🌿🚶‍♀️Join me & the @sierraclub.org for a PFAS Science & Advocacy walk at Wompatuck State Park in Hingham, MA on 5/31 at 1pm! We’ll walk, talk, and dig into what PFAS is, how it impacts health, & what we can do about it. RSVP: act.sierraclub.org/events/detai... #PFAS #PublicHealth

A2) #NPHWchat #NPHW @apha.org Building strong partnerships starts with listening to community voices—especially parents, school nurses, & youth. Collaborating w/community orgs, schools, & health depts creates strong partnerships to improve children’s environmental health and health for all

A1) #NPHWchat @APHA The development of vaccines & the growing recognition of the importance of clean water, sanitation, and air quality are major public health achievements. There’s still work to do, but these advancements continue to save lives and reduce health disparities.

How can we improve public health communication? Numbers numb, stories sell—Ed Maibach #ASPPHAnnualMeeting @aspph.bsky.social

Advocacy Day with @aspph.bsky.social on the Hill was awesome! Let’s fight for #publichealth together! #ASPPHHillDay

Results show children exposed to mixture of 8 #PFAS, detected in at least 1/2 of the home dust samples, were 1.6 xs more likely to develop leukemia than children with lesser exposure— equivalent of a 60% increased risk. THE CHILDREN WERE AGE 7 OR YOUNGER.
publichealth.berkeley.edu/news-media/r...

Burning buildings may have caused this contaminant to spike during the Los Angeles wildfires. Learn more in this week's public health #newsquiz from The Nation's Health
www.thenationshealth.org/page/quiz

Protecting Indigenous people from #AirPollution is a priority of Tribal air quality programs.
But programs lack the funding to achieve their goals. Tell Congress to increase Clean Air Act funding for Tribal air programs. #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth

We don’t yet know how the ubiquity of PFAS and microplastics is affecting humans but this seems bad.

Hi everyone! I’m an #EnvironmentalHealth researcher and #PublicHealth professor focused on #ClimateChange, #EnvironmentalJustuce, #PFAS, and #AirPollution who’s passionate about bridging research, inclusive and innovative education, and community engagement to tackle today’s challenges. 🌍📚🌱