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Dr. Scott Coffin
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Enviro' Toxicologist | Research Scientist @OEHHA | #Microplastics | @ToMExApp dev | @ThePlastiverse founder | RYT:200 | DJ | Surfer | Views Own | he/him | 🌈∞
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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...
This collaborative project was borne out of the 2019 #PFASDatathon I led with colleagues at the
California State Water Board and CDPH.
Kudos to Toki Fillman and Kathleen Attfield for spearheading this groundbreaking work, and the many others who contributed!
waterboards.ca.gov/pfas/pfas_da...
Among 563 adults, those served by water systems with PFAS detections had up to 80% higher serum PFHxS and elevated PFOA, PFOS, and ∑5 PFAS.
These links persisted even in communities without industrial PFAS sources.
#PFAS #DrinkingWater #PublicHealth
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...
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PLOS @plos.org · 19d
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.
@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...
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...
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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/...
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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.
Unfortunately this behavior is far too common. While I understand the desire for researchers to sometimes commercialize their science (especially in this funding climate), if a publication claims their data will be made available upon request, it should be honored or amended!
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:
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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...
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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
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
Currently the app is setup for classification only, but if someone is excited about this tool and wants to expand it to allow for regression - that would be so rad! The repository is open, and pull requests are highly welcome!!
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/...
Currently the app is setup for classification only, but if someone is excited about this tool and wants to expand it to allow for regression - that would be so rad! The repository is open, and pull requests are highly welcome!!
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