Dr. Paige Varner

Scientist at @EnvDefenseFund with a focus on environmental health, policy, & toxicology | PhD from @DukeU | Views my own (she/her) 🏔👩🏻‍🍳

[EDF Safer Chemicals @EDFChemicals]

🚢As part of Project 11, the Houston Ship Channel will be widened and deepened. The dredged muck that comes out will be piled in nearby residential communities.

Residents are looking for answers.

https://t.co/84sr6sOTgA

@p_bipp @acts_cbo

[EDF Safer Chemicals @EDFChemicals]

New Blog: We’ve added 5 new chemicals to our map that are currently under consideration for risk evaluation by @EPA . Learn more here: https://t.co/9r94ZhjH0I

[EDF Safer Chemicals @EDFChemicals]

Highly toxic chemicals like lead, mercury, PFAS, TCE and BPA do not belong in food. We shouldn't be exposed to toxic chemicals at any level, especially these toxic chemicals that are common in the food supply chain. #WhereIsFDA

NEW blog⬇️ https://t.co/my3gN5g4Q7

[EDF @EnvDefenseFund]

Last year, a chemical disaster happened nearly every day in the U.S.

It doesn't have to be this way. Stronger rules and better enforcement can help prevent toxic chemical pollution & protect our health so that all communities can thrive. @project_descend https://t.co/fq5AGkvYUE

[Maricel Maffini 🌻 (@mvmaffini.bsky.social) @mvmaffini]

In a world where industrial facilities expose communities to multiple harmful chemicals daily, many have long called for a cumulative approach to assessing the risks from these chemicals. @EDFHealth https://t.co/dE36J89Zc9

[Allyn West @allynwest]

Look all the facilities emitting millions of pounds every year of the EPA's highest priority toxic chemicals that are linked to cancer, developmental harm and asthma are outside the Arrow

https://t.co/Llo5APQI4j

[EDF Safer Chemicals @EDFChemicals]

Ever wonder what chemicals are being made & released in your community? EDF’s new Chemical Exposure Action Map shows some of the most toxic & the health harms they cause. Interact with the data, then send a note to @EPA to encourage stronger protections: https://t.co/VpbXLlZXJX

[Dr. Paige Varner @p_bipp]

Our new map and action tool is out! See your community’s potential risks from some the most toxic chemicals, and send a letter to EPA to urge them to look at these chemicals cumulatively:

[EDF @EnvDefenseFund]

We need a better way to measure risks from toxic chemicals. That’s why EDF developed the Chemical Exposure Action Map so you can see releases of toxic chemicals that cause multiple health harms – & drive meaningful action. Use this tool & urge @EPA to act: https://t.co/86GYjfXFWw

[EDF @EnvDefenseFund]

Tune into #MomsClimateSummit on February 8 to hear from leading climate and health experts about how climate disruption and air pollution impact our children's physical AND mental health.

Register now for the livestream: https://t.co/3ET6j2eJU5

[Dr. Paige Varner @p_bipp]

There's a huge case being heard in the Supreme Court today that will affect the future of regulations! If this doctrine is overturned, more decision-making power will be taken away from experts (like those at EPA) and instead will be given to politicians in Congress.

[Bloomberg Law @BLaw]

On January 17, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in combined cases that could significantly weaken a legal doctrine that has been a cornerstone of US administrative law for four decades.

Here's what you need to know about the Chevron doctrine ⬇️

[Dr. Paige Varner @p_bipp]

@vatsouth1 @EDFCleanAir What a fabulous team!!

[EDF Safer Chemicals @EDFChemicals]

Today our beloved colleague, Tom Neltner, launches a new venture- @unleadedkids-to address all sources of lead that pose harm to children. We wish him well in this important endeavor & look forward to working with him in the future! https://t.co/Rf8CgXyLGA

[EDF Safer Chemicals @EDFChemicals]

Want to help ban a truly terrible chemical? Watch our new video to see why #TCE is so toxic—then go send a message to @EPA that you support their efforts to ban all uses of TCE—ASAP! #TakeAction #BanTCENow

[Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment @UCSF_PRHE]

We are hiring! If you are a postdoc interested in countering industry influence on health or studying the impact of toxic chemicals on health, please reach out.

https://t.co/Rzn0xbTEPF

[Dr. Paige Varner @p_bipp]

Great news for environmental justice in NC! Especially excited that the state will be working to expand work on cumulative impacts to make more equitable decisions in EJ moving forward.

[SELC @selc_org]

Big news for environmental justice in North Carolina.

Yesterday, @NC_Governor issued an executive order that will deepen the state’s environmental justice efforts.

Learn more: https://t.co/6hV0dYdAdB

[lisasorg @lisasorg]

"This sounds like 2,000 metric tons of bullshit."
4mil lbs of #GenX coming to #NC thru next yr. @epa authorizes Chemours to export it from the Netherlands to Fayetteville. @NCDEQ says it was unaware. @NCNewsline @capefearriver @CleanCapeFear @fayobserver
https://t.co/ZWJSgGSi2J

[Dr. Paige Varner @p_bipp]

An amazingly comprehensive tool that maps vulnerability in multiple facets!

[EDF Safer Chemicals @EDFChemicals]

New U.S. #EJ mapping tool from @EnvDefenseFund and @TAMU shows where #climateaction is most urgently needed, equipping policymakers and communities to direct the right resources to the right places. See what shapes the risks your community faces at https://t.co/5TpeEqq1CN

[Schuyler Mitchell @schuy_ler]

When I started researching “advanced recycling,” I was surprised to see that one of a handful of US facilities is in NC, close to where I grew up. I started looking into it.

What I found was…troubling, to say the least.
https://t.co/XwVtAXKH8z

[Dr. Paige Varner @p_bipp]

My first blog at @EnvDefenseFund is out! Take a look here:

[EDF Safer Chemicals @EDFChemicals]

We're all exposed to multiple chemicals daily. Cumulative exposures may pose serious risks. @EPA is finally moving to evaluate chemical risks in a way that accounts for those cumulative exposures & risks. Read our blog on how we think they should do that. https://t.co/6H6TrVoBnU

[Dr. Paige Varner @p_bipp]

@Jodie_Boisvert Yes, I don’t think I read a single book in grad school! I didn’t pick up a book for almost a year after defending, and becoming a library member has really started getting me back into reading about a book or two a month