ProfGThurston
@profgthurston.bsky.social
I'm a Professor of Environmental Medicine at the NYU School of Medicine. I have conducted numerous epidemiological studies of the human exposures and health effects of air pollution over the past 40+ years, especially of particulate matter air pollution..
Thrilled to see our latest research on the health benefits of reducing fossil fuel related air pollution featured in the New York Times today! #cleanair #climateaction #COP30 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...
A Coal-Processing Plant Closed. Local E.R. Visits Dropped Sharply.
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Thrilled to see our latest research on the health benefits of reducing fossil fuel related air pollution featured in the New York Times today! #cleanair #climateaction #COP30 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...
Our new Commentary is out in the ATS ANNALS on the US Clean Air Act's history, successes, threats, and recommended future directions! See: www.atsjournals.org/doi/epdf/10....
History and Future Outlook for the US Clean Air Act
www.atsjournals.org
September 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Our new Commentary is out in the ATS ANNALS on the US Clean Air Act's history, successes, threats, and recommended future directions! See: www.atsjournals.org/doi/epdf/10....
My advice to climate action advocates for progress: focus on clean air action. #cleanair, #climatechange, #climateaction, #environment, #globalwarming, #blueskyday
See why here: https//lnkd.in/eN8...
See why here: https//lnkd.in/eN8...
September 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
My advice to climate action advocates for progress: focus on clean air action. #cleanair, #climatechange, #climateaction, #environment, #globalwarming, #blueskyday
See why here: https//lnkd.in/eN8...
See why here: https//lnkd.in/eN8...
Our new study documenting dramatic respiratory health benefits following the closure of a fossil fuel coal coking plant is out! Pediatric asthma Emergency Dept. visits were especially reduced. Transitioning away from fossil fuels will yield a healthier humanity. www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/...
July 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Our new study documenting dramatic respiratory health benefits following the closure of a fossil fuel coal coking plant is out! Pediatric asthma Emergency Dept. visits were especially reduced. Transitioning away from fossil fuels will yield a healthier humanity. www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/...
Fantastic new cancer cure research funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH R21CA252519) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI P30CA008748), We should save NIH and NCI so they can keep saving lives. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/h...
Medicine Spares Cancer Patients From Grisly Surgeries and Harsh Therapies
For a limited group of cancer patients who have solid tumors in the stomach, rectum, esophagus and other organs, an immunotherapy trial offered stunning results.
www.nytimes.com
May 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Fantastic new cancer cure research funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH R21CA252519) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI P30CA008748), We should save NIH and NCI so they can keep saving lives. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/h...
It’s early Congestion Pricing days, but“data gathered by Streetsblog NYC indicating a 51 percent drop in crash-related injuries in the program’s first 12 days compared to the same time period the prior year.” www.planetizen.com/news/2025/01...
NYC Congestion Pricing May Be Saving Lives
According to preliminary data, crashes and injuries dropped dramatically within the city’s new congestion relief zone.
www.planetizen.com
January 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
It’s early Congestion Pricing days, but“data gathered by Streetsblog NYC indicating a 51 percent drop in crash-related injuries in the program’s first 12 days compared to the same time period the prior year.” www.planetizen.com/news/2025/01...
Another survey finds that the public trusts scientists. So why have most scientists not used their voice to advance climate change mitigation action? We need to step up, use the platform that we have earned, and help make that change we want to see! theconversation.com/most-of-us-t...
Most of us trust scientists, shows a survey of nearly 72,000 people worldwide
A global new survey shows there’s no crisis of trust in scientists, as some might claim. But there are some nuances.
theconversation.com
January 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Another survey finds that the public trusts scientists. So why have most scientists not used their voice to advance climate change mitigation action? We need to step up, use the platform that we have earned, and help make that change we want to see! theconversation.com/most-of-us-t...
This Monday I'll be a speaker at this ISEE scientific webinar on "Testifying before Congress" to teach other scientists how to get involved, and how to succeed at it. I hope they will! (lnkd.in/eWRSHDvP)
January 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This Monday I'll be a speaker at this ISEE scientific webinar on "Testifying before Congress" to teach other scientists how to get involved, and how to succeed at it. I hope they will! (lnkd.in/eWRSHDvP)
New coal plant denied! “on the basis that there was insufficient consideration of the harms and the limitation of rights of present and future generations…from building new coal-fired electricity generation” Once those are considered, they r not justified vs. alternatives.
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Court overturns South Africa’s coal-fired power plans, protecting children’s health and the environment – The Mail & Guardian
1 500 megawatts of new coal power locked in landmark legal victory
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December 10, 2024 at 4:52 PM
New coal plant denied! “on the basis that there was insufficient consideration of the harms and the limitation of rights of present and future generations…from building new coal-fired electricity generation” Once those are considered, they r not justified vs. alternatives.
mg.co.za/the-green-gu...
mg.co.za/the-green-gu...