jahred
@jahredwithanh.bsky.social
Interests in water, health, environment and everything in between | postdoctoral fellow at George Washington University researching environmental health | Harvard alum (x3) | jahredwithanh.github.io
Reposted by jahred
Read about the Trump administration's clearance of a PFAS-containing pesticide: www.newsweek.com/epa-proposin...
EPA proposing new pesticide on crops raises alarm
The EPA proposed approving another pesticide containing forever chemicals for crops such as canola, corn, soybeans, and wheat.
www.newsweek.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Read about the Trump administration's clearance of a PFAS-containing pesticide: www.newsweek.com/epa-proposin...
Giving a virtual talk next Tues w/ the Swetland Ctr for Environmental Health!
I'll focus on: 1) US water systems + the communities they serve, 2) barriers to advancements in water treatment processes, and 3) data availability to advance the field and its impact.🚰 🏙️
Register: shorturl.at/93E6a
I'll focus on: 1) US water systems + the communities they serve, 2) barriers to advancements in water treatment processes, and 3) data availability to advance the field and its impact.🚰 🏙️
Register: shorturl.at/93E6a
November 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Giving a virtual talk next Tues w/ the Swetland Ctr for Environmental Health!
I'll focus on: 1) US water systems + the communities they serve, 2) barriers to advancements in water treatment processes, and 3) data availability to advance the field and its impact.🚰 🏙️
Register: shorturl.at/93E6a
I'll focus on: 1) US water systems + the communities they serve, 2) barriers to advancements in water treatment processes, and 3) data availability to advance the field and its impact.🚰 🏙️
Register: shorturl.at/93E6a
Reposted by jahred
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.”
Reposted by jahred
Months before catastrophic floods swept through an Alaska Native village on Sunday, the Trump administration canceled a $20 million grant meant to protect the community from extreme flooding. At the time, the EPA administrator said he was eliminating "wasteful DEI and Environmental Justice grants."
E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant to Alaska, Parts of Which Just Flooded
The remote village of Kipnuk planned to use the money to protect against flooding. On Sunday, it was inundated.
nyti.ms
October 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Months before catastrophic floods swept through an Alaska Native village on Sunday, the Trump administration canceled a $20 million grant meant to protect the community from extreme flooding. At the time, the EPA administrator said he was eliminating "wasteful DEI and Environmental Justice grants."
Did we MAHA yet?
The Department of Defense has quietly delayed its cleanup of harmful “forever chemicals” at nearly 140 military installations across the U.S., according to a list of sites analyzed by The New York Times.
Defense Department Delays Cleanup of ‘Forever Chemicals’ Nationwide
The new timeline could slow cleanup in some communities by nearly a decade. The chemicals, widely used in the military, are linked to cancers and other health risks.
nyti.ms
September 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Did we MAHA yet?
Sharing our new perspective piece in WIREs Water. We propose a publicly accessible + unified drinking #water quality (DWQ) database to address exposure disparities even as fed support vanishes: doi.org/10.1002/wat2...
Goal: unify DWQ + infrastructure + demographic data w/ new data vis tools🚰 📊 🗺️
Goal: unify DWQ + infrastructure + demographic data w/ new data vis tools🚰 📊 🗺️
A Call for a Unified Database to Address Exposure Disparities in the United States
Federal cuts to research on environmental justice in the United States mean that addressing disparities in exposure to drinking water contaminants requires collaboration between academic, community, ...
doi.org
August 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Sharing our new perspective piece in WIREs Water. We propose a publicly accessible + unified drinking #water quality (DWQ) database to address exposure disparities even as fed support vanishes: doi.org/10.1002/wat2...
Goal: unify DWQ + infrastructure + demographic data w/ new data vis tools🚰 📊 🗺️
Goal: unify DWQ + infrastructure + demographic data w/ new data vis tools🚰 📊 🗺️
Co-convening a session at the @agu.org meeting this Dec: "Harnessing Geospatial Data to Address Drinking Water Exposures and Public Health Impacts" 🚰🗺️
Welcoming topics @ intersections of hydrology, contaminant modeling, exposure, env justice, & health: bit.ly/4nFJ40M (July 30 ⏰)
Welcoming topics @ intersections of hydrology, contaminant modeling, exposure, env justice, & health: bit.ly/4nFJ40M (July 30 ⏰)
July 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Co-convening a session at the @agu.org meeting this Dec: "Harnessing Geospatial Data to Address Drinking Water Exposures and Public Health Impacts" 🚰🗺️
Welcoming topics @ intersections of hydrology, contaminant modeling, exposure, env justice, & health: bit.ly/4nFJ40M (July 30 ⏰)
Welcoming topics @ intersections of hydrology, contaminant modeling, exposure, env justice, & health: bit.ly/4nFJ40M (July 30 ⏰)
Continuing my monthly, dedicated time for paper-reading + hope posting will keep me honest. Goal: mix of fun + purpose w/ notetaking.
- Hernán 2010: The Hazards of Hazard Ratios (a reread!)
- Statmen-Weil 2020: Disparities in Community Water System Compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act
- Hernán 2010: The Hazards of Hazard Ratios (a reread!)
- Statmen-Weil 2020: Disparities in Community Water System Compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act
June 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Continuing my monthly, dedicated time for paper-reading + hope posting will keep me honest. Goal: mix of fun + purpose w/ notetaking.
- Hernán 2010: The Hazards of Hazard Ratios (a reread!)
- Statmen-Weil 2020: Disparities in Community Water System Compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act
- Hernán 2010: The Hazards of Hazard Ratios (a reread!)
- Statmen-Weil 2020: Disparities in Community Water System Compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act
Reposted by jahred
We need a story that reminds us our lives are stitched to the soil, the air, and the water—that every breath, every bite, every sip binds us to the earth and to one another.
The Smelter Next Door
How Stories Brings Science to Life
open.substack.com
June 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
We need a story that reminds us our lives are stitched to the soil, the air, and the water—that every breath, every bite, every sip binds us to the earth and to one another.
Reposted by jahred
Major decision today regarding NIH funding, with some fairly scathing comments from Judge Young about the government’s anti-DEI bent.
How have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?”
Our full story:
How have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?”
Our full story:
Trump’s Cuts to N.I.H. Grants Are Illegal, Federal Judge Rules
www.nytimes.com
June 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Major decision today regarding NIH funding, with some fairly scathing comments from Judge Young about the government’s anti-DEI bent.
How have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?”
Our full story:
How have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?”
Our full story:
Reposted by jahred
The sense of relief, vindication, & hope in the courtroom was undeniable—the emotion was so thick you could feel it in the air as justice & the value of our research were finally affirmed
🚨BREAKING: In a huge win for public health and democracy, a federal court ruled that the NIH’s ideological purge of life-saving research grants is unlawful.
Today, the rule of law prevailed — and science, once again, belongs to everyone.
Today, the rule of law prevailed — and science, once again, belongs to everyone.
June 16, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The sense of relief, vindication, & hope in the courtroom was undeniable—the emotion was so thick you could feel it in the air as justice & the value of our research were finally affirmed
Was so happy to speak with the @ilinseagrant.bsky.social and the Sea Grant community last month!
🚰 Disparities in Contamination by PFAS in US Community Water Systems
Top line: EJ research & action will continue even as federal momentum shifts to oppose it!
youtu.be/m6GJWwxNNvE?...
🚰 Disparities in Contamination by PFAS in US Community Water Systems
Top line: EJ research & action will continue even as federal momentum shifts to oppose it!
youtu.be/m6GJWwxNNvE?...
Disparities in PFAS Contamination in U.S. Water Systems – Dr. Jahred Liddie (Sea Grant Webinar)
YouTube video by Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
youtu.be
June 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Was so happy to speak with the @ilinseagrant.bsky.social and the Sea Grant community last month!
🚰 Disparities in Contamination by PFAS in US Community Water Systems
Top line: EJ research & action will continue even as federal momentum shifts to oppose it!
youtu.be/m6GJWwxNNvE?...
🚰 Disparities in Contamination by PFAS in US Community Water Systems
Top line: EJ research & action will continue even as federal momentum shifts to oppose it!
youtu.be/m6GJWwxNNvE?...
EPA stated plans to backslide on its finalized #PFAS drinking water regs. I'm highlighting some problems with this (w/ graphs!) from my own research 🚰
1st: some replacement PFAS (incl. some they are reneging on) are more freq detected than the "legacy" PFOA & PFOS. This is based on EPA's own data!
1st: some replacement PFAS (incl. some they are reneging on) are more freq detected than the "legacy" PFOA & PFOS. This is based on EPA's own data!
May 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
EPA stated plans to backslide on its finalized #PFAS drinking water regs. I'm highlighting some problems with this (w/ graphs!) from my own research 🚰
1st: some replacement PFAS (incl. some they are reneging on) are more freq detected than the "legacy" PFOA & PFOS. This is based on EPA's own data!
1st: some replacement PFAS (incl. some they are reneging on) are more freq detected than the "legacy" PFOA & PFOS. This is based on EPA's own data!
As the EPA attempts to backslide on important regulations for several replacement PFAS, let's not forget what the data coming out of the EPA currently show:
Several replacement PFAS are more frequently detected in drinking water than their legacy counterparts (PFOS and PFOA).
Several replacement PFAS are more frequently detected in drinking water than their legacy counterparts (PFOS and PFOA).
May 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
As the EPA attempts to backslide on important regulations for several replacement PFAS, let's not forget what the data coming out of the EPA currently show:
Several replacement PFAS are more frequently detected in drinking water than their legacy counterparts (PFOS and PFOA).
Several replacement PFAS are more frequently detected in drinking water than their legacy counterparts (PFOS and PFOA).
Reposted by jahred
This is a really beautiful tool for conveying impact. Print them out as posters and flyer your town with them! silencedsciencestories.com/the-scientists
May 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This is a really beautiful tool for conveying impact. Print them out as posters and flyer your town with them! silencedsciencestories.com/the-scientists
Fun (and sampling) at Cambridge Water Department today 🚰💧
Beyond the facility and staff, I'm also really amazed by all the art in the building - check out the floors in the lobby, which depict all of the water mains of the city.
Beyond the facility and staff, I'm also really amazed by all the art in the building - check out the floors in the lobby, which depict all of the water mains of the city.
May 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Fun (and sampling) at Cambridge Water Department today 🚰💧
Beyond the facility and staff, I'm also really amazed by all the art in the building - check out the floors in the lobby, which depict all of the water mains of the city.
Beyond the facility and staff, I'm also really amazed by all the art in the building - check out the floors in the lobby, which depict all of the water mains of the city.
Reposted by jahred
For #TidyTuesday this week, we're looking at data on terminations of NSF grants 📊
🎨 Using colour to highlight one category
📈 Transparency to highlight the important data
✍️ Annotations instead of a legend for transparency
#RStats #ggplot2 #DataViz
🎨 Using colour to highlight one category
📈 Transparency to highlight the important data
✍️ Annotations instead of a legend for transparency
#RStats #ggplot2 #DataViz
May 6, 2025 at 10:03 AM
For #TidyTuesday this week, we're looking at data on terminations of NSF grants 📊
🎨 Using colour to highlight one category
📈 Transparency to highlight the important data
✍️ Annotations instead of a legend for transparency
#RStats #ggplot2 #DataViz
🎨 Using colour to highlight one category
📈 Transparency to highlight the important data
✍️ Annotations instead of a legend for transparency
#RStats #ggplot2 #DataViz
Reposted by jahred
Powerful graphic. In a single day on April 25, a DOGE-fueled NSF canceled 340,226 future days of research.
Or 932 years.
[And that’s just one of three rounds of terminations so far.]
Or 932 years.
[And that’s just one of three rounds of terminations so far.]
For #TidyTuesday this week, we're looking at data on terminations of NSF grants 📊
🎨 Using colour to highlight one category
📈 Transparency to highlight the important data
✍️ Annotations instead of a legend for transparency
#RStats #ggplot2 #DataViz
🎨 Using colour to highlight one category
📈 Transparency to highlight the important data
✍️ Annotations instead of a legend for transparency
#RStats #ggplot2 #DataViz
May 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Powerful graphic. In a single day on April 25, a DOGE-fueled NSF canceled 340,226 future days of research.
Or 932 years.
[And that’s just one of three rounds of terminations so far.]
Or 932 years.
[And that’s just one of three rounds of terminations so far.]
Continuing my monthly, dedicated time for paper-reading + hope posting will keep me honest. Goal: mix of fun + practicality w/ notetaking.
- Schwartz 2000: The Distributed Lag between Air Pollution & Daily Deaths
- Mahmood 2024: Multiple Data Imputation Methods Advance Risk Analysis... (1/2)
- Schwartz 2000: The Distributed Lag between Air Pollution & Daily Deaths
- Mahmood 2024: Multiple Data Imputation Methods Advance Risk Analysis... (1/2)
May 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Continuing my monthly, dedicated time for paper-reading + hope posting will keep me honest. Goal: mix of fun + practicality w/ notetaking.
- Schwartz 2000: The Distributed Lag between Air Pollution & Daily Deaths
- Mahmood 2024: Multiple Data Imputation Methods Advance Risk Analysis... (1/2)
- Schwartz 2000: The Distributed Lag between Air Pollution & Daily Deaths
- Mahmood 2024: Multiple Data Imputation Methods Advance Risk Analysis... (1/2)
Sharing a favorite poem of mine for Earth Day 🌍
"Riders on Earth Together, Brothers in Eternal Cold" by Archibald MacLeish
Originally written to commemorate the first manned orbit around the Moon
youtu.be/QaG-EJ7RyEU?...
"Riders on Earth Together, Brothers in Eternal Cold" by Archibald MacLeish
Originally written to commemorate the first manned orbit around the Moon
youtu.be/QaG-EJ7RyEU?...
Archibald MacLeish Bubble of Blue Air, Riders on the Earth
YouTube video by 8634StJamesAve
youtu.be
April 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Sharing a favorite poem of mine for Earth Day 🌍
"Riders on Earth Together, Brothers in Eternal Cold" by Archibald MacLeish
Originally written to commemorate the first manned orbit around the Moon
youtu.be/QaG-EJ7RyEU?...
"Riders on Earth Together, Brothers in Eternal Cold" by Archibald MacLeish
Originally written to commemorate the first manned orbit around the Moon
youtu.be/QaG-EJ7RyEU?...
A great month for books on environmental health topics!
Plus another book out next month on PFAS!
Plus another book out next month on PFAS!
April 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A great month for books on environmental health topics!
Plus another book out next month on PFAS!
Plus another book out next month on PFAS!
May be speaking to the void here, but anyone in the #RStats world having trouble with #tidycensus API calls? I'm currently getting errors, but (seemingly) only when trying to also get feature geometries.
I know there were some outages earlier this year...hoping it's not that again 😨
I know there were some outages earlier this year...hoping it's not that again 😨
April 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
May be speaking to the void here, but anyone in the #RStats world having trouble with #tidycensus API calls? I'm currently getting errors, but (seemingly) only when trying to also get feature geometries.
I know there were some outages earlier this year...hoping it's not that again 😨
I know there were some outages earlier this year...hoping it's not that again 😨
Escaping some doom + gloom by devoting more time each month to reading papers front to back (something I did periodically during my PhD, but hoping to do more now!). The goal is a mix of reading for fun + more immediate practicality w/ note-taking. This week's docket (1/5)
March 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Escaping some doom + gloom by devoting more time each month to reading papers front to back (something I did periodically during my PhD, but hoping to do more now!). The goal is a mix of reading for fun + more immediate practicality w/ note-taking. This week's docket (1/5)
Reposted by jahred
This is awful and will undermine #EPA's ability to protect public health and the environment.
Just in the field of #PFAS, much of what we know about the range of PFAS compounds in our environment and the extent of PFAS contamination was uncovered by the extraordinary work of EPA scientists.
Just in the field of #PFAS, much of what we know about the range of PFAS compounds in our environment and the extent of PFAS contamination was uncovered by the extraordinary work of EPA scientists.
Devastating.
One snippet of what #EPA ORD has accomplished in just the last year: create the most comprehensive map of US water system service area boundaries to date.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/c...
One snippet of what #EPA ORD has accomplished in just the last year: create the most comprehensive map of US water system service area boundaries to date.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/c...
Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm
More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Devastating.
One snippet of what #EPA ORD has accomplished in just the last year: create the most comprehensive map of US water system service area boundaries to date.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/c...
One snippet of what #EPA ORD has accomplished in just the last year: create the most comprehensive map of US water system service area boundaries to date.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/c...
Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm
More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Devastating.
One snippet of what #EPA ORD has accomplished in just the last year: create the most comprehensive map of US water system service area boundaries to date.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/c...
One snippet of what #EPA ORD has accomplished in just the last year: create the most comprehensive map of US water system service area boundaries to date.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/c...