of the collective executive orders and directives appears devastating.” scim.ag/40ureTO

submitted 37 days ago • 51 comments

NEW: Why funding for the environmental justice movement must be anti-racist. "We must prioritize minority-serving institutions, BIPOC-led organizations and researchers to lead environmental justice efforts." @lauramardiaz.bsky.social @agentschangeej.bsky.social www.ehn.org/environmenta...

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Some actions will be overt. But history suggests this administration may also try to use the language of science to weaken environmental and health protections and write regulations more favorable to industry. 1/ envirodatagov.org/3-ways-trump...

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

Yes, but... Remember that they don't care about truth, or science, or biology. Science alone won't win political battles. Being right doesn't mean we get to control the narrative. I recommend that scientists say things like "You're wrong about the biology, but also trans rights are human rights."

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

Scientists who work on government-funded DEI, equity, or health disparity work, I want to talk to you. How do you plan to continue your efforts in the face of this executive order calling for an end to DEI programs and initiatives? DM me or email gewin at me dot com.

submitted 38 days ago • 4 comments

The most "relevant" results that come up in a search of "abortion" on HHS.gov, the website for the federal Department of Health and Human Services, are several years old, from the first Trump administration.

submitted 38 days ago • 31 comments

Being an ally is a verb folks. Your trans & non-binary colleagues need your support more than ever. What's one thing you'll do to make your teaching/mentoring/science more gender inclusive? I love the work over at genderinclusivebiology.com if you need some pointers

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

Trump’s White House just withdrew the US from the Paris Climate Agreement and World Health Organization. This shameful embrace of science denial puts the entire world at greater risk of climate catastrophe and deadly pandemics.

submitted 39 days ago • 29 comments

I mostly don’t think it’s useful to engage with bio arguments here as the first/primary reaction (they don’t care that they’re wrong). We need to unequivocally support our trans and nonbinary pals and reject any forms of bioessentialism.

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

We don’t expect the Trump administration to abandon scientific principles and data wholesale but to weaponize them in service of special economic interests, following a playbook laid out in the 2018 Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science rule. envirodatagov.org/why-edgi-is-...

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Weird that we have to say this, but the government doesn’t get to decide what gender a person is.

submitted 39 days ago • 547 comments

Biologists need to stand up against the increased transphobia coming. Also, I'd love to see more collaboration from within the trans community as well. We need more trans people to have a voice and be lifted up! The more the better!

submitted 39 days ago • 7 comments

Assigned reading from your resident biologist who reminds you that science evolves, including since that time a middle school teacher told you something about XY chromosomes during the Ford administration. 🏳️‍⚧️ Nature is queer AF 🌈 www.scientificamerican.com/video/how-ju...

submitted 39 days ago • 2 comments

Some birds I met this weekend: Downy woodpecker Turkey Vulture (ambassador at Cape Neddick’s Center for Wildlife) Terrible photo or lifer King Eider Great Cormorant

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Under a settlement with Ohio’s attorney general, GOP operative Pat Lee can never fundraise for charity in the state again.

submitted 40 days ago • 11 comments

I love my friend and their art

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Let’s please in our capacity as public health skeeters work to refocus the conversation on H5N1 on occupational health. It is flu season and workers and handling potentially infected animals all over the country without adequate PPE.

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

Is the pattern available for download on Ravelry? attn @laurelschaider.bsky.social

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

“I'll show you light now. It burns bright forever. No more blue tomorrows. You on high now, love.” — David Lynch, RIP

submitted 43 days ago • 11 comments

Happy to announce that my Environmental Health students will be assigned The Jungle in its entirety this semester!

submitted 52 days ago • 1 comment

With these kinds of stories there is sometimes a temptation to judge. "How could they not know?!" is a reply we see a lot. Fight that urge. The truth is.. people.com/woman-tells-...

submitted 56 days ago • 88 comments

An NPR investigation found Louisiana health officials told staff to stop promoting vaccines for COVID, flu and mpox, holding flu shot events or otherwise encouraging the public to get those vaccines.

submitted 70 days ago • 709 comments

I really like to bring hot oatmeal wherever I go

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We've just published a paper studying the impacts of PFAS contamination in two New England Communities. In brief, the PFAS source, organized community activism, and the support of government officials can improve outcomes like funding for cleanup and precautionary legislation. rdcu.be/d3fWi

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@arbitrary-noodle.bsky.social B e a n s

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This report is congruent with findings from our new paper - that contamination source has a big impact on community outcomes, specifically when it comes to funding. @pfasproject.bsky.social @laurelschaider.bsky.social

submitted 78 days ago • 1 comment

Introducing a new publication from the @pfasproject.bsky.social team (and many others) detailing community experiences in response to #PFAS contamination in drinking water rdcu.be/d3fWi

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