I'm an atmospheric, analytical, environmental, physical chemist at Aerodyne that loves outdoors and anything sci fi. These are my opinions and not my work.
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So losing 50% of my research funding bc my research "doesn't align" with current administration "beliefs" about climate change and working with underrepresented communities. How is this making things good?
Why
Trump Administration Ends Program Critical to Search for an H.I.V. Vaccine nytimes.com/2025/05/30/healt…
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A really nice video featuring our air pollution measurement -> health risk work in Louisiana.
Scientists Uncover the Truth in Cancer Alley youtu.be/pLWmyaleZLc?si=2gcZ…
Why is defunding science good and making things "great"?
Trump’s NIH And NSF Cuts Estimated To Cost The U.S. Economy $10 Billion Annually via @forbes forbes.com/sites/johndrake/2…
Please enlighten me in how this is good for America?
forbes.com/sites/johndrake/2…
Valuable insight about what these grant eliminations mean. Even if the subject being studied may not be something an individual agrees with, does not mean it's not helping others and termination isn't impacting numerous lives.
theconversation.com/a-michig…
This is the opposite of making America healthy again....
cbsnews.com/news/senate-vote…
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Just spoke with my CDC sources. They were in tears.
Budgets cut. RFJK has ordered them not to publicize bird flu symptoms in exposed workers. Not to test them. Not to speak.
They know people are getting sick. And they’re being forced to stay silent.
Public health is dying.
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Excited to share our new perspective paper in ES&T on atmospheric micro- & nanoplastic particles! 🧪
We cover recent advances & future directions in this emerging area. Great collaboration with Nate Slade, Arthur Chan & Andy Ault!
📄 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
#Microplastics
Really? Trying to rewrite history or just make it disappear bc it makes ppl feel uncomfortable?
usatoday.com/story/news/poli…
This is where we're at now...
The CDC has rejected a request from health officials in Milwaukee for help with a lead poisoning investigation, after HSS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. eliminated the agency's response team. cbsn.ws/4juyKWB
If this is how we're now treating Canadians, I can't even fathom how we're treating other nationalities (theguardian.com/us-news/2025…).
Why would any one want to come to us for vacation, work, school, etc? What will the local and national damage to economy due to this? Humanity?
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Cutting-edge air quality monitoring strengthens public health nationwide | NSF - National Science Foundation nsf.gov/news/cutting-edge-ai…
Where I work.... Gone bc eliminating scientific research money
Johns Hopkins to Cut More Than 2,000 Workers Funded by Federal Aid nytimes.com/2025/03/13/us/tr…
How is this considered safe or acceptable?
NOAA Said to Be Planning to Shrink Staff by 20 Percent nytimes.com/2025/03/08/clima…
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America's national parks and other federal lands are in danger of falling into disrepair following the firings of thousands of federal employees by the current administration, experts said. abcnews.link/aeY1fRD
This is dire for the future of research in this country
nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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Check out the recently published #ASCENT_USA paper by @MitchJRogers from the @drew_gentner lab!
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