Ben Fulgencio-Turner
@bpft.bsky.social
Working at the intersection of climate change and public health at ecoAmerica: www.climateforhealth.org
Staying busy!
Staying busy!
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APHA and other leading medical, health and patient advocacy groups issued a joint statement on the alarming changes made to the CDC autism website. #SpeakForHealth
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November 21, 2025 at 2:42 AM
APHA and other leading medical, health and patient advocacy groups issued a joint statement on the alarming changes made to the CDC autism website. #SpeakForHealth
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Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
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During #COP30 it is important to remember that climate policy is health policy, and that climate action is needed to improve health. Some background information in a new commentary by me, @jonathanpatz.bsky.social, @howardfrumkin.bsky.social, and Vijay Limaye.
theconversation.com/want-to-make...
theconversation.com/want-to-make...
Want to make America healthy again? Stop fueling climate change
From extreme heat to mosquito-borne illnesses, climate change is making people sicker and more vulnerable to disease. Health scientists explain what individuals and governments can do about it.
theconversation.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
During #COP30 it is important to remember that climate policy is health policy, and that climate action is needed to improve health. Some background information in a new commentary by me, @jonathanpatz.bsky.social, @howardfrumkin.bsky.social, and Vijay Limaye.
theconversation.com/want-to-make...
theconversation.com/want-to-make...
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America's political elite has decided that climate change is no longer that important or worth talking about, but rest assured, it's still happening, it's extremely bad, and yes, it is going to affect you here in America.
What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century
Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
America's political elite has decided that climate change is no longer that important or worth talking about, but rest assured, it's still happening, it's extremely bad, and yes, it is going to affect you here in America.
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Peek @ecoamerica.bsky.social’s Marryam and Amanda at #APHA2025!
November 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Peek @ecoamerica.bsky.social’s Marryam and Amanda at #APHA2025!
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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I’m a Primary Care Doctor. My Patients Are Scared to Show Up Due to ICE. truthout.org/articles/im-...
(I wrote a thing in @truthout.org about what it's like to be a primary care doctor when ICE is attacking my patients. )
(I wrote a thing in @truthout.org about what it's like to be a primary care doctor when ICE is attacking my patients. )
I’m a Primary Care Doctor. My Patients Are Scared to Show Up Due to ICE.
How am I supposed to adequately care for patients who are being constantly terrorized by immigration police?
truthout.org
September 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I’m a Primary Care Doctor. My Patients Are Scared to Show Up Due to ICE. truthout.org/articles/im-...
(I wrote a thing in @truthout.org about what it's like to be a primary care doctor when ICE is attacking my patients. )
(I wrote a thing in @truthout.org about what it's like to be a primary care doctor when ICE is attacking my patients. )
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this morning, ICE went into a Spanish language immersion daycare and took a teacher from the building in front of screaming and crying kids and parents at dropoff and the daycare had to shut down for the day (near Lane Tech, where they were yesterday). Really hoping today's "theme" is not "daycare."
November 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
this morning, ICE went into a Spanish language immersion daycare and took a teacher from the building in front of screaming and crying kids and parents at dropoff and the daycare had to shut down for the day (near Lane Tech, where they were yesterday). Really hoping today's "theme" is not "daycare."
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A beautiful story about a beautiful man in an occupied neighborhood in my occupied city. We are all worse off for this loss, and I am so grateful to local independent journalists for calling attention to it.
Gael Gomez and his family are all but certain to leave the country this week, upending the lives they’ve built in D.C.
But Mount Pleasant's 19-year-old sidewalk astronomer wants people to keep looking up — at the sky and in life.
@samdelgado.bsky.social reports:
But Mount Pleasant's 19-year-old sidewalk astronomer wants people to keep looking up — at the sky and in life.
@samdelgado.bsky.social reports:
Mount Pleasant’s sidewalk astronomer might have to leave his home
But Gael Gomez wants people to keep looking up — at the sky and in life.
51st.news
November 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
A beautiful story about a beautiful man in an occupied neighborhood in my occupied city. We are all worse off for this loss, and I am so grateful to local independent journalists for calling attention to it.
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Climate-driven extreme weather has increased in frequency & ferocity in recent years. The impact on human health is growing. Jamaica’s recent hurricane shows the urgency of preparing www.apha.org/publications... #APHA2025
Cities, nations need a plan for extreme weather
Among 100 cities worldwide of 1 million or more people, 77 had no heat-health action plan.
www.apha.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Climate-driven extreme weather has increased in frequency & ferocity in recent years. The impact on human health is growing. Jamaica’s recent hurricane shows the urgency of preparing www.apha.org/publications... #APHA2025
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Nurses are driving climate action in health care. 🌍 Is your school part of the movement?
Join the School of Nursing Commitment from the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE). Prepare future nurses to protect health in a changing climate.
👉 zurl.co/MyY4t
@enviRN
Join the School of Nursing Commitment from the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE). Prepare future nurses to protect health in a changing climate.
👉 zurl.co/MyY4t
@enviRN
October 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Nurses are driving climate action in health care. 🌍 Is your school part of the movement?
Join the School of Nursing Commitment from the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE). Prepare future nurses to protect health in a changing climate.
👉 zurl.co/MyY4t
@enviRN
Join the School of Nursing Commitment from the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE). Prepare future nurses to protect health in a changing climate.
👉 zurl.co/MyY4t
@enviRN
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You're living through one of the biggest technological transformations in world history and it has nothing to do with AI
Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.
Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.
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Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
October 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
You're living through one of the biggest technological transformations in world history and it has nothing to do with AI
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Join the party for a festive evening full of community building, food, dancing, art and inspiration to celebrate #CEHday & honor the 2025 Awardees in style with @cehnetwork.bsky.social! RSVP: bit.ly/CEHNawards25
Twentieth Annual Awards Celebration
Celebrate the 2025 Child Health Advocate and NOW Youth Leadership Awardees in Style!
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October 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Join the party for a festive evening full of community building, food, dancing, art and inspiration to celebrate #CEHday & honor the 2025 Awardees in style with @cehnetwork.bsky.social! RSVP: bit.ly/CEHNawards25
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IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative.
The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.
The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.
September 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative.
The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.
The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.
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You're making a difference on climate change and health. Why not get recognized for it? Apply for the Excellence in Climate Leadership Awards, sponsored by APHA's Center for Climate, Health and Equity. bit.ly/469w391 #ClimateChangesHealth
September 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
You're making a difference on climate change and health. Why not get recognized for it? Apply for the Excellence in Climate Leadership Awards, sponsored by APHA's Center for Climate, Health and Equity. bit.ly/469w391 #ClimateChangesHealth
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🚨 NEW: Climate change is already causing 30,000 deaths per year - a global annual economic loss of $100-350B USD - but the true damage is probably 10x higher. Out TODAY in Nature Climate Change: the first systematic look at the science of "health impact attribution" 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🚨 NEW: Climate change is already causing 30,000 deaths per year - a global annual economic loss of $100-350B USD - but the true damage is probably 10x higher. Out TODAY in Nature Climate Change: the first systematic look at the science of "health impact attribution" 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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⬇️ These new resources offer strategies to build public understanding of how climate change affects early childhood development. They highlight key mindsets, communication challenges, and emerging recommendations to shape a more informed conversation.
Connecting Early Childhood Development to Climate Change
Connecting Early Childhood Development to Climate Change
www.frameworksinstitute.org
September 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
⬇️ These new resources offer strategies to build public understanding of how climate change affects early childhood development. They highlight key mindsets, communication challenges, and emerging recommendations to shape a more informed conversation.
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Ever wondered how deeply fossil fuels harm our health and drive the climate crisis?
Join climate leaders, mayors, health professionals, and the UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change to uncover the full story.
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/C2GLaunch
@courtghoward.bsky.social @amywestervelt.bsky.social
Join climate leaders, mayors, health professionals, and the UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change to uncover the full story.
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/C2GLaunch
@courtghoward.bsky.social @amywestervelt.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Ever wondered how deeply fossil fuels harm our health and drive the climate crisis?
Join climate leaders, mayors, health professionals, and the UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change to uncover the full story.
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/C2GLaunch
@courtghoward.bsky.social @amywestervelt.bsky.social
Join climate leaders, mayors, health professionals, and the UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change to uncover the full story.
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/C2GLaunch
@courtghoward.bsky.social @amywestervelt.bsky.social
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New on Public Health Newswire: EPA proposal to roll back air pollution regulations ignores science, threatens lives: publichealthnewswire.org?p=epa-propos...
September 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
New on Public Health Newswire: EPA proposal to roll back air pollution regulations ignores science, threatens lives: publichealthnewswire.org?p=epa-propos...
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Groundbreaking climate study ties individual fossil fuel companies to extreme heat events, a potential game-changer for climate lawsuits. www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/c...
Scientists trace heat waves back to individual fossil fuel companies, with potentially sweeping courtroom implications | CNN
For the first time, scientists have quantified the causal links between worsening heat waves and global warming pollution from individual fossil fuel and cement companies, pushing the boundaries of ex...
www.cnn.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Groundbreaking climate study ties individual fossil fuel companies to extreme heat events, a potential game-changer for climate lawsuits. www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/c...
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Burning fossil fuels & climate change harms human health in so many ways. This one is particularly heartbreaking in that wildfire fighters put their lives on the line for us and are paying such a dear price.
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
@gchalliance.bsky.social
@cuclimatehealth.bsky.social
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Wildfire Fighters, Unmasked in Toxic Smoke, Are Getting Sick and Dying
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Burning fossil fuels & climate change harms human health in so many ways. This one is particularly heartbreaking in that wildfire fighters put their lives on the line for us and are paying such a dear price.
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
@gchalliance.bsky.social
@cuclimatehealth.bsky.social
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
@gchalliance.bsky.social
@cuclimatehealth.bsky.social
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3 former Surgeon Generals issue a warning: "The CDC is more than just an agency. It is the cornerstone of public health... The recent turbulence at the CDC threatens to undermine this legacy, and we feel this is not just a bureaucratic or political issue. It’s truly a matter of life and death."
Surgeons general warning: CDC saves lives. It's up to us to save public health. | Opinion
As surgeons general, we took an oath to protect Americans. It includes speaking up when public health is in danger. We see that danger now at the CDC.
www.usatoday.com
September 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
3 former Surgeon Generals issue a warning: "The CDC is more than just an agency. It is the cornerstone of public health... The recent turbulence at the CDC threatens to undermine this legacy, and we feel this is not just a bureaucratic or political issue. It’s truly a matter of life and death."
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I'm delighted to share our recently published research study on the potential to better integrate health policy & climate policy in the US federal government--for the benefit of all Americans, now and in the future.
@finejulia6.bsky.social @joshettinger.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social
@finejulia6.bsky.social @joshettinger.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social
Advancing and integrating climate and health policy in the United States: Insights from national policy stakeholders
Many experts have called for integrating climate policy with health policy. We investigated U.S. federal policy stakeholders’ views on these goals and…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I'm delighted to share our recently published research study on the potential to better integrate health policy & climate policy in the US federal government--for the benefit of all Americans, now and in the future.
@finejulia6.bsky.social @joshettinger.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social
@finejulia6.bsky.social @joshettinger.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social