Scientist at @EnvDefenseFund with a focus on environmental health, policy, & toxicology | PhD from @DukeU | Views my own (she/her) 🏔👩🏻🍳
Joined December 2018
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Dr. Paige Varner retweeted
🚢As part of Project 11, the Houston Ship Channel will be widened and deepened. The dredged muck that comes out will be piled in nearby residential communities.
Residents are looking for answers.
vitalsigns.edf.org/story/hou…
@p_bipp @acts_cbo
Dr. Paige Varner retweeted
New Blog: We’ve added 5 new chemicals to our map that are currently under consideration for risk evaluation by @EPA . Learn more here: blogs.edf.org/health/2024/06…
Ever wonder what chemicals are being made & released in your community? EDF’s new Chemical Exposure Action Map shows some of the most toxic & the health harms they cause. Interact with the data, then send a note to @EPA to encourage stronger protections: chemicalactionmap.edf.org/
Dr. Paige Varner retweeted
Highly toxic chemicals like lead, mercury, PFAS, TCE and BPA do not belong in food. We shouldn't be exposed to toxic chemicals at any level, especially these toxic chemicals that are common in the food supply chain. #WhereIsFDA
NEW blog⬇️ blogs.edf.org/health/2024/04…
Dr. Paige Varner retweeted
Last year, a chemical disaster happened nearly every day in the U.S.
It doesn't have to be this way. Stronger rules and better enforcement can help prevent toxic chemical pollution & protect our health so that all communities can thrive. @project_descend bit.ly/3wABq1F
Dr. Paige Varner retweeted
In a world where industrial facilities expose communities to multiple harmful chemicals daily, many have long called for a cumulative approach to assessing the risks from these chemicals. @EDFHealth blogs.edf.org/health/2024/02…
Dr. Paige Varner retweeted
Look all the facilities emitting millions of pounds every year of the EPA's highest priority toxic chemicals that are linked to cancer, developmental harm and asthma are outside the Arrow
chemicalactionmap.edf.org/
Dr. Paige Varner retweeted
Ever wonder what chemicals are being made & released in your community? EDF’s new Chemical Exposure Action Map shows some of the most toxic & the health harms they cause. Interact with the data, then send a note to @EPA to encourage stronger protections: chemicalactionmap.edf.org/
Our new map and action tool is out! See your community’s potential risks from some the most toxic chemicals, and send a letter to EPA to urge them to look at these chemicals cumulatively:
We need a better way to measure risks from toxic chemicals. That’s why EDF developed the Chemical Exposure Action Map so you can see releases of toxic chemicals that cause multiple health harms – & drive meaningful action. Use this tool & urge @EPA to act: chemicalactionmap.edf.org/
Dr. Paige Varner retweeted
Tune into #MomsClimateSummit on February 8 to hear from leading climate and health experts about how climate disruption and air pollution impact our children's physical AND mental health.
Register now for the livestream: bit.ly/momsclimatesummi
There's a huge case being heard in the Supreme Court today that will affect the future of regulations! If this doctrine is overturned, more decision-making power will be taken away from experts (like those at EPA) and instead will be given to politicians in Congress.
Dr. Paige Varner retweeted
Today our beloved colleague, Tom Neltner, launches a new venture- @unleadedkids-to address all sources of lead that pose harm to children. We wish him well in this important endeavor & look forward to working with him in the future! unleadedkids.org
ALT Quote from Sarah Vogel, Senior VP, Healthy Communities, at the Environmental Defense Fund: “Ending exposure to lead is vital for our children and future generations to live full, healthy lives. EDF is committed to our long-standing work anchored in science to strengthen protections for children and vulnerable populations from lead, for which there is no safe exposure level. We look forward to collaborating with Tom Neltner and Unleaded Kids to make meaningful progress.”
Dr. Paige Varner retweeted
Want to help ban a truly terrible chemical? Watch our new video to see why #TCE is so toxic—then go send a message to @EPA that you support their efforts to ban all uses of TCE—ASAP! #TakeAction #BanTCENow
Dr. Paige Varner retweeted
We are hiring! If you are a postdoc interested in countering industry influence on health or studying the impact of toxic chemicals on health, please reach out.
prhe.ucsf.edu/careers
Great news for environmental justice in NC! Especially excited that the state will be working to expand work on cumulative impacts to make more equitable decisions in EJ moving forward.
Big news for environmental justice in North Carolina.
Yesterday, @NC_Governor issued an executive order that will deepen the state’s environmental justice efforts.
Learn more: newsobserver.com/news/politi…
Dr. Paige Varner retweeted
"This sounds like 2,000 metric tons of bullshit."
4mil lbs of #GenX coming to #NC thru next yr. @epa authorizes Chemours to export it from the Netherlands to Fayetteville. @NCDEQ says it was unaware. @NCNewsline @capefearriver @CleanCapeFear @fayobserver
ncnewsline.com/2023/10/18/ep…
An amazingly comprehensive tool that maps vulnerability in multiple facets!
New U.S. #EJ mapping tool from @EnvDefenseFund and @TAMU shows where #climateaction is most urgently needed, equipping policymakers and communities to direct the right resources to the right places. See what shapes the risks your community faces at climatevulnerabilityindex.or…
Dr. Paige Varner retweeted
When I started researching “advanced recycling,” I was surprised to see that one of a handful of US facilities is in NC, close to where I grew up. I started looking into it.
What I found was…troubling, to say the least.
theintercept.com/2023/09/28/…
My first blog at @EnvDefenseFund is out! Take a look here:
We're all exposed to multiple chemicals daily. Cumulative exposures may pose serious risks. @EPA is finally moving to evaluate chemical risks in a way that accounts for those cumulative exposures & risks. Read our blog on how we think they should do that. blogs.edf.org/health/2023/09…
The first unionized grad students at a private school in the south! Congrats to all who worked so hard and organized for years to make this happen! It’s amazing seeing such a landslide victory 🙌🙌
