👇3-minute overview of key limitations of the MAHA Commision Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy. Of greatest concern - no effort to address corporate capture of regulatory agencies by the #chemical industry. prheucsf.blog/2025/09/09/m...

American Journal of Public Health Call for Papers: “How can we address the influence of the ultra-processed food (UPF) industry in shaping our food systems and overreliance on UPFs and what types of science-based policies are required to reduce UPF consumption?" Details bit.ly/3IegzY3

Final round global Plastics Treaty negotiations begin today in Switzerland. These talks will shape how much #plastic the world will produce for generations to come. Here is a 5-minute overview of the key decisions that must be made to protect human #health. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

“The world is facing a plastic pollution crisis that is getting worse every year.” U.N. negotiators will soon hash out the terms of a global plastics treaty. Experts say they must focus on capping plastics production instead of false solutions like recycling. insideclimatenews.org/news/0907202...

The world is about to finalize the most consequential legally binding instrument on plastics. It will decide how much #plastic the world will produce for generations. Please read our Editorial in @who.int Bulletin to understand key flaws in the Treaty. It will take 5 minutes.

@ucsf-prhe.bsky.social will be hosting an in-person workshop, How to Conduct Gold-Star Systematic Reviews, this August. I will be joined by @traceywoodruff.bsky.social It will be held on Sunday, August 17th, from 1-5pm, at the Hotel Indigo in Atlanta. Registration can be found at: bit.ly/sr-aug25

The administration is gutting the most important office at #USEPA, responsible for identifying harms of hazardous chemicals like Gen X, #PFAS. It is critical in preventing chronic diseases like #cancer. Watch @traceywoodruff.bsky.social @ucsf-prhe.bsky.social giving testimony today bit.ly/43kXbiF

Want to learn how we can hold health harming corporations to account? Join us 12pm PT, Thursday May 29 to hear about the work of the @UCSF Center to End Corporate Harm

"If we are not evaluating emerging chemicals, if we are pretending they don't exist, we are going to see the health consequences, maybe 10 or 20 years from now," another scientist told NPR. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

The American Chemistry Council along with dozens of trade organizations propose gutting major #environmental #regulations in U.S, including on #PFAS. These rollbacks will ^ chronic disease & not make America healthy. Only industries bottom-line. Great blog by @slamont.bsky.social bit.ly/4khAsL9

@traceywoodruff.bsky.social & I explained to @lancetrespirmed.bsky.social why delaying action on regulating #microplastics while waiting for perfect data could have serious consequences, particularly given the rise in unexplained #cancer rates and chronic diseases bit.ly/44lBTnd

With clever messaging around MAHA & daily 'shocks', many people are too distracted to understand the #environmental rollbacks taking place. Read 👇why rates of children's #cancer, #parkinsonsdisease & #infertility will skyrocket. bit.ly/41EEgyx

#1: Put chemical industry lobbyists in charge at EPA's toxics office including one who worked for Dupont, a leading manufacturer of #PFAS & another who fought against banning #asbestos prheucsf.blog/2025/03/10/1...

Removal of the most critical independent program at USEPA because of corporate capture, led by the American Chemistry Council, is a clear contradiction to the directives of Executive Order 14212 "Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission" www.propublica.org/article/legi...

Join us on Tuesday Mar 11, 2025, 11:00 AM Pacific Time to hear the findings of our world first rapid systematic review on the health effects of #microplastics. We will discuss what action #governments globally must take now to protect this and future generations from their harms.

IRIS made it possible to confirm what communities already knew - that they were getting sick from toxic chemicals

U.S EPA fails to quantify how many people are harmed at different levels of #chemical exposure for any health effects that are not #cancer, thus, significantly underestimating the true risk of chemicals & the benefits of regulating them. Deeply flawed and dangerous to our #health

Universal principles that should be implemented at all regulatory agencies, globally to protect #publichealth and not #corporate interests and profits.

Learn about the work this new Center will do based on empirical research using the @ucsflibrary.bsky.social industry documents. This archive now includes >21 million previously secret internal documents from the #fossilfuel, #tobacco, #ultraprocessedfood, #pharmaceutical and #chemical industries.

Learn the latest science and keep up with work to combat the leading vector of disease this century. Based on the excellent papers in the UCSF @ucsf-industrydocs.bsky.social

I have learned so much from @traceywoodruff.bsky.social @nickchartres.bsky.social and my fellow co-authors on this paper. For more on how the framework can improve scientific analyses and toxic chemical regulations: prheucsf.blog/2025/02/27/s... Paper is here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

👇Once established that a #chemical harms human #health the 1st step in using our framework designed for regulatory agencies, like U.S EPA is to determine if it is 'essential' - if not, then prohibit its use immediately.

Great article on the launch of our new Center to End Corporate Harm at @ucsf-prhe.bsky.social by @lizagross.bsky.social Through empirical investigations, our work will aim to prevent the leading risk factor for death and disease globally. bit.ly/434MfqU

If this administration cares about the harms of #PFAS #chemicals, then they must address the root cause of their widespread harm... #corporate funded science and #suppression of unfavorable science. Read the 👇to understand the strategies used across industries pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Excellent piece in The Hill on the extraordinary health costs associated with #ultraprocessedfoods in the U.S, and why limiting their availability is critical for the health of populations and economies worldwide. thehill.com/opinion/heal...

I recommended to the Australian Government Senate Select Committee on #PFAS 'forever' chemicals yesterday that they must follow the EUs proposal to ban PFAS (~14,000 variants) as a class. It is the only way we can protect ourselves & future generations from the harms of these #chemicals.

Today we launched The Center to End Corporate Harm, which will illuminate and counteract corporate influence on #science, the regulatory & #policy process leading to improved #health & health equity. Read about the strategic aims of the Center in the blog 👇

"Industry-funded research and exaggerated claims litter the arguments made by the fluoropolymer industry against stricter regulation" www.theguardian.com/environment/...

👇 Library contains >21 million documents (including #pharmaceutical, #Ultraprocessedfood, #chemical & #tobacco) & have been instrumental in holding health harming #corporations to account by providing an unprecedented opportunity to investigate & identify common strategies used across corporations.

@washingtonpost.com, @shannonosaka.bsky.social discusses our world first rapid systematic review on the health harms of #microplastics published today. @shannonosaka.bsky.social bit.ly/41HAypI

Our world first systematic review of the health harms of #microplastics was published today. We concluded that microplastics are “suspected” to harm human #reproductive, #digestive, and #respiratory health, with a suggested link to colon and lung #cancer. www.thenewlede.org/2024/12/bewa...

I highly recommend attending this webinar next week co-sponsored by @ucsf-prhe.bsky.social, Collaborative for Health & Environment & @earthjustice.bsky.social I'll be discussing key methodological flaws of U.S. EPA #chemical risk evaluations, and what it means for #publichealth

Water utilities in Brisbane suppressed data on #PFAS levels ~x 9 ^ than thresholds in the U.S. I explained to @brisbanetimes.bsky.social “Suppressing information like this when it has been explicitly requested sets a concerning precedent and will erode the public’s trust, unnecessarily."

We love this creative approach to sharing tips to avoid #PFAS exposure. Our suggestion is for EPA to regulate PFAS as a class of chemicals, rather than one at a time. publichealthinsider.com/2024/11/26/w...

Great piece on effective #science translation & communication. Understanding the concerns and needs of the public and then delivering your message with empathy is critical to getting cut through in an already cluttered world of #misinformation. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

Please join my talk tomorrow, 26/11 at 12pm AEST 'Using Internal Industry Documents to Address the 21st Century Vector of Disease; Corporate Influence (#chemicals, #tobacco, #UPFs) on Science, Health & Democracy' at The University of Sydney. uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/89245914291 Meeting ID: 892 4591 4291

I explain that of most concern about the mix of #pesticides found in air samples near a school is that regulatory agencies don't account for and quantify the cumulative health harms these #chemicals cause. They are tested one at a time, not accounting for real world exposures. bit.ly/4hUe9uU