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Kathryn Rodgers

@kathrynr.bsky.social
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PhD student in Environmental Health at BUSPH and BU URBAN trainee | born at 346 ppm CO2

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Kathryn Rodgers @kathrynr.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
New study with Biomonitoring California, Silent Spring Institute, @greensciencepolicy.bsky.social and @ewgofficial.bsky.social! "people who replaced their old, chemical-filled sofas or chairs with new, flame-retardant-free models saw levels of PBDEs drop by half in just over a year."
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Getting rid of old furniture immediately starts lowering the toxic flame retardants in your body. Here's why
Old sofas are filled with flame retardants, which have been linked to cancer risk and neurodevelopmental issues. A new study looks at what happens in your body when you get new furniture.
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Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
@marydwillis.bsky.social and I published a paper published today in Environmental Research Letters! iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... We found that about 46.6 million people in the US, or about 14.1% of the US population, live within a mile of a piece of energy infrastructure. Why do we care? 🛟 |💡🔌
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Kathryn Rodgers @kathrynr.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Thrilled to present on research that supports healthy building materials at #APHA2025! Thank you to my wonderful organizers and co-panelists at Habitable, livingfuture.bsky.social , and @hsph.harvard.edu!
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 21/10/2025
Every now and then I go back and read the Citizens United ruling to see if it is as unhinged as I thought, and every time I do that I see it is actually far more deranged than I remembered. levernews.com/book
Supreme Court ruling: "This Court now concludes that independent expenditures, including those made by corporations, do not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption. That speakers may have influence over or access to elected officials does not mean that those officials are corrupt. And the appearance of influence or access will not cause the electorate to lose faith in this democracy."
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Kathryn Rodgers @kathrynr.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Inspired by my colleague Sam Hall at BUSPH Environmental Health, who delivered testimony on the health risks (especially to kidneys) from extreme heat exposure to the Massachusetts Committee on Labor and Workforce Development today. Thank you, Sam! @busph.bsky.social
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Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
The new Silent Spring:
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75 percent of North America’s bird species are in decline, study says
Birds are rapidly vanishing from North America, with dramatic population losses in places that were once thought safe.
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Kathryn Rodgers @kathrynr.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Thank you @nathanpboston.bsky.social for bringing attention to #FreeRumeysa
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Kathryn Rodgers @kathrynr.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
The health of humans and our planet are inextricably linked. The kidneys represent that link -- they are how our bodies process exposures in our environment. This #EarthDay, I explain why studying causes of chronic kidney disease is protecting that link www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZOr...
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Environmental Causes of Kidney Disease
YouTube video by Boston University School of Public Health
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Kathryn Rodgers @kathrynr.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
This #EarthDay I am celebrating all of the fantastic scientists who explain how their work protects people and promotes health of humans and the environment! Thank you, @jonlevybu.bsky.social @amizota.bsky.social @anorisarma.bsky.social and more!! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Environmental Health Works (#EHWorks) - YouTube
The air we breathe, water we drink, food we eat, and where we live, work, and play are all crucial determinants of our health and the health of our families....
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Kathryn Rodgers @kathrynr.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Hands off! #HandsOffBoston
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Kyle I, PhD 🕊️🇺🇦 @kyleiphd.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Hey, I just met you And this is crazy! But here's my number Send war plans maybe?
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Sharon Lerner @fastlerner.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
NEW: While all eyes are on Trump and DOGE, a bill recently introduced in both the House and Senate would cripple the EPA's ability to regulate. It's a very serious threat and experts told me it could pass www.propublica.org/article/legi...
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Industry-Backed Legislation Would Bar the Use of Science Behind Hundreds of Environmental Protections
Two bills in Congress would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using hundreds of chemical assessments completed by its IRIS program in environmental regulations or enforcement.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
From a source: “Just had a co-presenter for a buildings research conference bow out. She’s a dual citizen and the FBI came knocking to ask her about her involvement in coauthoring chunks of the Paris Agreement. Climate science is being literally (and I mean literally) criminalized.”
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Kathryn Rodgers @kathrynr.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Scenes from #StandUpForScience2025 in Boston, MA!
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Kathryn Rodgers @kathrynr.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
As a mom and a woman in science, I’m positioned and ready to fight RFK Jr.’s misinformation and drive meaningful change aimed at improving women’s and children’s health. My oped with @ehnewsroom.bsky.social www.ehn.org/rfk-jr-women...
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Opinion: RFK Jr.’s disinformation is a rallying cry for women in STEM
​Strong scientific research on women’s health is an antidote for conspiracy theories.
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Jon Levy @jonlevybu.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Not sure where to find datasets that were previously hosted on government websites? The @busph.bsky.social Center for Health Data Science has developed a streamlined interface to let you search for essential public data: www.FindLostData.org Please share!
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Find Lost Data
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Moms Clean Air Force @momscleanairforce.org · 11/02/2025
Via @sciencemagazine For #WomenInScienceDay: When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018. ⁠ ⁠ In the 1960s and 1970s, less than 1% of students depicted scientists as female...
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Kathryn Rodgers @kathrynr.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS #r/50501 #Boston
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Kathryn Rodgers @kathrynr.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
This is actually a great time for my daughter to get lice. Finally, a project I can control. 4.5/5 stars
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Saul Tannenbaum @tannenbaum.org · 02/02/2025
Not quite the same, but @justsecurity.org has a litigation tracker for all the lawsuits filed against the apparently illegal actions of the Trump administration. www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
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Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
A public resource tracking the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions.
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
New 2024 data: Over 50% of GOP fundraising now comes from just 100 mega-donors. Trump’s embrace of the billionaire class—and their embrace of him—will only supercharge this trend.
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Kathryn Rodgers @kathrynr.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Money in politics is bad for public health. From 2021 www.ehn.org/campaign-fin...
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Op-ed: Want to keep toxic chemicals out of the environment? Start with campaign finance reform.
Limits on money in politics would clear a path for science to inform public health decision-making.
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Kathryn Rodgers @kathrynr.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
I'm going to take forgetting my computer charger today as a sign ... to walk to the yarn store
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Kathryn Rodgers @kathrynr.bsky.social · 29/09/2023
Friday is my most productive workday by far. I look at my to-do list and shiiiiiiii got to get to work.
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