Dr. Scott Coffin
Enviro' Toxicologist | Research Scientist @OEHHA | #Microplastics | @ToMExApp dev | @ThePlastiverse founder | RYT:200 | DJ | Surfer | Views Own | he/him | 🌈∞
- Reposted by Dr. Scott CoffinBREAKING: Bernie Sanders is introducing an amendment to cut ICE’s $75 billion funding increase, and to use those funds to restore the federal cuts to health care.
- 🙌Some good news! Washington State just adopted a law that requires companies to ensure products contains <50ppm total fluorine to reduce consumer exposure to #PFAS! www.globalelr.com/2026/01/wash...
- Reposted by Dr. Scott CoffinICE must be abolished. It has become a lawless, rogue agency. Federal law enforcement agencies must follow the law, if they're going to have any credibility enforcing it. We are demanding justice for Renee Good and the prosecution of ICE agent Jonathan Ross for her murder.
- Reposted by Dr. Scott CoffinI’m seeing a lot of people predict that “the right wing media is going to turn this story for Trump” and “they’re going to work overtime to make America forget this” and you should tell that to all these people out there in Minnesota in fucking January. This can matter. This will matter.
- Join me at The #Microplastics Exposure & Human Health Conference in Santa Fe, NM (January 11 - 14, 2026)!
- This @universitypress.cambridge.org article by @leiliab.bsky.social and @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social genuinely warmed my heart. It’s a reminder that the work we’ve been doing in #California on #microplastics in drinking water can- and does- travel far beyond our borders! doi.org/10.1017/plc....
- Six US state governors have signed a petition demanding the USEPA to monitor #microplastics in #drinkingWater. michiganadvance.com/2025/12/02/w...
- Join #DTSC's Safer Consumer Products team for a virtual workshop on #microplastics in consumer products Thursday, Dec. 11! Get an overview of our preliminary research/findings + share insights w/ us on Zoom: ⌚ 9:30 – noon (PST) 🔗 Learn more & RSVP: dtsc.ca.gov/event/microp...
- Just learned a #nonviolent replacement for the phrase, "Kill two birds with one stone" that I am totally in love with. "Feed two birds with one scone"
- Disappointing to see that scientists are still conflating gender and sex in the literature. The reviewers or editors really should have caught this glaring error in the title of this 2016 paper!
- New paper out! 🎉 Our team published “A Quality-Assured Global Database and Multidimensional Analysis of #Microplastic #Toxicity Studies” in STOTEN. We evaluated 286 microplastic ecotoxicity studies using quality criteria developed to support #California’s regulatory needs under SB 1263.
- Looking to apply high-throughput and automated #microplastics analysis techniques in your laboratory for sediment, water, or air? Attend this 5-day intensive by the Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- A two-year study by SCCWRP reveals that biofiltration #stormwater BMPs remove ~72% of #microplastic particles from runoff. Engineered media in biofilters - used to trap sediment, nutrients, metals - also work well for microplastics - a multi-benefit intervention! www.sccwrp.org/biofiltratio...
- Just published in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology (@springernature.com)! Our multi-agency team examined links between #PFAS in public drinking water and levels in people’s blood across #SouthernCalifornia. #openAccess link -> doi.org/10.1038/s413...
- Reposted by Dr. Scott CoffinHow do mRNA vaccines help fight cancer? A @nature.com paper today tells the story, one with big implications, as reviewed here erictopol.substack.com/p/how-mrna-v...
- Reposted by Dr. Scott CoffinThere is still time to register for our next Open 2.0 webinar exploring how #OpenScience monitoring helps track and understand open science in practice. 📅 Oct 31, 2.30 PM CET 📝 plos.io/3WnuNJM 🤝 Speakers: @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social, @ismaelrafols.bsky.social and Antónia Correia.
- @efsa.europa.eu just released a literature review of >1,700 publications reporting #microplastics occurrence in food contact materials. Unfortunately, methodological shortcomings and inadequate reporting prevents reliable exposure estimation. #LiteratureReview www.efsa.europa.eu/en/supportin...
- 10-22: Don['t miss this free virtual #conference: the 2025 Great Lakes #Microplastics Summit! From cutting-edge research to real-world challenges, this summit dives into the latest knowledge on microplastics in #surfaceWater and #drinkingWater. Register free -> egle.idloom.events/2025-Micropl...
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- Paper: 'Low-cost, portable, rapid #microplastics sensor can lower barriers to address #plasticPolluton'! 😍🥳✌️ Me: "what an incredible scientific beeakthrough! Now let's apply it! Paper: "Data will be made available upon request" Me: kindly requests data from authors The authors:
- Reposted by Dr. Scott CoffinPlease join Beyond Plastics Science Director @trishavv.bsky.social, @amizota.bsky.social of Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, and Ryan Babadi of @toxicfreefuture.bsky.social on Nov. 12 for a free webinar about toxic chemicals in plastics. www.beyondplastics.org/events/toxic...
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- Reposted by Dr. Scott CoffinNew on Plastiverse.org: two open, classroom-ready tools for detecting microplastics with Nile Red 🎉🔬 Both Open Data + Open Source. Perfect for secondary schools & citizen science. Details below 👇 #Microplastics #STEM #OpenSource #OpenData
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- The Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research is seeking a visionary and compassionate leader to serve as Executive Director of their laboratory. Truly an incredible opportunity to work with some of the world's leading researchers on #microplastics! Apply by October 31st! <- lnkd.in/g2u_pJxs
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- Do you find yourself constantly reusing code for #machineLearning projects? Need a faster way to train/compare many ML models on a new dataset? Want to improve the explainability of your black-box models? I built an #openSource #RShiny app that does all this and more! 👇 github.com/ScottCoffin/...
- Reposted by Dr. Scott CoffinIn this video, environmental scientists Anya Sherman and Thilo Hofmann from the University of Vienna explain the results of their study: ⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3WO...
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