New study with Biomonitoring California, Silent Spring Institute, @greensciencepolicy.bsky.social and @ewgofficial.bsky.social! "people who replaced their old, chemical-filled sofas or chairs with new, flame-retardant-free models saw levels of PBDEs drop by half in just over a year."

@marydwillis.bsky.social and I published a paper published today in Environmental Research Letters! iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... We found that about 46.6 million people in the US, or about 14.1% of the US population, live within a mile of a piece of energy infrastructure. Why do we care? 🛟 |💡🔌

Thrilled to present on research that supports healthy building materials at #APHA2025! Thank you to my wonderful organizers and co-panelists at Habitable, livingfuture.bsky.social , and @hsph.harvard.edu!

Every now and then I go back and read the Citizens United ruling to see if it is as unhinged as I thought, and every time I do that I see it is actually far more deranged than I remembered. levernews.com/book

Inspired by my colleague Sam Hall at BUSPH Environmental Health, who delivered testimony on the health risks (especially to kidneys) from extreme heat exposure to the Massachusetts Committee on Labor and Workforce Development today. Thank you, Sam! @busph.bsky.social

The new Silent Spring:

Thank you @nathanpboston.bsky.social for bringing attention to #FreeRumeysa

The health of humans and our planet are inextricably linked. The kidneys represent that link -- they are how our bodies process exposures in our environment. This #EarthDay, I explain why studying causes of chronic kidney disease is protecting that link www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZOr...

This #EarthDay I am celebrating all of the fantastic scientists who explain how their work protects people and promotes health of humans and the environment! Thank you, @jonlevybu.bsky.social @amizota.bsky.social @anorisarma.bsky.social and more!! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Hands off! #HandsOffBoston

Hey, I just met you And this is crazy! But here's my number Send war plans maybe?

NEW: While all eyes are on Trump and DOGE, a bill recently introduced in both the House and Senate would cripple the EPA's ability to regulate. It's a very serious threat and experts told me it could pass www.propublica.org/article/legi...

From a source: “Just had a co-presenter for a buildings research conference bow out. She’s a dual citizen and the FBI came knocking to ask her about her involvement in coauthoring chunks of the Paris Agreement. Climate science is being literally (and I mean literally) criminalized.”

Scenes from #StandUpForScience2025 in Boston, MA!

As a mom and a woman in science, I’m positioned and ready to fight RFK Jr.’s misinformation and drive meaningful change aimed at improving women’s and children’s health. My oped with @ehnewsroom.bsky.social www.ehn.org/rfk-jr-women...

Not sure where to find datasets that were previously hosted on government websites? The @busph.bsky.social Center for Health Data Science has developed a streamlined interface to let you search for essential public data: www.FindLostData.org Please share!

Via @sciencemagazine For #WomenInScienceDay: When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018. ⁠ ⁠ In the 1960s and 1970s, less than 1% of students depicted scientists as female...

TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS #r/50501 #Boston

This is actually a great time for my daughter to get lice. Finally, a project I can control. 4.5/5 stars

Not quite the same, but @justsecurity.org has a litigation tracker for all the lawsuits filed against the apparently illegal actions of the Trump administration. www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...

New 2024 data: Over 50% of GOP fundraising now comes from just 100 mega-donors. Trump’s embrace of the billionaire class—and their embrace of him—will only supercharge this trend.

Money in politics is bad for public health. From 2021 www.ehn.org/campaign-fin...

I'm going to take forgetting my computer charger today as a sign ... to walk to the yarn store

Friday is my most productive workday by far. I look at my to-do list and shiiiiiiii got to get to work.