Emily Copeland

News Platform Fact Sheet How Americans get news has greatly changed in the 21st century. Most now use digital devices for news at least sometimes. Read about the platforms they turn to.

Where do Americans get their news?

86% say digital devices – such as a smartphone, computer or tablet – and 64% say TV. 📈📱📺

Welp, UGH 🫠🤮

Plastisphere: A podcast on plastic pollution in the environment Emission dans Sciences · The podcast on plastic, people, and the planet by @anjakrieger. Plastics have become the basis for our modern lives, but they also pollute the planet. Will we be able to devel...

In this episode, @anjakrieger.bsky.social celebrates the 40th International Coastal Cleanup Day and explores its history with Elsa Devienne, an assistant professor in US history at Northumbria University in the UK. It’s a huge event which has been taking place each 3rd Saturday of September.

It is always a good time to check your Bluesky settings for content and media and make sure videos and GIFs do not autoplay.

Rethinking Autism’s Origins Beyond the Genome

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Opinion: To combat misinformation online, public health experts should partner with content creators | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health To counter videos on social media platforms that promote health pseudoscience, public health practitioners should collaborate with creators by providing them with accurate information, according to Ha...

"The lesson from both studies is clear: If public health wants to compete with misinformation, it must stop treating social media as the enemy and start partnering with it as an ally." #SciComm

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The health risks from plastics almost nobody knows about Researchers have linked phthalates, chemicals found in plastics, to premature birth, infertility and ADHD.

For the last several months, I've been digging through endless scientific literature on what happens when pregnant mothers are exposed to plastic chemicals in their food, water, and everyday household products.

The result is this story.

I hope you'll take the time to read.
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Bluesky now platform of choice for science community It’s not just you. Survey says: “Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky”…

Bluesky now platform of choice for science community: An "overwhelming majority" of respondents said that Bluesky has a "vibrant and healthy online science community," while Twitter no longer does.

Bruce Lanphear | Substack Bruce Lanphear, MD, MPH, is a preventive medicine physician and professor at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver. He studies how toxic chemicals impact human health. His research showed that no level o...

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The health burden and racial-ethnic disparities of air pollution from the major oil and gas lifecycle stages in the United States Largest total population health burden is from O&G end-use, but greatest relative disparities are linked to downstream activities.

New study: oil & gas are major killers

Oil & gas cause 91,000 air pollution deaths per year, 9,100 pre-term birth incidences/y, 216,000 asthma incidences/y, 1600 cancers/y in US

4,800 deaths/y from extracting & processing fuels
86,200 deaths/y from burning fuels

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Important new study on #oilandgas & human health tolls, including PA @breathe-project.bsky.social @kiley.bsky.social @alleghenyfront.bsky.social @publicsource.org

The health burden and racial-ethnic disparities of air pollution from the major oil and gas lifecycle stages in the United States Largest total population health burden is from O&G end-use, but greatest relative disparities are linked to downstream activities.

New study shows health damage in US from oil & gas emissions, 90,000 premature deaths nationally, with California, New York, and Texas suffering the most.
@doreenharris.bsky.social
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On Roundtable with Enda Brady discussing the collapse of the latest round of Plastics Treaty negotiations. The source materials for most plastics are oil + gas. Countries opposing a cap on plastic production were mostly oil producing nations. Coincidence?

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RFK Jr and MAHA: dangerous, emboldened, and escalating The week beginning Aug 4, 2025 was the most dangerous and tragic week of Robert F Kennedy Jr's tenure yet: a fatal CDC shooting by a gunman distrustful of COVID-19 vaccines, the cancellation of US$500...

For anyone concerned about the health of their nation and themselves, this @thelancet.com editorial outlines beautifully the damage that RFK Jr is inflicting on us. Share with your family and friends.

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RFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That. While touting a $50 million initiative to identify the causes of autism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is helping lead an administration that is rolling back protections against pollution and toxic chemicals,...

My latest on the Health Sec who promised to figure out what causes autism and the autism research that's been stopped along the way www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...

Fantastic piece, Sharon!

This is the definition of a failed social media platform.

Our members, Drs. @leotrasande.bsky.social, @smbrander.bsky.social, and @jmuncke.bsky.social, attended INC5.2 to educate European delegates about the health effects of EDCs and how they interfere with the endocrine system. Learn about our EDCs: bit.ly/2LCRwAr #EDCs #PlasticsTreaty (1/4)

Action needed on plastic additives linked to sperm decline, experts warn Amid collapse of global pollution treaty, scientists highlight environmental factors causing fertility crisis

“We showed the link between the exposure and fertility,” she said. “And when you see that total sperm count going down worldwide, what I believe is you’re seeing an important effect of early exposure to these chemicals.” Dr. Shanna Swan

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I had the distinct pleasure of presenting at the #SciComm workshop at the #ISESISEE2025 conference - providing media training and social media training along with co-organizers @rshaffer14.bsky.social @pallavipnt.bsky.social

Drop your questions and comments on #SciCom below!

Such an important new study out of Denmark - acetaminophen can interfere with early embryonic development, increasing the risk of pregnancy loss 👇🧪

From Landfills and Recycling Programs to Desks in Offices, Toxic Chemicals in Plastics Poison Workers - Inside Climate News The plastics contaminating every corner of the Earth contain thousands of unregulated toxic chemicals. As global plastic talks end without a treaty, health experts say negotiators must consider their ...

#Plastic treaty talks stalled again, but countries will keep fighting to regulate toxic #chemicals in plastic, with new evidence from @toxicsfree.bsky.social that it’s not just plastic workers who are highly exposed. It’s all of us. @insideclimatenews.org
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Thank you for your continued, dedicated hard work on this, Susanne! We can't give up!

The Lancet Countdown on health and plastics Plastics are a grave, growing, and under-recognised danger to human and planetary health. Plastics cause disease and death from infancy to old age and are responsible for health-related economic losse...

Right before the next round of #plasticstreaty negotiations, we have got a new publication on #health & #plastics out in @thelancet.com. Health should be the centerpiece of the treaty.

Watch the launch event at #INC5.2 here:
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🧪 @transjournalists.org is offering a few dozen stipends of $250 or $500 to support journalists looking for a boost to attend conferences, trainings, workshops, and more.
Applications will be accepted until 11:59pm PT on August 11. Find more info and apply below!

A promotional graphic for "MindLab" weekly virtual mindfulness sessions, co-hosted by the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Environmental Protection Network. The background shows two people walking on a forest path surrounded by tall trees. Text reads: MindLab – Weekly Virtual Mindfulness Sessions. Open to all scientists, public servants, and science supporters. Facilitated by Dr. Lena Adams Kim. Wednesdays, 11:30am–12:00pm ET, through the end of October 2025.” A QR code in the bottom right corner invites people to scan to register.

🧘‍♀️ Struggling to find a moment of calm amidst all the bad news this summer? MindLab offers practical, science-based techniques to help science supporters manage stress, regulate emotions & navigate uncertainty.

Join us for free virtual sessions every Wednesday, 11:30 am ET.

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What U.S. science stands to lose without international graduate students and postdoctoral researchers Neuroscience in other countries will strengthen—at the United States’ expense—as rising visa restrictions and rejections block many international students from enrolling at U.S.

Science is the most international endeavor in human history.
This flagrantly racist administration is destroying the U.S.'s lucrative and life-saving leadership. www.thetransmitter.org/policy/what-... on @thetransmitter.bsky.social

This is such an important piece on what is and can be lost on our current trajectory 🧪 #SaveScience

🧵 For our special issue on research, @chronicle.com dove into how the scientific enterprise has been buffeted by the Trump administration. As Jenny Ruark writes in her editor's note, "the speed of retrenchment is breathtaking." We wrote about how we got here, and what might be next. #AcademicSky

Environmentalists sue EPA to reassess a toxic chemical used at a Pa. oil refinery • Pennsylvania Capital-Star Three environmental groups are suing the EPA, asking a judge to order the agency to reassess its regulations on the chemical.

Environmentalists sue EPA to reassess a toxic chemical used at a Pa. oil refinery penncapital-star.com/energy-envir...