Terragraphics International Foundation
@terrafound.bsky.social
Working with communities to improve environmental health.
4/5 What can YOU do to reduce exposure?
• Wash fruits & veggies
• Peel when needed (apples, carrots, cucumbers)
• Buy organic when possible
• Avoid heating food in plastic
• Use glass or ceramic
• Limit canned & ultra-processed foods
• Read labels — choose simple ingredients
• Wash fruits & veggies
• Peel when needed (apples, carrots, cucumbers)
• Buy organic when possible
• Avoid heating food in plastic
• Use glass or ceramic
• Limit canned & ultra-processed foods
• Read labels — choose simple ingredients
January 27, 2026 at 12:25 AM
4/5 What can YOU do to reduce exposure?
• Wash fruits & veggies
• Peel when needed (apples, carrots, cucumbers)
• Buy organic when possible
• Avoid heating food in plastic
• Use glass or ceramic
• Limit canned & ultra-processed foods
• Read labels — choose simple ingredients
• Wash fruits & veggies
• Peel when needed (apples, carrots, cucumbers)
• Buy organic when possible
• Avoid heating food in plastic
• Use glass or ceramic
• Limit canned & ultra-processed foods
• Read labels — choose simple ingredients
2/5 “The chemical and pesticide industry has been so effective in their lobbying that they’ve kept a toothless law on the books, bringing new chemicals to market with virtually no pre-market testing for toxicity.” — Dr. Philip Landrigan (Pediatrician, Epidemiologist, and TIFO Board Member)
January 27, 2026 at 12:25 AM
2/5 “The chemical and pesticide industry has been so effective in their lobbying that they’ve kept a toothless law on the books, bringing new chemicals to market with virtually no pre-market testing for toxicity.” — Dr. Philip Landrigan (Pediatrician, Epidemiologist, and TIFO Board Member)
1/5 Did you know outdated chemical safety rules may be allowing harmful substances into our food, water, and everyday products — often with little oversight? 😟
A major scientific review shows how weak regulations are putting public health at risk.
A major scientific review shows how weak regulations are putting public health at risk.
January 27, 2026 at 12:25 AM
1/5 Did you know outdated chemical safety rules may be allowing harmful substances into our food, water, and everyday products — often with little oversight? 😟
A major scientific review shows how weak regulations are putting public health at risk.
A major scientific review shows how weak regulations are putting public health at risk.
Happy New Year’s Eve!
2025 brought unexpected challenges—but also powerful wins for environmental health.
To our donors, partners, interns, board, & frontline advocates: thank you. You fuel every cleanup, every training, every step toward justice.
Onward to 2026. 💚 💙
2025 brought unexpected challenges—but also powerful wins for environmental health.
To our donors, partners, interns, board, & frontline advocates: thank you. You fuel every cleanup, every training, every step toward justice.
Onward to 2026. 💚 💙
December 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Happy New Year’s Eve!
2025 brought unexpected challenges—but also powerful wins for environmental health.
To our donors, partners, interns, board, & frontline advocates: thank you. You fuel every cleanup, every training, every step toward justice.
Onward to 2026. 💚 💙
2025 brought unexpected challenges—but also powerful wins for environmental health.
To our donors, partners, interns, board, & frontline advocates: thank you. You fuel every cleanup, every training, every step toward justice.
Onward to 2026. 💚 💙
As 2025 ends, we’re reflecting on the communities we serve—those facing toxic legacy pollution & fighting for environmental health.
🌱 Become a recurring donor & power long-term solutions through science, solidarity, & restoration.
terragraphicsinternational.org/donate/
#EnvironmentalHealth #TIFO
🌱 Become a recurring donor & power long-term solutions through science, solidarity, & restoration.
terragraphicsinternational.org/donate/
#EnvironmentalHealth #TIFO
December 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
As 2025 ends, we’re reflecting on the communities we serve—those facing toxic legacy pollution & fighting for environmental health.
🌱 Become a recurring donor & power long-term solutions through science, solidarity, & restoration.
terragraphicsinternational.org/donate/
#EnvironmentalHealth #TIFO
🌱 Become a recurring donor & power long-term solutions through science, solidarity, & restoration.
terragraphicsinternational.org/donate/
#EnvironmentalHealth #TIFO
5/5 This Bloomberg deep-dive lays it all out: The money, the minerals, the geopolitics—and the uncomfortable trade-offs behind America’s “critical minerals” gold rush. Scan the QR code to read the full article.
December 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
5/5 This Bloomberg deep-dive lays it all out: The money, the minerals, the geopolitics—and the uncomfortable trade-offs behind America’s “critical minerals” gold rush. Scan the QR code to read the full article.
4/5 Local residents and ecosystems face long-term risks from toxic exposure, water use, air pollution, and mine waste.
December 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
4/5 Local residents and ecosystems face long-term risks from toxic exposure, water use, air pollution, and mine waste.
3/5 This is about policy and profit.
The project is backed by public subsidies and regulatory shortcuts
The real value of the project is in gold, not antimony
The project raises serious environmental health concerns as state air protections are being rewritten to accommodate this mine
The project is backed by public subsidies and regulatory shortcuts
The real value of the project is in gold, not antimony
The project raises serious environmental health concerns as state air protections are being rewritten to accommodate this mine
December 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
3/5 This is about policy and profit.
The project is backed by public subsidies and regulatory shortcuts
The real value of the project is in gold, not antimony
The project raises serious environmental health concerns as state air protections are being rewritten to accommodate this mine
The project is backed by public subsidies and regulatory shortcuts
The real value of the project is in gold, not antimony
The project raises serious environmental health concerns as state air protections are being rewritten to accommodate this mine
2/5 The mine is being promoted as part of America’s national security strategy—reducing reliance on China for minerals like antimony, used in ammo, EV batteries, and more. But the amount of antimony that can be recovered would meet domestic demand for only two years. This is really all about gold.
December 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
2/5 The mine is being promoted as part of America’s national security strategy—reducing reliance on China for minerals like antimony, used in ammo, EV batteries, and more. But the amount of antimony that can be recovered would meet domestic demand for only two years. This is really all about gold.
Our 2025 Q4 Newsletter is out now!
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December 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Our 2025 Q4 Newsletter is out now!
Dive into the latest global updates from TIFO:
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Congrats to our Legal Research Intern, Faith Quigley, on receiving the UI Alumni Award for Excellence!
One of just 50 students honored for academic excellence, leadership & service—Faith is a fierce advocate for environmental health. We’re so proud! 💛⚖️🌍
One of just 50 students honored for academic excellence, leadership & service—Faith is a fierce advocate for environmental health. We’re so proud! 💛⚖️🌍
December 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Congrats to our Legal Research Intern, Faith Quigley, on receiving the UI Alumni Award for Excellence!
One of just 50 students honored for academic excellence, leadership & service—Faith is a fierce advocate for environmental health. We’re so proud! 💛⚖️🌍
One of just 50 students honored for academic excellence, leadership & service—Faith is a fierce advocate for environmental health. We’re so proud! 💛⚖️🌍
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Short-term fixes can miss the bigger picture.
TIFO focuses on:
✅ Prevention
✅ Context-specific solutions
✅ Community partnerships
✅ Long-term well-being
Because real change takes time, trust, and staying power.
Short-term fixes can miss the bigger picture.
TIFO focuses on:
✅ Prevention
✅ Context-specific solutions
✅ Community partnerships
✅ Long-term well-being
Because real change takes time, trust, and staying power.
December 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Short-term fixes can miss the bigger picture.
TIFO focuses on:
✅ Prevention
✅ Context-specific solutions
✅ Community partnerships
✅ Long-term well-being
Because real change takes time, trust, and staying power.
Short-term fixes can miss the bigger picture.
TIFO focuses on:
✅ Prevention
✅ Context-specific solutions
✅ Community partnerships
✅ Long-term well-being
Because real change takes time, trust, and staying power.
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In an era of instant gratification and on-demand results, why is this work seen as slow?
Because environmental health is a long game. It addresses complex, systemic problems with delayed, widespread impacts. Not just symptoms, but root causes.
In an era of instant gratification and on-demand results, why is this work seen as slow?
Because environmental health is a long game. It addresses complex, systemic problems with delayed, widespread impacts. Not just symptoms, but root causes.
December 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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In an era of instant gratification and on-demand results, why is this work seen as slow?
Because environmental health is a long game. It addresses complex, systemic problems with delayed, widespread impacts. Not just symptoms, but root causes.
In an era of instant gratification and on-demand results, why is this work seen as slow?
Because environmental health is a long game. It addresses complex, systemic problems with delayed, widespread impacts. Not just symptoms, but root causes.
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What he learned:
👨🔬 Environmental health isn’t about single exposures. It’s about long-term, repeated exposures to harmful toxins.
👶 The impacts fall hardest on children and women of childbearing age, shaping entire generations.
What he learned:
👨🔬 Environmental health isn’t about single exposures. It’s about long-term, repeated exposures to harmful toxins.
👶 The impacts fall hardest on children and women of childbearing age, shaping entire generations.
December 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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What he learned:
👨🔬 Environmental health isn’t about single exposures. It’s about long-term, repeated exposures to harmful toxins.
👶 The impacts fall hardest on children and women of childbearing age, shaping entire generations.
What he learned:
👨🔬 Environmental health isn’t about single exposures. It’s about long-term, repeated exposures to harmful toxins.
👶 The impacts fall hardest on children and women of childbearing age, shaping entire generations.
🧵1/ It’s not a quick fix. It’s a long haul.
In 2023, Brock Keller traveled to Uzbekistan with TIFO to help assess the health impacts of the shrinking Aral Sea—a stark reminder of how deeply pollution can reshape lives amid environmental changes.
In 2023, Brock Keller traveled to Uzbekistan with TIFO to help assess the health impacts of the shrinking Aral Sea—a stark reminder of how deeply pollution can reshape lives amid environmental changes.
December 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM
🧵1/ It’s not a quick fix. It’s a long haul.
In 2023, Brock Keller traveled to Uzbekistan with TIFO to help assess the health impacts of the shrinking Aral Sea—a stark reminder of how deeply pollution can reshape lives amid environmental changes.
In 2023, Brock Keller traveled to Uzbekistan with TIFO to help assess the health impacts of the shrinking Aral Sea—a stark reminder of how deeply pollution can reshape lives amid environmental changes.
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Today, we pause in deep gratitude—for our partners, supporters, collaborators, and the incredible communities we work alongside and learn from every day. 💚
Today, we pause in deep gratitude—for our partners, supporters, collaborators, and the incredible communities we work alongside and learn from every day. 💚
November 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Today, we pause in deep gratitude—for our partners, supporters, collaborators, and the incredible communities we work alongside and learn from every day. 💚
Today, we pause in deep gratitude—for our partners, supporters, collaborators, and the incredible communities we work alongside and learn from every day. 💚
4/5
At TIFO, we’ve seen firsthand how pollution endangers children—from Idaho to Kazakhstan to Nigeria.
Science must drive solutions—because every child deserves a safe start in life.
At TIFO, we’ve seen firsthand how pollution endangers children—from Idaho to Kazakhstan to Nigeria.
Science must drive solutions—because every child deserves a safe start in life.
November 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
4/5
At TIFO, we’ve seen firsthand how pollution endangers children—from Idaho to Kazakhstan to Nigeria.
Science must drive solutions—because every child deserves a safe start in life.
At TIFO, we’ve seen firsthand how pollution endangers children—from Idaho to Kazakhstan to Nigeria.
Science must drive solutions—because every child deserves a safe start in life.
3/5
The PNAS paper highlights 3 urgent priorities: ⬇️
1️⃣ Long-term studies on lifetime exposures
2️⃣ Stronger science to guide protections
3️⃣ Cross-sector action to protect future generations
The PNAS paper highlights 3 urgent priorities: ⬇️
1️⃣ Long-term studies on lifetime exposures
2️⃣ Stronger science to guide protections
3️⃣ Cross-sector action to protect future generations
November 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
3/5
The PNAS paper highlights 3 urgent priorities: ⬇️
1️⃣ Long-term studies on lifetime exposures
2️⃣ Stronger science to guide protections
3️⃣ Cross-sector action to protect future generations
The PNAS paper highlights 3 urgent priorities: ⬇️
1️⃣ Long-term studies on lifetime exposures
2️⃣ Stronger science to guide protections
3️⃣ Cross-sector action to protect future generations
2/5
Despite decades of progress, childhood cancer is on the rise in the U.S.
Rates of leukemia, lymphoma & other cancers have increased over the last 15+ years.
This is just not an “elsewhere” problem.
Despite decades of progress, childhood cancer is on the rise in the U.S.
Rates of leukemia, lymphoma & other cancers have increased over the last 15+ years.
This is just not an “elsewhere” problem.
November 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
2/5
Despite decades of progress, childhood cancer is on the rise in the U.S.
Rates of leukemia, lymphoma & other cancers have increased over the last 15+ years.
This is just not an “elsewhere” problem.
Despite decades of progress, childhood cancer is on the rise in the U.S.
Rates of leukemia, lymphoma & other cancers have increased over the last 15+ years.
This is just not an “elsewhere” problem.
1/4
Last week, we hosted our TIFO Student Dinner—bringing together current and former students who’ve contributed to our global environmental health work. 💚🌍
It’s a joy to connect students from across projects—and to watch new ideas and friendships form.
Last week, we hosted our TIFO Student Dinner—bringing together current and former students who’ve contributed to our global environmental health work. 💚🌍
It’s a joy to connect students from across projects—and to watch new ideas and friendships form.
November 17, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Last week, we hosted our TIFO Student Dinner—bringing together current and former students who’ve contributed to our global environmental health work. 💚🌍
It’s a joy to connect students from across projects—and to watch new ideas and friendships form.
Last week, we hosted our TIFO Student Dinner—bringing together current and former students who’ve contributed to our global environmental health work. 💚🌍
It’s a joy to connect students from across projects—and to watch new ideas and friendships form.
Next week is Geography Awareness Week—and you can make a global impact from wherever you are.
Join the MSF Mapathon and help map eastern Chad to support responses to malnutrition, malaria & more. No experience needed—just WiFi + heart. See you there!
Wed, Nov 19 | 6–8PM ET
Sign up: bit.ly/49fn3kK
Join the MSF Mapathon and help map eastern Chad to support responses to malnutrition, malaria & more. No experience needed—just WiFi + heart. See you there!
Wed, Nov 19 | 6–8PM ET
Sign up: bit.ly/49fn3kK
November 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Next week is Geography Awareness Week—and you can make a global impact from wherever you are.
Join the MSF Mapathon and help map eastern Chad to support responses to malnutrition, malaria & more. No experience needed—just WiFi + heart. See you there!
Wed, Nov 19 | 6–8PM ET
Sign up: bit.ly/49fn3kK
Join the MSF Mapathon and help map eastern Chad to support responses to malnutrition, malaria & more. No experience needed—just WiFi + heart. See you there!
Wed, Nov 19 | 6–8PM ET
Sign up: bit.ly/49fn3kK
Give a gift that gives back!
From cozy gear to eco totes, every TIFO merch purchase supports our mission to protect people from pollution
Purposeful gifts for:
✔️ Changemakers
✔️ Thoughtful givers
✔️ “Hard to shop for” folks
www.bonfire.com/store/terrag...
From cozy gear to eco totes, every TIFO merch purchase supports our mission to protect people from pollution
Purposeful gifts for:
✔️ Changemakers
✔️ Thoughtful givers
✔️ “Hard to shop for” folks
www.bonfire.com/store/terrag...
November 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Give a gift that gives back!
From cozy gear to eco totes, every TIFO merch purchase supports our mission to protect people from pollution
Purposeful gifts for:
✔️ Changemakers
✔️ Thoughtful givers
✔️ “Hard to shop for” folks
www.bonfire.com/store/terrag...
From cozy gear to eco totes, every TIFO merch purchase supports our mission to protect people from pollution
Purposeful gifts for:
✔️ Changemakers
✔️ Thoughtful givers
✔️ “Hard to shop for” folks
www.bonfire.com/store/terrag...
Today is World Science Day for Peace and Development!
At TIFO, we believe science is a force for health, healing & community-led change.
⚖️ Science should serve people.
🌱 Peace is necessary for good health.
💚 Everyone deserves a safe environment.
👉 https:/terragraphicsinternational.org/impact/
At TIFO, we believe science is a force for health, healing & community-led change.
⚖️ Science should serve people.
🌱 Peace is necessary for good health.
💚 Everyone deserves a safe environment.
👉 https:/terragraphicsinternational.org/impact/
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Today is World Science Day for Peace and Development!
At TIFO, we believe science is a force for health, healing & community-led change.
⚖️ Science should serve people.
🌱 Peace is necessary for good health.
💚 Everyone deserves a safe environment.
👉 https:/terragraphicsinternational.org/impact/
At TIFO, we believe science is a force for health, healing & community-led change.
⚖️ Science should serve people.
🌱 Peace is necessary for good health.
💚 Everyone deserves a safe environment.
👉 https:/terragraphicsinternational.org/impact/
Boise friends! Join us at Rediscovered Bookshop for a special author signing with Dr. Ed Galindo — Indigenous scientist, storyteller & educator.
🖊️ Dance of the Salmon
🌌 Children of the Stars
Celebrate Native voices, culture, science & story. See you there! 💫
🖊️ Dance of the Salmon
🌌 Children of the Stars
Celebrate Native voices, culture, science & story. See you there! 💫
November 7, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Boise friends! Join us at Rediscovered Bookshop for a special author signing with Dr. Ed Galindo — Indigenous scientist, storyteller & educator.
🖊️ Dance of the Salmon
🌌 Children of the Stars
Celebrate Native voices, culture, science & story. See you there! 💫
🖊️ Dance of the Salmon
🌌 Children of the Stars
Celebrate Native voices, culture, science & story. See you there! 💫
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On October 30, TIFO Executive Director Dr. Casey Bartrem joined government agencies, NGOs, scientists & global partners at a roundtable in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, to tackle the urgent health risks of lead & heavy metal contamination in soil. ⬇️
On October 30, TIFO Executive Director Dr. Casey Bartrem joined government agencies, NGOs, scientists & global partners at a roundtable in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, to tackle the urgent health risks of lead & heavy metal contamination in soil. ⬇️
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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On October 30, TIFO Executive Director Dr. Casey Bartrem joined government agencies, NGOs, scientists & global partners at a roundtable in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, to tackle the urgent health risks of lead & heavy metal contamination in soil. ⬇️
On October 30, TIFO Executive Director Dr. Casey Bartrem joined government agencies, NGOs, scientists & global partners at a roundtable in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, to tackle the urgent health risks of lead & heavy metal contamination in soil. ⬇️