Carmi Orenstein, MPH
@carmio.bsky.social
Program director, Concerned Health Professionals of New York, a program of the Science and Environmental Health Network ☀️ 🌻 🕊️
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The #Boeing company continues to pollute the areas surrounding the #SantaSusanaFieldLab.
39 stormwater discharge violations from January 2023 to March 2025, including #dioxin, #lead, #mercury.
www.waterboards.ca.gov/press_room/p...
@parentsvsssfl.bsky.social continues to fight for a full cleanup.
39 stormwater discharge violations from January 2023 to March 2025, including #dioxin, #lead, #mercury.
www.waterboards.ca.gov/press_room/p...
@parentsvsssfl.bsky.social continues to fight for a full cleanup.
Boeing accused of discharge violations at Santa Susana Field Laboratory
www.waterboards.ca.gov
December 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The #Boeing company continues to pollute the areas surrounding the #SantaSusanaFieldLab.
39 stormwater discharge violations from January 2023 to March 2025, including #dioxin, #lead, #mercury.
www.waterboards.ca.gov/press_room/p...
@parentsvsssfl.bsky.social continues to fight for a full cleanup.
39 stormwater discharge violations from January 2023 to March 2025, including #dioxin, #lead, #mercury.
www.waterboards.ca.gov/press_room/p...
@parentsvsssfl.bsky.social continues to fight for a full cleanup.
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Non-profits like SEHN need to redouble our efforts as a bastion of truth-seeking and action to protect our communities, land, water, and future generations. We are seeking your help!
#GivingTuesday #PublicHealth
From our executive director, @carolynraff.bsky.social:
www.sehn.org/sehn/2025/th...
#GivingTuesday #PublicHealth
From our executive director, @carolynraff.bsky.social:
www.sehn.org/sehn/2025/th...
The Emperor Has No Clothes — The Science and Environmental Health Network
Dear Friends, If truth be told… the emperor has no clothes. There have been many times over my environmental career when the work felt impossible because of the forces arrayed against the health of ...
www.sehn.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Non-profits like SEHN need to redouble our efforts as a bastion of truth-seeking and action to protect our communities, land, water, and future generations. We are seeking your help!
#GivingTuesday #PublicHealth
From our executive director, @carolynraff.bsky.social:
www.sehn.org/sehn/2025/th...
#GivingTuesday #PublicHealth
From our executive director, @carolynraff.bsky.social:
www.sehn.org/sehn/2025/th...
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The Gazan doctors still languishing in Israeli prisons
While some were released in the ceasefire, Israel still holds 80 Palestinian medical workers without charge. Their families are demanding their freedom.
By Michal Feldon.
www.972mag.com/gazan-doctor...
While some were released in the ceasefire, Israel still holds 80 Palestinian medical workers without charge. Their families are demanding their freedom.
By Michal Feldon.
www.972mag.com/gazan-doctor...
The Gazan doctors still languishing in Israeli prisons
While some were released in the ceasefire, Israel still holds 80 Palestinian medical workers without charge. Their families are demanding their freedom.
www.972mag.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The Gazan doctors still languishing in Israeli prisons
While some were released in the ceasefire, Israel still holds 80 Palestinian medical workers without charge. Their families are demanding their freedom.
By Michal Feldon.
www.972mag.com/gazan-doctor...
While some were released in the ceasefire, Israel still holds 80 Palestinian medical workers without charge. Their families are demanding their freedom.
By Michal Feldon.
www.972mag.com/gazan-doctor...
Reposted by Carmi Orenstein, MPH
Today, the California coast we cherish and the delicate ocean ecosystems just beyond it face a renewed threat from offshore drilling. We oppose the Trump Administration’s 5-year oil and gas leasing program and will continue to defend our coastline, wildlife, economy, and health from this threat.
November 21, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Today, the California coast we cherish and the delicate ocean ecosystems just beyond it face a renewed threat from offshore drilling. We oppose the Trump Administration’s 5-year oil and gas leasing program and will continue to defend our coastline, wildlife, economy, and health from this threat.
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A chorus of Jewish New York communities, including Bend the Arc, are repudiating the ADL's blatant Islamophobia in a joint statement.
Read more below:
Read more below:
Progressive Jewish groups say ADL's 'Mamdani Monitor' is 'Islamophobic and racist' - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Jewish organizations are split along ideological and strategic lines over how to interact with the mayor-elect.
www.jta.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A chorus of Jewish New York communities, including Bend the Arc, are repudiating the ADL's blatant Islamophobia in a joint statement.
Read more below:
Read more below:
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NEW! Updated gas appliance section of the 9th ed #fracking science Compendium, w/ nearly 3x the number of studies we had 2 yrs ago. More data on carcinogenic & respiratory-harming emissions, and health & economic benefits of converting gas appliances to #electric.
W/ @psr.org
tinyurl.com/2s4v7pmn
W/ @psr.org
tinyurl.com/2s4v7pmn
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
NEW! Updated gas appliance section of the 9th ed #fracking science Compendium, w/ nearly 3x the number of studies we had 2 yrs ago. More data on carcinogenic & respiratory-harming emissions, and health & economic benefits of converting gas appliances to #electric.
W/ @psr.org
tinyurl.com/2s4v7pmn
W/ @psr.org
tinyurl.com/2s4v7pmn
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]
October 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]
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CPJ renewed its call for an independent and transparent investigation into Israel’s killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, after a former senior U.S. security official said in a news report that the U.S. government downplayed evidence in her killing.
cpj.org?p=532759
cpj.org?p=532759
CPJ calls for transparent US investigation into killing of Shireen Abu Akleh - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, October 28, 2025 — The Committee to Protect Journalists renewed its call for an independent and transparent investigation into Israel’s killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu...
cpj.org
October 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
CPJ renewed its call for an independent and transparent investigation into Israel’s killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, after a former senior U.S. security official said in a news report that the U.S. government downplayed evidence in her killing.
cpj.org?p=532759
cpj.org?p=532759
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Settler terror devastates West Bank olive harvest
Israeli military restrictions and over 150 settler attacks in the past two weeks have prevented many Palestinians from harvesting this year’s crop.
www.972mag.com/olive-harves...
@mekomit.bsky.social
Israeli military restrictions and over 150 settler attacks in the past two weeks have prevented many Palestinians from harvesting this year’s crop.
www.972mag.com/olive-harves...
@mekomit.bsky.social
Settler terror devastates West Bank olive harvest
Israeli military restrictions and over 150 settler attacks in the past two weeks have prevented many Palestinians from harvesting this year’s crop.
www.972mag.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Settler terror devastates West Bank olive harvest
Israeli military restrictions and over 150 settler attacks in the past two weeks have prevented many Palestinians from harvesting this year’s crop.
www.972mag.com/olive-harves...
@mekomit.bsky.social
Israeli military restrictions and over 150 settler attacks in the past two weeks have prevented many Palestinians from harvesting this year’s crop.
www.972mag.com/olive-harves...
@mekomit.bsky.social
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The Trump administration just skirted normal channels for hiring directors of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences—during a hiring freeze—to appoint a scientist who calls JD Vance one of his “closest friends.”
Close Friend of JD Vance Skirts Normal Channels to Take Over NIH Environmental Health Institute - Inside Climate News
Despite a federal hiring freeze, the Trump administration just appointed a scientist who calls Vance one of his “closest friends” to head the nation’s key environmental health research arm.
insideclimatenews.org
October 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The Trump administration just skirted normal channels for hiring directors of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences—during a hiring freeze—to appoint a scientist who calls JD Vance one of his “closest friends.”
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‘The health situation in #Gaza is a crisis for generations to come’
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in his latest interview with Anna Foster and BBC Radio 4's Today news programme
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in his latest interview with Anna Foster and BBC Radio 4's Today news programme
October 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
‘The health situation in #Gaza is a crisis for generations to come’
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in his latest interview with Anna Foster and BBC Radio 4's Today news programme
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in his latest interview with Anna Foster and BBC Radio 4's Today news programme
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“Scatological attacks are usually the province of outsiders trying to cut the powerful down to size,” Michelle Goldberg writes. “Rulers, by contrast, tend to jealously guard their dignity. But not Trump.”
Opinion | Trump’s Lust for Desecration
A perverse delight in degradation has always coursed through MAGA circles.
nyti.ms
October 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
“Scatological attacks are usually the province of outsiders trying to cut the powerful down to size,” Michelle Goldberg writes. “Rulers, by contrast, tend to jealously guard their dignity. But not Trump.”
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Experts say that some effects of starvation in Gaza can be permanent. And for the severely malnourished, simply starting to eat normal meals again can cause sickness—even death.
What Comes After Starvation in Gaza?
For the severely malnourished, simply starting to eat normal meals again can cause sickness—even death.
www.newyorker.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Experts say that some effects of starvation in Gaza can be permanent. And for the severely malnourished, simply starting to eat normal meals again can cause sickness—even death.
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The flotilla carrying Jewish Currents reporter Emily Wilder has been captured by the Israeli military. Please contact Emily's senators and representatives—Adam Schiff, Alex Padilla, and Jimmy Gomez—and urge them to advocate for her safe release from Israeli detention
October 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The flotilla carrying Jewish Currents reporter Emily Wilder has been captured by the Israeli military. Please contact Emily's senators and representatives—Adam Schiff, Alex Padilla, and Jimmy Gomez—and urge them to advocate for her safe release from Israeli detention
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Children are starving in Gaza because of Israeli government policies. Hundreds of people from around the world organized a civilian flotilla to try to deliver food. Israel arrested them.
The United States must demand the immediate release of all detained Americans.
The United States must demand the immediate release of all detained Americans.
October 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Children are starving in Gaza because of Israeli government policies. Hundreds of people from around the world organized a civilian flotilla to try to deliver food. Israel arrested them.
The United States must demand the immediate release of all detained Americans.
The United States must demand the immediate release of all detained Americans.
Reposted by Carmi Orenstein, MPH
Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot
Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot
Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot
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Join me in signing the #JewsDemandAction petition calling on governments around the world to do everything possible to end the Israeli military’s assault on Gaza. jewsdemandaction.org jewsdemandaction.org
@traitoramongus.bsky.social
@traitoramongus.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Join me in signing the #JewsDemandAction petition calling on governments around the world to do everything possible to end the Israeli military’s assault on Gaza. jewsdemandaction.org jewsdemandaction.org
@traitoramongus.bsky.social
@traitoramongus.bsky.social
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🚨 MSF FORCED TO SUSPEND ACTIVITIES IN GAZA CITY 🚨
Our clinics are now encircled by Israeli forces.
There are continued airstrikes & tanks advancing closer & closer to our healthcare facilities.
This is an intolerable level of risk for our @msf.ca staff.
I am outraged, and you should be, too.
Our clinics are now encircled by Israeli forces.
There are continued airstrikes & tanks advancing closer & closer to our healthcare facilities.
This is an intolerable level of risk for our @msf.ca staff.
I am outraged, and you should be, too.
Palestine: MSF forced to suspend activities amid intensified Israeli offensive in Gaza City | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
The relentless Israeli offensive in Gaza City has forced Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to suspend essential medical activities in the area due to the rapidly deteriorating sec...
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca
September 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
🚨 MSF FORCED TO SUSPEND ACTIVITIES IN GAZA CITY 🚨
Our clinics are now encircled by Israeli forces.
There are continued airstrikes & tanks advancing closer & closer to our healthcare facilities.
This is an intolerable level of risk for our @msf.ca staff.
I am outraged, and you should be, too.
Our clinics are now encircled by Israeli forces.
There are continued airstrikes & tanks advancing closer & closer to our healthcare facilities.
This is an intolerable level of risk for our @msf.ca staff.
I am outraged, and you should be, too.
Reposted by Carmi Orenstein, MPH
Yonatan Zeigen’s mother, Vivian Silver, a 74-year-old Canadian Israeli peace activist, was killed in the October 7 attacks.
Israeli Peace Activist: My Mother Was Killed on October 7. Here’s Why I Support Palestinian Statehood.
Following the U.K., Australia, Canada and Portugal’s formal recognition of Palestine as a sovereign and independent state, Democracy Now! speaks with Israeli peace activist Yonatan Zeigen in Tel Aviv....
www.democracynow.org
September 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Yonatan Zeigen’s mother, Vivian Silver, a 74-year-old Canadian Israeli peace activist, was killed in the October 7 attacks.
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“The doctors call on their colleagues to denounce the Israeli government’s genocidal actions…”
Hundreds of Jewish healthcare workers demand an end to the Gaza genocide in a public letter, writes @premthakker.bsky.social.
Read now: zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...
Hundreds of Jewish healthcare workers demand an end to the Gaza genocide in a public letter, writes @premthakker.bsky.social.
Read now: zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...
September 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
“The doctors call on their colleagues to denounce the Israeli government’s genocidal actions…”
Hundreds of Jewish healthcare workers demand an end to the Gaza genocide in a public letter, writes @premthakker.bsky.social.
Read now: zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...
Hundreds of Jewish healthcare workers demand an end to the Gaza genocide in a public letter, writes @premthakker.bsky.social.
Read now: zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...
Reposted by Carmi Orenstein, MPH
13.5% of the population in the richest country in the world experiences food insecurity. This will grow following devastating cuts to food stamps - but as part of the regime’s war on information and transparency,
We are going to stop counting. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...
We are going to stop counting. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...
Trump Administration to Stop Measuring Food Insecurity
www.nytimes.com
September 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
13.5% of the population in the richest country in the world experiences food insecurity. This will grow following devastating cuts to food stamps - but as part of the regime’s war on information and transparency,
We are going to stop counting. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...
We are going to stop counting. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...
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This Is What Malnutrition Does to Children’s Bodies www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
For Gaza's Children, Acute Malnutrition Could Cause a Lifetime of Health Challenges
Why Gaza’s young are especially vulnerable.
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
This Is What Malnutrition Does to Children’s Bodies www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Mohammed and Islam were shot to death by the Israeli army in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, while walking back to their refugee camp last night.
They were only 14 years old.
(1/3)
They were only 14 years old.
(1/3)
September 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Mohammed and Islam were shot to death by the Israeli army in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, while walking back to their refugee camp last night.
They were only 14 years old.
(1/3)
They were only 14 years old.
(1/3)
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Great opinion piece from Dr. Kathleen Nolan and Assemblymember Khaleel Anderson. www.qchron.com/editions/que...
Fracked-gas pipelines have no place in NYS
We are a physician and an elected state official who are both deeply committed to protecting our communities and are deeply alarmed at the prospect of New York State going
www.qchron.com
August 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Great opinion piece from Dr. Kathleen Nolan and Assemblymember Khaleel Anderson. www.qchron.com/editions/que...