Laurel Schaider

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour How PFAS harm our health — and why they’re everywhere

Grateful to be part of this important discussion on #PFAS with the amazing @mariahblake.bsky.social and hosted by @wbrangham.bsky.social, anchor of Horizons from PBS News. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfYN...

Extremely concerning that the new NIEHS director was selected without a regular search process despite a lack of major leadership experience or expertise in environmental chemicals. Hard to think he would have gotten this job without being close friends with the VP.

Love America, love our kids, trust science, reject hate

#NoKings
Newton, MA

And on Thurs. 10/16 @ 12pm ET

I'm excited to be presenting an update on Silent Spring Institute's research on #PFAS exposures and health effects for @mbccorg.bsky.social's monthly webinar.
register.gotowebinar.com/register/485...

Want to learn more about #PFAS? Catch these 2 webinars:

"Understanding PFAS Together: Tribal Voices & Risk Communication" -- I'm moderating this discussion hosted by the STEEP Superfund Research Program and featuring the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. Wed. 10/15 @ 12pm ET
uri-edu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Such a missed opportunity to address non-essential uses of #PFAS. Cookware, dental floss, cleaning products -- there are substitutes readily available for all of these, and everyday consumer items increase PFAS exposures for consumers and contribute to PFAS in wastewater and the environment.

Mass firings hit CDC Notices of the Trump administration’s reduction-in-force arrived late Friday, several former and current agency employees told POLITICO.

Devastating.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Opinion | Relax, America, There Is Life After Nonstick Pans

Love this article. So many everyday uses of PFAS are non-essential, including cookware.
"A good pan is like a trusted friend: It improves with time, instead of slowly poisoning you."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

Proud of my alma mater for being the first of 9 universities to reject an unacceptable deal with the administration. Hope the others follow suit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

So inspiring to see @mariahblake.bsky.social at the Harvard Bookstore in Cambridge, talking about her important new book on the history and rippling effects of #PFAS. Especially meaningful on the birthday of Rachel Carson, whose book Silent Spring paved the way for the modern environmental movement.

PFAS on Cape Cod. Connecting Communities with Science for Solutions. Webinar #1: Household Exposures and Community Solutions QR code with link to register. March 20, 2025, noon - 1:00 pm. Photos of speakers Rainer Lohmann, Chris Powicki, and Laurel Schaider.

Excited to moderating the first in our new STEEP webinar series this Thursday - PFAS on Cape Cod: Connecting Communities with Science for Solutions - featuring Rainer Lohmann of URI and Chris Powicki from Sierra Club Cape Cod & the Islands Group.

To register: web.uri.edu/steep/cape_w...

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.

Public water systems with more Hispanic and Black customers were more likely to have these unregulated industrial contaminants and to be close to pollution sources.

This study reminds us to take a broad look at our drinking water—beyond regulated contaminants.

Socioeconomic Disparities in Exposures to PFAS and Other Unregulated Industrial Drinking Water Contaminants in US Public Water Systems | Environmental Health Perspectives | Vol. 133, No. 1 Background: Unregulated contaminants in drinking water, such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), can contribute to cumulative health risks, particularly in overburdened and less-advantaged ...

Our new Silent Spring Institute paper in Environmental Health Perspectives found that nearly a third of people in the U.S. have been exposed to unregulated contaminants in their drinking water that could impact their health.
ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/...
with @jahredwithanh.bsky.social

Dental flossing and other behaviors linked with higher levels of PFAS in the body Analysis shows association between Oral-B Glide dental floss and higher exposures

Our 2019 Silent Spring Institute study found higher levels of PFHxS in the blood of people who reported using Oral B Glide:
article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
press release: silentspring.org/news/dental-...

Is your dental floss toxic? Dr. Laurel Schaider co-authored a dental floss study. The study shows that some dental floss brands have PFAS. Dr. Schaider explains how concerned we should be about this.

Thanks to Houston FOX 26 for inviting me to talk about the dangers of PFAS in dental floss.
Teflon dental floss like Oral B Glide is a non-essential use of #PFAS. Everyone should floss daily, but there are plenty of non-Teflon options out there.
www.fox26houston.com/video/1570788

Dr Laurel Schaider and Senator Jeff Merkley in Senate hearing room

Dr Laurel Schaider, Dr Sue Fenton, and Dr Michael Larranaga in Senate hearing room

Thank you Senator
@jeff-merkley.bsky.social for hosting today’s Senate subcommittee hearing on #PFAS exposures and health effects. It’s critically important that we take steps to avoid unnecessary PFAS exposures now and work to develop additional PFAS-free alternatives in the future.

Excited to be at the Senate today with Dr Sue Fenton of NC State to provide testimony to talk about the importance of addressing the many challenges of #PFAS.
Starts at 9:30!
Live-streaming at:
www.epw.senate.gov/public/index...

Examining the Public Health Impacts of PFAS Exposures

My first post on BlueSky - nice to be connecting and reconnecting with so many people in this new space.

I'm honored to be speaking at this Senate subcommittee hearing next week on "Examining the Public Health Impacts of PFAS Exposures"!

www.epw.senate.gov/public/index...