Join me at The #Microplastics Exposure & Human Health Conference in Santa Fe, NM (January 11 - 14, 2026)!

This @universitypress.cambridge.org article by @leiliab.bsky.social and @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social genuinely warmed my heart. It’s a reminder that the work we’ve been doing in #California on #microplastics in drinking water can- and does- travel far beyond our borders! doi.org/10.1017/plc....

Six US state governors have signed a petition demanding the USEPA to monitor #microplastics in #drinkingWater. michiganadvance.com/2025/12/02/w...

Join #DTSC's Safer Consumer Products team for a virtual workshop on #microplastics in consumer products Thursday, Dec. 11! Get an overview of our preliminary research/findings + share insights w/ us on Zoom: ⌚ 9:30 – noon (PST) 🔗 Learn more & RSVP: dtsc.ca.gov/event/microp...

Just learned a #nonviolent replacement for the phrase, "Kill two birds with one stone" that I am totally in love with. "Feed two birds with one scone"

Disappointing to see that scientists are still conflating gender and sex in the literature. The reviewers or editors really should have caught this glaring error in the title of this 2016 paper!

New paper out! 🎉 Our team published “A Quality-Assured Global Database and Multidimensional Analysis of #Microplastic #Toxicity Studies” in STOTEN. We evaluated 286 microplastic ecotoxicity studies using quality criteria developed to support #California’s regulatory needs under SB 1263.

Looking to apply high-throughput and automated #microplastics analysis techniques in your laboratory for sediment, water, or air? Attend this 5-day intensive by the Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

A two-year study by SCCWRP reveals that biofiltration #stormwater BMPs remove ~72% of #microplastic particles from runoff. Engineered media in biofilters - used to trap sediment, nutrients, metals - also work well for microplastics - a multi-benefit intervention! www.sccwrp.org/biofiltratio...

Just published in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology (@springernature.com)! Our multi-agency team examined links between #PFAS in public drinking water and levels in people’s blood across #SouthernCalifornia. #openAccess link -> doi.org/10.1038/s413...

How do mRNA vaccines help fight cancer? A @nature.com paper today tells the story, one with big implications, as reviewed here erictopol.substack.com/p/how-mrna-v...

There is still time to register for our next Open 2.0 webinar exploring how #OpenScience monitoring helps track and understand open science in practice. 📅 Oct 31, 2.30 PM CET 📝 plos.io/3WnuNJM 🤝 Speakers: @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social, @ismaelrafols.bsky.social and Antónia Correia.

@efsa.europa.eu just released a literature review of >1,700 publications reporting #microplastics occurrence in food contact materials. Unfortunately, methodological shortcomings and inadequate reporting prevents reliable exposure estimation. #LiteratureReview www.efsa.europa.eu/en/supportin...

10-22: Don['t miss this free virtual #conference: the 2025 Great Lakes #Microplastics Summit! From cutting-edge research to real-world challenges, this summit dives into the latest knowledge on microplastics in #surfaceWater and #drinkingWater. Register free -> egle.idloom.events/2025-Micropl...

Evidence keeps accumulating for the environmental toxin exposure link to Parkinson's disease, beyond pesticides. Today on trichloroethylene (TCE), used in dry cleaning www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...

Peddling expensive, unproven treatments vs microplastics wapo.st/4nX0A0d

Chicago No Kings

Today, millions of Americans sent a message to the Trump regime. We are not scared. We will keep fighting. We will organize, we will mobilize, and we will resist—over and over again—until this corrupt wannabe authoritarian regime is removed from power. Because in America, we have No Kings.

Paper: 'Low-cost, portable, rapid #microplastics sensor can lower barriers to address #plasticPolluton'! 😍🥳✌️ Me: "what an incredible scientific beeakthrough! Now let's apply it! Paper: "Data will be made available upon request" Me: kindly requests data from authors The authors:

Please join Beyond Plastics Science Director @trishavv.bsky.social, @amizota.bsky.social of Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, and Ryan Babadi of @toxicfreefuture.bsky.social on Nov. 12 for a free webinar about toxic chemicals in plastics. www.beyondplastics.org/events/toxic...

Mapping the invisible world of #microplastics? Try #OpenSpecy, #siMPle, and #FLOPP-E (with its brand-new RShiny viewer) - open tools that turn raw FTIR/Raman spectra into clear polymer IDs. Which spectral tool do you use most? 🔗 www.plastiverse.org/tools?_resou... #PlasticPollution #Spectroscopy

New on Plastiverse.org: two open, classroom-ready tools for detecting microplastics with Nile Red 🎉🔬 Both Open Data + Open Source. Perfect for secondary schools & citizen science. Details below 👇 #Microplastics #STEM #OpenSource #OpenData

Don't miss Sacramento Science on Tap at New Helvetia Brewing Co. tonight! 🍻 The first event of the new series welcomes as its inaugural speaker none other than Jared Shaw, host of the long-running Davis Science Cafe. #KeepScienceSpicy🌶️

The Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research is seeking a visionary and compassionate leader to serve as Executive Director of their laboratory. Truly an incredible opportunity to work with some of the world's leading researchers on #microplastics! Apply by October 31st! <- lnkd.in/g2u_pJxs

“Four times a week, my little boy will not see me in the morning, and not in the evening until 5:30 p.m., leaving us just two hours before bedtime.”

Do you find yourself constantly reusing code for #machineLearning projects? Need a faster way to train/compare many ML models on a new dataset? Want to improve the explainability of your black-box models? I built an #openSource #RShiny app that does all this and more! 👇 github.com/ScottCoffin/...

In this video, environmental scientists Anya Sherman and Thilo Hofmann from the University of Vienna explain the results of their study: ⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3WO...

2 new #LongCovid reports: —Factors influencing (such as vaccination protection dose response, Table) bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... —Post-Omicron (5% developed LC, increased w/ reinfection) www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

First findings of #microplastics (MPs) in human uterine fibroids (UF). MPs were significantly higher in UF tissues in diseased patients. #Raman spectroscopy of 48 patients linked higher levels to takeout meals and bottled water consumption. #WomensHealth sciencedirect.com/science/arti...