Shantal Riley
Health and science journalist, writer, photographer, mother, gardener, cook, and lover of good English. Opinions are my own.
- Glad I filled the bird feeder before the storm. #blackbirder #birdwatching
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- Washington @ecology.wa.gov has banned bisphenols in thermal receipt paper – the receipts we're handed in stores. The state has been on top of efforts to limit toxic chemicals in food, consumer products, etc. Thx @toxicfreefuture.bsky.social for the tip. ecology.wa.gov/waste-toxics...
- Five years ago today. Getty Images.
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- Merry Christmas!
- Reposted by Shantal RileyThe full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
- Right in the middle of health exchange premiums going through the roof @anthembcbs.bsky.social Anthem Blue Cross/Shield has decided to drop patient coverage for 9,000 drs, hospitals @mountsinainyc.bsky.social leaving thousands of NYers vulnerable @newyorkcity.bsky.social @newyorkstateag.bsky.social
- EPA plans to approve the PFAS herbicide epyrifenacil. It creates the byproduct trifluoroacetic acid/TFA, one of the most persistent & widespread #PFAS chemicals in the environment. Comments on the plan to approve epyrifenacil are being accepted here until Dec. 3 www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA-H...
- Some very good news (but a few months old). A new drug offers "near-complete protection against an HIV infection." Just think about that. Anyone who remembers when AIDS was raging in the 80s and 90s will know what an enormous triumph this is. We can thank #science. www.npr.org/sections/goa...
- FDA removes black box warning for hormone replacement therapies. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
- Photojournalism matters. Photo by Andrew Harnik, Getty
- Last rays of Sunday. I love fall. #hudsonvalley #iloveny
- Happy Caturday! #Hudsonvalley
- Hey #Connecticut! Check out this new mapping tool to see your property’s climate risk. firststreet.org/connecticut-...
- The grownups were out in full force at #NoKings Kingston, NY
- No Kings rally in Kingston, NY #nokings
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- apnews.com/article/nobe... Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 3 scientists for key immune system discoveries.
- You can't make this stuff up. A judge just struck down a NY ban preventing Holtec from dumping radioactive water from the Indian Point nuclear plant into the Hudson River, a source of drinking water for seven — count 'em, seven — #HudsonValley communities. www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
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- EPA pursues new tactic to undo PFAS drinking-water limits. cen.acs.org/policy/chemi...
- A calm stream on a Sunday. Sound on.
- Reposted by Shantal RileyCalifornia is on the verge of banning toxic #ForeverChemicals known as #PFAS in products like cookware, cleaners more. These chemicals don't break down in the environment and they build up in our bodies. #SB682 is a crucial step toward safer homes. 🧵 www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/n...
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- Now for a bit of good news. Washington State just banned dozens of carcinogenic formaldehyde-releasing chemicals in cosmetics. Thanks to @toxicfreefuture.bsky.social for the heads up! ecology.wa.gov/about-us/who...
