Natasha Gilbert
@byng.bsky.social
Investigative Journalist. Covering science, health and the environment.
Yogi, hiker, fan of science and nature.
www.bynatashagilbert.com
Yogi, hiker, fan of science and nature.
www.bynatashagilbert.com
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Factory farm dust can spread E. coli and could have sparked a large food poisoning outbreak in 2018, a new study published in the Science of the Total Environment shows. @byng.bsky.social reports:
How Factory Farm Air Pollution Can Spread Dangerous Bacteria
Factory farm dust can spread E. coli and could have sparked a large food poisoning outbreak in 2018, a new study shows.
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October 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Factory farm dust can spread E. coli and could have sparked a large food poisoning outbreak in 2018, a new study published in the Science of the Total Environment shows. @byng.bsky.social reports:
I wrote about how Trump's huge $100K fee hike for visas for foreign talent will impact researchers. Story in @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Trump’s $100K visa fee for foreign talent: how will it affect researchers?
The rollout of the H-1B visa change has sown confusion – and some fear another ‘body blow’ for US science.
www.nature.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I wrote about how Trump's huge $100K fee hike for visas for foreign talent will impact researchers. Story in @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Are you a #researcher or work at a #university that is affected by the #H-1B visa fee hike? Please consider talking to me for a story in @nature.com. For secure comms I'm on Signal: @ngreports.30. Please repost for reach.
September 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Are you a #researcher or work at a #university that is affected by the #H-1B visa fee hike? Please consider talking to me for a story in @nature.com. For secure comms I'm on Signal: @ngreports.30. Please repost for reach.
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The National Academies' response to the EPA's proposed removal of the endangerment finding is out today. It does not mince words about the effect of GHGs on the climate. Kudos to the authors.
Key paragraph below; you can read the whole thing here: nas.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?...
Key paragraph below; you can read the whole thing here: nas.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?...
September 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The National Academies' response to the EPA's proposed removal of the endangerment finding is out today. It does not mince words about the effect of GHGs on the climate. Kudos to the authors.
Key paragraph below; you can read the whole thing here: nas.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?...
Key paragraph below; you can read the whole thing here: nas.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?...
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World Health Organization Foundation’s growing ‘dark money’ problem raises conflict of interest concerns
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WHO Foundation’s growing ‘dark money’ problem raises conflict of interest concerns
The transparency of donations to the WHO Foundation -- which raises funds and gives grants to the WHO -- has sunk over its first 3 years of operations.
usrtk.org
July 31, 2025 at 8:16 PM
World Health Organization Foundation’s growing ‘dark money’ problem raises conflict of interest concerns
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The EPA cited my paper in their argument against the endangerment finding today. However, their point is completely backwards: my paper actually supports the EPA's 2009 range of 1.8C to 4C warming by 2100. www.nature.com/artic...
July 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The EPA cited my paper in their argument against the endangerment finding today. However, their point is completely backwards: my paper actually supports the EPA's 2009 range of 1.8C to 4C warming by 2100. www.nature.com/artic...
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“Unlike shooting or bombing, if killing stops, the dying won’t stop. It’ll still continue for some time,” said Alex de Waal, executive director of the World Peace Foundation at Tufts University.
“Starvation in war like this is a massacre in slow motion.”
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“Starvation in war like this is a massacre in slow motion.”
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Gazans are starving. Here’s what lack of food does to the human body.
Children suffering under severe food shortages can face lifelong consequences.
wapo.st
July 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
“Unlike shooting or bombing, if killing stops, the dying won’t stop. It’ll still continue for some time,” said Alex de Waal, executive director of the World Peace Foundation at Tufts University.
“Starvation in war like this is a massacre in slow motion.”
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“Starvation in war like this is a massacre in slow motion.”
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Trump’s hatchet job on science will cost the US economy more than it will save, says analysis reported by @statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2025/07/28/n...
www.statnews.com/2025/07/28/n...
New analysis predicts sprawling effects of proposed NIH budget cuts
Initial analyses of the Trump administration’s proposed NIH cuts neglect key aspects of their long-term economic and health impact, study says.
www.statnews.com
July 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Trump’s hatchet job on science will cost the US economy more than it will save, says analysis reported by @statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2025/07/28/n...
www.statnews.com/2025/07/28/n...
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This graph is astonishing. The people that bang on about “natural birth” and “women have been doing this forever without help” need to be forced to stare at this until their eyes water.
September 28, 2024 at 6:34 PM
This graph is astonishing. The people that bang on about “natural birth” and “women have been doing this forever without help” need to be forced to stare at this until their eyes water.
Cutting back on just a little bit of the meat you eat can make a big difference to water quality in rivers and streams across the US. A research paper in the journal Nature Food has the numbers.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Changes in meat consumption can improve groundwater quality - Nature Food
Most studies on the potential of meat alternatives to mitigate environmental pollution look at greenhouse gas emissions, but groundwater quality remains understudied. Using a groundwater nitrate pollu...
www.nature.com
June 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Cutting back on just a little bit of the meat you eat can make a big difference to water quality in rivers and streams across the US. A research paper in the journal Nature Food has the numbers.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
The latest strategy to Make American Healthy Again: cancel any oversight of the most dangerous pesticides that farmers use. civileats.com/2025/06/03/u...
USDA Drops Rules Requiring Farmers to Record Their Use of the Most Toxic Pesticides
Pesticide watchdog groups say the regulations should be strengthened, not thrown out.
civileats.com
June 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The latest strategy to Make American Healthy Again: cancel any oversight of the most dangerous pesticides that farmers use. civileats.com/2025/06/03/u...
"You're just not welcome." Scientists told me how they are grappling with the US plan to revoke Chinese student visas. Read more in @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘You’re just not welcome’: researchers grapple with US plan to revoke Chinese student visas
Scientists are eyeing their legal options in anticipation of new immigration actions.
www.nature.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"You're just not welcome." Scientists told me how they are grappling with the US plan to revoke Chinese student visas. Read more in @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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NASA to end work in nuclear thermal and nuclear electric propulsion for deep space exploration.
arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
Some parts of Trump’s proposed budget for NASA are literally draconian
“That’s exactly the kind of thing that NASA should be concentrating its resources on.”…
arstechnica.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
NASA to end work in nuclear thermal and nuclear electric propulsion for deep space exploration.
arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
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We are glad to see Pig-2-Bac getting some attention, but @sentientmedia.org's new article about it is quite similar to the one we published in March.
Our original article (3/31/25):
usrtk.org/factory-farm...
Sentient’s version (5/22/25):
sentientmedia.org/scientists-f...
@dawnattride.bsky.social
Our original article (3/31/25):
usrtk.org/factory-farm...
Sentient’s version (5/22/25):
sentientmedia.org/scientists-f...
@dawnattride.bsky.social
Breathing injustice: How a new scientific tool could help communities oppose industrial animal farming pollution
A new scientific test can identify and measure the amount of pig manure in dust that settled in and around neighbors’ homes.
usrtk.org
May 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We are glad to see Pig-2-Bac getting some attention, but @sentientmedia.org's new article about it is quite similar to the one we published in March.
Our original article (3/31/25):
usrtk.org/factory-farm...
Sentient’s version (5/22/25):
sentientmedia.org/scientists-f...
@dawnattride.bsky.social
Our original article (3/31/25):
usrtk.org/factory-farm...
Sentient’s version (5/22/25):
sentientmedia.org/scientists-f...
@dawnattride.bsky.social
The chemical lobby asked Trump admin to black out sites of high risk chemical plants. They greased their ask with $$$ for his inauguration fund. Guess what happend? www.levernews.com/the-governme...
The Government’s Chemical Disaster Tracking Tool Just Went Dark
The chemical lobby demanded Trump make the locations of high-risk chemical plants secret. The EPA did just that.
www.levernews.com
May 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The chemical lobby asked Trump admin to black out sites of high risk chemical plants. They greased their ask with $$$ for his inauguration fund. Guess what happend? www.levernews.com/the-governme...
Trump Ambassador to UK has big stake in big beef - set to benefit from US-UK trade deal. www.desmog.com/2025/05/15/d...
Trump’s UK Ambassador Has Investments in Industries Set to Benefit from Trade Deal
President Donald Trump’s UK ambassador holds shares worth hundreds of millions in the key sectors that stand to benefit from last week’s UK-U.S. trade agreement. Stephens played a key role in pushing ...
www.desmog.com
May 16, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Trump Ambassador to UK has big stake in big beef - set to benefit from US-UK trade deal. www.desmog.com/2025/05/15/d...
Meet the PR company behind the spin on Tyson's "climate smart" beef. Midan Marketing says you can "do the climate a solid" by eating Tyson's Brazen Beef. But beef will never be climate smart. Its #GHGs are just too high - 5 times that of other livestock. My latest for @usrighttoknow.bsky.social
The public relations campaign spinning Tyson’s brazen “climate-smart” beef claims
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usrtk.org/factory-farm...
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usrtk.org/factory-farm...
The PR campaign spinning Tyson’s brazen “climate-smart” beef claims
Producing beef is a large source of greenhouse gas emissions. Meat companies like Tyson have hired public relations firms to clean up their image.
usrtk.org
May 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Meet the PR company behind the spin on Tyson's "climate smart" beef. Midan Marketing says you can "do the climate a solid" by eating Tyson's Brazen Beef. But beef will never be climate smart. Its #GHGs are just too high - 5 times that of other livestock. My latest for @usrighttoknow.bsky.social
Reposted by Natasha Gilbert
The public relations campaign spinning Tyson’s brazen “climate-smart” beef claims
Via @byng.bsky.social @usrighttoknow.bsky.social
usrtk.org/factory-farm...
Via @byng.bsky.social @usrighttoknow.bsky.social
usrtk.org/factory-farm...
The PR campaign spinning Tyson’s brazen “climate-smart” beef claims
Producing beef is a large source of greenhouse gas emissions. Meat companies like Tyson have hired public relations firms to clean up their image.
usrtk.org
May 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The public relations campaign spinning Tyson’s brazen “climate-smart” beef claims
Via @byng.bsky.social @usrighttoknow.bsky.social
usrtk.org/factory-farm...
Via @byng.bsky.social @usrighttoknow.bsky.social
usrtk.org/factory-farm...
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Trump proposes unprecedented budget cuts for US science in next fiscal year
NASA cut by 24%
NIH cut by 40%
EPA cut by 55%
NSF cut by 56%
Analysis from @maxkozlov.bsky.social @dangaristo.bsky.social @alexwitze.bsky.social and @nature.com team
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NASA cut by 24%
NIH cut by 40%
EPA cut by 55%
NSF cut by 56%
Analysis from @maxkozlov.bsky.social @dangaristo.bsky.social @alexwitze.bsky.social and @nature.com team
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Trump proposes unprecedented budget cuts to US science
Huge reductions, if enacted, could have ‘catastrophic’ effects on US competitiveness and the scientific pipeline, critics say.
www.nature.com
May 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Trump proposes unprecedented budget cuts for US science in next fiscal year
NASA cut by 24%
NIH cut by 40%
EPA cut by 55%
NSF cut by 56%
Analysis from @maxkozlov.bsky.social @dangaristo.bsky.social @alexwitze.bsky.social and @nature.com team
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NASA cut by 24%
NIH cut by 40%
EPA cut by 55%
NSF cut by 56%
Analysis from @maxkozlov.bsky.social @dangaristo.bsky.social @alexwitze.bsky.social and @nature.com team
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Trump has been president for 100 days—and he’s made a deliberate attempt to flood the system and exhaust the public.
It can be hard for most people to keep up. That's by design.
As a candidate, Trump said he'd lower prices. As president, here's what he's done 🧵
It can be hard for most people to keep up. That's by design.
As a candidate, Trump said he'd lower prices. As president, here's what he's done 🧵
April 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Trump has been president for 100 days—and he’s made a deliberate attempt to flood the system and exhaust the public.
It can be hard for most people to keep up. That's by design.
As a candidate, Trump said he'd lower prices. As president, here's what he's done 🧵
It can be hard for most people to keep up. That's by design.
As a candidate, Trump said he'd lower prices. As president, here's what he's done 🧵
FDA Layoffs Will Hamper Efforts to cut antimicrobial overuse in farm animals. My new story for US Right to Know.
“It seems less likely than ever that progress on this ticking time bomb will be made under the current administration.”
#AMR #FDA #CVM #indsutrialfarming #antimicroibals
“It seems less likely than ever that progress on this ticking time bomb will be made under the current administration.”
#AMR #FDA #CVM #indsutrialfarming #antimicroibals
FDA layoffs will hamper efforts to cut antimicrobial overuse in farm animals
Via @byng.bsky.social @usrighttoknow.bsky.social
usrtk.org/antimicrobia...
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usrtk.org/antimicrobia...
FDA layoffs will hamper efforts to cut antimicrobial overuse in farm animals
Efforts to curb the overuse of antimicrobials in farm animals are at risk after layoffs at the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine earlier this month.
usrtk.org
April 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
FDA Layoffs Will Hamper Efforts to cut antimicrobial overuse in farm animals. My new story for US Right to Know.
“It seems less likely than ever that progress on this ticking time bomb will be made under the current administration.”
#AMR #FDA #CVM #indsutrialfarming #antimicroibals
“It seems less likely than ever that progress on this ticking time bomb will be made under the current administration.”
#AMR #FDA #CVM #indsutrialfarming #antimicroibals
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EXCLUSIVE: Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
DOGE employees gain accounts on classified networks holding nuclear secrets
Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
www.npr.org
April 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
"This is a terrible, terrible thing to have happen," says Sarah Temkin, a gynecological oncologist on news that the Trump administration is killing a crucial decades long study on women's health. Story in @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH guts its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"This is a terrible, terrible thing to have happen," says Sarah Temkin, a gynecological oncologist on news that the Trump administration is killing a crucial decades long study on women's health. Story in @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
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The US administration’s grant terminations, indirect-cost cap etc triggered a host of lawsuits: here’s a guide to what’s next
@nature.com
🧪 #AcademicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@nature.com
🧪 #AcademicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NIH cuts triggered a host of lawsuits: Nature’s guide to what’s next
A host of legal claims aim to roll back the Trump administration’s grant terminations, indirect-cost cap and more.
www.nature.com
April 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The US administration’s grant terminations, indirect-cost cap etc triggered a host of lawsuits: here’s a guide to what’s next
@nature.com
🧪 #AcademicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@nature.com
🧪 #AcademicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Pharmaceutical drug pollution changes behaviors in Atlantic salmon that are critical to survival, finds a new study in
@science.org
@science.org
Over the moon to finally share our new study in @science.org led by the amazing @jack-brand.bsky.social!
Pharmaceutical pollution at environmentally realistic levels alters behaviour and migration in Atlantic salmon, directly affecting survival
👉 science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Pharmaceutical pollution at environmentally realistic levels alters behaviour and migration in Atlantic salmon, directly affecting survival
👉 science.org/doi/10.1126/...
April 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Pharmaceutical drug pollution changes behaviors in Atlantic salmon that are critical to survival, finds a new study in
@science.org
@science.org