Dr. Scott Coffin
@ecoboffin.bsky.social
Enviro' Toxicologist | Research Scientist @OEHHA | #Microplastics | @ToMExApp dev | @ThePlastiverse founder | RYT:200 | DJ | Surfer | Views Own | he/him | 🌈∞
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Dr. Scott Coffin
@ecoboffin.bsky.social
· Nov 14
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.
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.
🙌Some good news! Washington State just adopted a law that requires companies to ensure products contains <50ppm total fluorine to reduce consumer exposure to #PFAS!
www.globalelr.com/2026/01/wash...
www.globalelr.com/2026/01/wash...
Washington State’s Amended PFAS Rule Restricts New Product Categories and Adds Total Fluorine Threshold
The amended rule adds to the growing patchwork of state-level PFAS laws and to compliance burdens. By Julia A. Hatcher, Tom Lee, and Hunter J. Kendrick
www.globalelr.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:54 PM
🙌Some good news! Washington State just adopted a law that requires companies to ensure products contains <50ppm total fluorine to reduce consumer exposure to #PFAS!
www.globalelr.com/2026/01/wash...
www.globalelr.com/2026/01/wash...
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ICE must be abolished. It has become a lawless, rogue agency. Federal law enforcement agencies must follow the law, if they're going to have any credibility enforcing it.
We are demanding justice for Renee Good and the prosecution of ICE agent Jonathan Ross for her murder.
We are demanding justice for Renee Good and the prosecution of ICE agent Jonathan Ross for her murder.
January 15, 2026 at 4:47 PM
ICE must be abolished. It has become a lawless, rogue agency. Federal law enforcement agencies must follow the law, if they're going to have any credibility enforcing it.
We are demanding justice for Renee Good and the prosecution of ICE agent Jonathan Ross for her murder.
We are demanding justice for Renee Good and the prosecution of ICE agent Jonathan Ross for her murder.
Reposted by Dr. Scott Coffin
I’m seeing a lot of people predict that “the right wing media is going to turn this story for Trump” and “they’re going to work overtime to make America forget this” and you should tell that to all these people out there in Minnesota in fucking January. This can matter. This will matter.
A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
January 8, 2026 at 1:32 AM
I’m seeing a lot of people predict that “the right wing media is going to turn this story for Trump” and “they’re going to work overtime to make America forget this” and you should tell that to all these people out there in Minnesota in fucking January. This can matter. This will matter.
Join me at The #Microplastics Exposure & Human Health Conference in Santa Fe, NM (January 11 - 14, 2026)!
December 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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....
doi.org/10.1017/plc....
December 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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....
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...
michiganadvance.com/2025/12/02/w...
Whitmer joins Democratic governors calling on the EPA to monitor microplastics in drinking water • Michigan Advance
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer last week joined governors from six other states signing onto a petition demanding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency add microplastics to its program collecting d...
michiganadvance.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Six US state governors have signed a petition demanding the USEPA to monitor #microplastics in #drinkingWater.
michiganadvance.com/2025/12/02/w...
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...
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...
December 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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...
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"
"Feed two birds with one scone"
a couple of birds in a cage with one sitting on top of a coconut
ALT: a couple of birds in a cage with one sitting on top of a coconut
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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"
"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!
November 14, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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.
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.
November 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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.
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...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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...
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...
www.sccwrp.org/biofiltratio...
Biofiltration BMPs found to remove microplastic particles - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
A two-year study examining whether biofiltration BMPs (best management practices) can efficiently remove microplastics from Southern California runoff has found that these stormwater control measures ...
sccwrp.org
October 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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...
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...
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...
October 31, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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...
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...
Reposted by Dr. Scott Coffin
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...
A @nature.com paper today tells the story, one with big implications, as reviewed here
erictopol.substack.com/p/how-mrna-v...
How mRNA Vaccines Can Help Fight Cancer
Turning "cold" tumors "hot"
erictopol.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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...
A @nature.com paper today tells the story, one with big implications, as reviewed here
erictopol.substack.com/p/how-mrna-v...
Reposted by Dr. Scott Coffin
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.
📅 Oct 31, 2.30 PM CET
📝 plos.io/3WnuNJM
🤝 Speakers: @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social, @ismaelrafols.bsky.social and Antónia Correia.
October 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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.
📅 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...
#LiteratureReview
www.efsa.europa.eu/en/supportin...
October 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
@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...
#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...
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...
October 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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...
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...
Reposted by Dr. Scott Coffin
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/...
www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...
October 1, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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/...
www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...
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Peddling expensive, unproven treatments vs microplastics
wapo.st/4nX0A0d
wapo.st/4nX0A0d
As new treatments for microplastics emerge, here’s the evidence on how well they work
Entrepreneurs aim to remove microplastics from the body, but the cost can be steep and the clinical benefit remains uncertain.
wapo.st
October 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Peddling expensive, unproven treatments vs microplastics
wapo.st/4nX0A0d
wapo.st/4nX0A0d
Reposted by Dr. Scott Coffin
Chicago No Kings
October 19, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Chicago No Kings
Reposted by Dr. Scott Coffin
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.
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.
October 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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.
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:
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:
October 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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:
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:
Reposted by Dr. Scott Coffin
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...
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...
October 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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...
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...
Reposted by Dr. Scott Coffin
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
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
October 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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
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
Reposted by Dr. Scott Coffin
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
Both Open Data + Open Source. Perfect for secondary schools & citizen science. Details below 👇
#Microplastics #STEM #OpenSource #OpenData
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October 14, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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
Both Open Data + Open Source. Perfect for secondary schools & citizen science. Details below 👇
#Microplastics #STEM #OpenSource #OpenData