NIEHS “areas of emphasis” in new 5-year strategic plan (pic of slide from presentation)

Heat pump (with ERV) up and running.

They're everywhere. And they're not going away. #ForeverChemicals bostonglobe.com/2024/09/14/met…

Being in direct sunlight can add 15 degrees to the heat index... washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

Say it with me, until everyone knows: "The heat index is measured **in the shade** and combines air temperature and relative humidity to represent how hot the conditions feel **at rest**"

"Wet-bulb temp might sound a bit like the “heat index” and there are similarities. But there are also critical differences. The heat index assumes you’re in the shade and resting. But how many people know this when they see heat index temperatures?"

Project 2025: Revisit the designation of PFAS chemicals as “hazardous substances” [forever chemicals are linked to: cancer, reduced vaccine efficacy, decreased fertility in women, low birthweight in babies…]

Also, of course they do the dumbest thing, too. Spell out "PFAS" and you'll see it: --> per-and polyfluoroalkyl SUBSTANCES CHEMICALS

Every community in the country is impacted by these chemicals. #ControlTheFrame

Forever Chemicals are linked to decreased fertility in women. Project 2025 wants to 'revisit' their designation as toxic. They don't care about women's bodies. #ControlTheFrame

Says the smallest man who ever lived.

I LOVE TAYLOR SWIFT,!!

“To me the question is not whether there’s going to be another pandemic—clearly there’s risk of another—but this: What are we going to do about the constant drumbeat of infectious diseases that’s already playing out both domestically and globally” -Dr. Sarah Fortune

As of this spring, only 6% percent of federal workers are working full-time in their offices; 30% are fully remote. The federal government should follow Amazon's lead👇 nytimes.com/2024/09/16/tec…

5 Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers weigh in on what we learned (or didn’t learn) from the pandemic, what the main worries are regarding current/future risks, and what steps we should be taking. (I'm an interloper with 4 smart colleagues at CCDD at Harvard Chan) hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/…

wow, check out the numbers on the Missouri abortion amendment fairly certain the Alito and the other 4 Rs on SCOTUS who voted to overturn Roe did not anticipate this