SouthxSouth Asian | Science Associate @UCSF_PRHE | Environmental Health | Infectious Disease | Policy | Organizer | Angelic Troublemaker - Mastadon @SRayasam
Berkeley, CA
Joined June 2013
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Don't miss our conversation on WHY & HOW to fix @EPA's approach to exposure assessment, using the #phthalates example.
Thursday, July 20 at 10am PT - w/ the amazing experts below. Co-hosted w/ our partners @UCSF_PRHE, EaRTH & the Science Action Network.
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One week from today! Learn how and why it is so important to close the gap in chemical exposure assessments and why this issue is critical to environmental justice. Register here: healthandenvironment.org/web…
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As I told @insideclimate, the Administration's consistent efforts to investigate sanitation issues in Lowndes County validates what we have been trying to give voice to for many years – and is hopefully an important step towards long-lasting solutions. insideclimatenews.org/news/1…
SO excited to co-present this webinar with @CHE_healthenv on closing the exposure assessment gap and protecting communities. Hear from @bhavnasham & @BW4WLA abt the patchwork regulatory environment around phthalates & what steps to take moving forward!
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How can EPA do a better job assessing chemical exposures?
Join our conversation, co-hosted with @UCSF_PRHE's Science Action Network, on July 20 at 1pm ET. We'll be looking at #phthalates as a case study.
RSVP below!
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This is for anyone interested in protecting truly independent science 👇🏾
How can #EPA protect your health and prioritize environmental justice when polluting industries are at the table and community scientists are outside?
Do you think people with a financial interest in companies like Exxon Mobil and DuPont should be on #EPA scientific advisory committees? Read our new blog from @SwatiRayasam to learn what we found.
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EPA today took a major step in restricting the deadly #methylenechloride but exceptions leave workers and communities at risk. We urge #EPA to do better.
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CHE's Rachel Massey joins Wilma Subra, Ken Geiser, @SwatiRayasam, Bev Thorpe & others for Detoxifying Commerce - an online conference this Wednesday, April 19 at 11am PT/2pm ET.
@BU_Tweets @CleanProAct @LowellCenterMA @ReducingToxics @UCSF_PRHE
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I have reinstalled Twitter to respond to this story and make sure my voice is fully heard. I am Casey.
My real name is Alex but my mom decided it would be best to hide it for anonymity. But this is my story, not hers. This is not the free press’s story.
Caroline was told that a puberty blocker would relieve her child's psychological distress. That's not what happened.
More reporting from inside Washington University's Transgender Center by @EmilyYoffe :
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Our team is getting ready for today’s Hill briefing on how #EPA can use the best available science to better protect communities from hazardous chemicals.
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Our fearless leader @TraceyJWoodruff riding the Capitol Hill shuttle from Senate to House side in between meetings to help legislative staff understand how #EPA can better protect communities from harmful #chemicals
Eastwind books is so close to my heart and one of my most favorite places in Berkeley, I'm so sad to see its storefront go.
While they're closing their physical location they do still have online offerings at asiabookcenter.com/!
Sad to report that Eastwind Books, one of the first Asian American bookstores in the country, is closing after 41 years. Thank you to owner and legendary activist Harvey Dong for sharing your story with me. Berkeley won’t be the same.
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The biggest study in the US to date showing ⬆️PFAS are linked to ⬇️ birthweight. In not just 1, but all 5 PFAS detected in 11 pregnancy cohorts across the US. Thank you @ECHOChildHealth for making this possible and @EPA for starting to regulate PFAS in drinking water!
NEW RESEARCH: Birth Outcomes in Relation to Prenatal Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Stress in the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program ➡️ ow.ly/UZ9U50Nj9QE @ECHOChildHealth @PadulaAmy @GhassanHamraPhD @TraceyJWoodruff
This is by no means a surprise but somehow every continued disappointment from elders like Alice Walker still hit me with force.
I listened to her speak in Oakland years ago and make an “ends justify the means” argument about authoritarianism which has sat on my heart ever since
I think the worst part of Alice Walker’s support for JK Rowling is the cynical deployment of her community elder status as if almost reassure us that her support for gender-confused is well-informed when in fact she sounds like every other TERF
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🧵 EPA’s draft principles for #TSCA cumulative risk assessment and draft approach for #phthalates are important steps towards protecting human health. Considering exposure to multiple chemicals together instead of 1 by 1 is critical as recommended by @theNASEM and us.
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Want to end cancer? Let's try primary prevention... eliminate environmental contributors like air & water pollutants, chemicals in plastics, and endocrine disruptors in food packaging, pesticides, personal care products, and other household goods. @RepSwalwell @TheEndoSociety
