Dr. Scott Coffin
@ecoboffin.bsky.social
Enviro' Toxicologist | Research Scientist @OEHHA | #Microplastics | @ToMExApp dev | @ThePlastiverse founder | RYT:200 | DJ | Surfer | Views Own | he/him | 🌈∞
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!
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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...
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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...
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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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Plastiverse is a hub for assets and information exchange on plastic pollution research. A live, crowd-sourced repository for tools, databases, protocols, and information related to micro- and macro-pl...
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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
Reposted by Dr. Scott Coffin
Don't miss Sacramento Science on Tap at New Helvetia Brewing Co. tonight! 🍻 The first event of the new series welcomes as its inaugural speaker none other than Jared Shaw, host of the long-running Davis Science Cafe.
#KeepScienceSpicy🌶️
#KeepScienceSpicy🌶️
Sacramento Science on Tap: Chemical Tinker Toys — California Groundbreakers
Have the most fun evening of your week — learn about science in laypeople's terms by our local experts. ENLIGHTENMENT is partnering with Capital Science Communicators to host Sacramento Scienc...
www.californiagroundbreakers.org
September 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Don't miss Sacramento Science on Tap at New Helvetia Brewing Co. tonight! 🍻 The first event of the new series welcomes as its inaugural speaker none other than Jared Shaw, host of the long-running Davis Science Cafe.
#KeepScienceSpicy🌶️
#KeepScienceSpicy🌶️
The Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research
is seeking a visionary and compassionate leader to serve as Executive Director of their laboratory. Truly an incredible opportunity to work with some of the world's leading researchers on #microplastics!
Apply by October 31st! <- lnkd.in/g2u_pJxs
is seeking a visionary and compassionate leader to serve as Executive Director of their laboratory. Truly an incredible opportunity to work with some of the world's leading researchers on #microplastics!
Apply by October 31st! <- lnkd.in/g2u_pJxs
September 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research
is seeking a visionary and compassionate leader to serve as Executive Director of their laboratory. Truly an incredible opportunity to work with some of the world's leading researchers on #microplastics!
Apply by October 31st! <- lnkd.in/g2u_pJxs
is seeking a visionary and compassionate leader to serve as Executive Director of their laboratory. Truly an incredible opportunity to work with some of the world's leading researchers on #microplastics!
Apply by October 31st! <- lnkd.in/g2u_pJxs
Reposted by Dr. Scott Coffin
“Four times a week, my little boy will not see me in the morning, and not in the evening until 5:30 p.m., leaving us just two hours before bedtime.”
Sacramento state employee: Newsom’s RTO order will cost me $730 a month | Opinion
“Four times a week, my little boy will not see me in the morning, and not in the evening until 5:30 p.m., leaving us just two hours before bedtime.”
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May 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“Four times a week, my little boy will not see me in the morning, and not in the evening until 5:30 p.m., leaving us just two hours before bedtime.”
Do you find yourself constantly reusing code for #machineLearning projects? Need a faster way to train/compare many ML models on a new dataset? Want to improve the explainability of your black-box models?
I built an #openSource #RShiny app that does all this and more!
👇
github.com/ScottCoffin/...
I built an #openSource #RShiny app that does all this and more!
👇
github.com/ScottCoffin/...
May 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Do you find yourself constantly reusing code for #machineLearning projects? Need a faster way to train/compare many ML models on a new dataset? Want to improve the explainability of your black-box models?
I built an #openSource #RShiny app that does all this and more!
👇
github.com/ScottCoffin/...
I built an #openSource #RShiny app that does all this and more!
👇
github.com/ScottCoffin/...
Reposted by Dr. Scott Coffin
In this video, environmental scientists Anya Sherman and Thilo Hofmann from the University of Vienna explain the results of their study: ⤵️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3WO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3WO...
🧗♂️ Rubber chemicals in climbing shoes: A hidden health risk? 🧪🌬️
YouTube video by Universität Wien
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April 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
In this video, environmental scientists Anya Sherman and Thilo Hofmann from the University of Vienna explain the results of their study: ⤵️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3WO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3WO...
Reposted by Dr. Scott Coffin
2 new #LongCovid reports:
—Factors influencing (such as vaccination protection dose response, Table) bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
—Post-Omicron (5% developed LC, increased w/ reinfection) www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
—Factors influencing (such as vaccination protection dose response, Table) bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
—Post-Omicron (5% developed LC, increased w/ reinfection) www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
March 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
2 new #LongCovid reports:
—Factors influencing (such as vaccination protection dose response, Table) bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
—Post-Omicron (5% developed LC, increased w/ reinfection) www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
—Factors influencing (such as vaccination protection dose response, Table) bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
—Post-Omicron (5% developed LC, increased w/ reinfection) www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
First findings of #microplastics (MPs) in human uterine fibroids (UF). MPs were significantly higher in UF tissues in diseased patients. #Raman spectroscopy of 48 patients linked higher levels to takeout meals and bottled water consumption.
#WomensHealth
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#WomensHealth
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
February 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
First findings of #microplastics (MPs) in human uterine fibroids (UF). MPs were significantly higher in UF tissues in diseased patients. #Raman spectroscopy of 48 patients linked higher levels to takeout meals and bottled water consumption.
#WomensHealth
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#WomensHealth
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...