Sofia Herczegh, MSc, EPt

Environmental Scientist - Emerging Contaminants, Environmental Toxicology | Carleton U Alum

[Sofia Herczegh, MSc, EPt @sofiamherczegh]

The findings of my MSc thesis are published!! You can read + share the full article for free (until December 14th), no subscription needed. Happy to answer any questions and chat about the findings https://t.co/1MluFzX0Ws
#FlameRetardants #EnvironmentalFate #Biotransformation

[Hockey Canada @HockeyCanada]

History for @ella_shelton11! 🚨

Un but historique d’Ella Shelton! 🚨

@PWHL_NewYork | @OWHAhockey

[DGES @CarletonDGES]

Professor Derek Mueller and Research Associates featured in Canadian Geographic.
https://t.co/9xLV3k9XOf

[WSP @wsp]

We have been ranked as the world's leading environmental and sustainability and consulting firm in Environment Analyst’s annual state of the industry report. @EAnalystGlobal

https://t.co/Nh399AzWch

[NatureConservancy.ca | Conservationdelanature.ca @NCC_CNC]

Forêts Wabanaki (acadiennes), tourbières mystérieuses et îles enchantées composent une mosaïque de paysages uniques de l’Est du pays. Pour les Fêtes, adoptez symboliquement l'habitat de la côte Est et protégez ces milieux magiques pour toujours : https://t.co/fiz0UpDalY

[Ontario Nature @OntarioNature]

First Ontario municipality to demand return of Greenbelt lands, @cityofhamilton exploring possible court challenge: https://t.co/s1D9vo6EJw

[Colin D'Mello | Global News @ColinDMello]

So to recap:

The chief of staff, who received “packages” from developers and then sped up Greenbelt removals on their behalf — keeps his job.

His boss, the Minister of housing — keeps his job.

The Premier who approved the land swaps — keeps his job.

#onpoli

[Sofia Herczegh, MSc, EPt @sofiamherczegh]

Absolutely unbelievable, and no the bear was never found. It’s unknown whether it survived

[CBCbrief - CBC News headlines @CBCbrief]

An Edmonton man pleaded guilty Wednesday to shooting and injuring a black bear in Jasper National Park last summer. https://t.co/qnlGm686xp

[Sofia Herczegh, MSc, EPt @sofiamherczegh]

@amyjohnson229 @matttomic welcome!! and no kidding 😩😩

[Sofia Herczegh, MSc, EPt @sofiamherczegh]

Look I truly loved my 7 years in Ottawa, however this illustrates why I left. We’re stunting the potential of Canada’s capital in such an obvious (to me at least) way and I don’t see much pushback
#OTTCity #Ottawa #UrbanSprawl #CityofOttawa

[Sofia Herczegh, MSc, EPt @sofiamherczegh]

Best way to keep Canada’s capital from flourishing as a world-class city is to allow political decisions to be influenced by populations living in rural/farmland areas. Even people in Markham don’t have a say on Toronto’s decisions. But Ottawa on the other hand.. :/

[Sofia Herczegh, MSc, EPt @sofiamherczegh]

I lived in Ottawa Centre for 7 years and my riding fought so hard against urban sprawl at every chance it got. But that can’t ever be enough when there are such rural wards considered part of the city and therefore voting in Ott elections

[ℳatt (matttomic.bsky.social) @matttomic]

Politically, here's Ottawa's last mayoral election map, where the green parts carried it for Sutcliffe (conservative radio host who ran a pro-suburb anti-"downtown elite" campaign) vs the blue (the parts of the city where a Geoguessr player could recognize "I am in Ottawa")

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

This is crazy.

“For 13 thousand dollars, Englishman Brendon Grimshaw bought a tiny uninhabited island in the Seychelles and moved there forever. When Grimshaw was under forty, he quit his job as a newspaper editor and started a new life.

By this time, no human had set foot on the island for 50 years. As befits a real Robinson, Brendon found himself a companion from among the natives. His name was René Lafortin. Together with Rene, Brendon began to equip his new home. While René came to the island only occasionally, Brendon lived on it for decades by himself, never leaving.

For 39 years, Grimshaw and Lafortin planted 16 thousand trees with their own hands and built almost 5 kilometers of paths. In 2007, Rene Lafortin died, and Brendon was left all alone on the island.

He was 81 years old. He attracted 2,000 new bird species to the island and introduced more than a hundred giant tortoises, which in the rest of the world (including the Seychelles) were already on the verge of extinction. Thanks to Grimshaw's efforts, the once deserted island now hosts two-thirds of the Seychelles' fauna. An abandoned piece of land has turned into a real paradise.

A few years ago, the prince of Saudi Arabia offered Brendon Grimshaw $50 million for the island, but he refused. “I don’t want the island to become a favorite vacation spot for the rich. Better let it be a national park that everyone can enjoy.”

And he achieved just that. In 2008 the island was indeed declared a national park.”

[Sofia Herczegh, MSc, EPt @sofiamherczegh]

~60-80% of ‘Ottawa’ should no longer be part of the city and instead be the greater Ott area with its own municipal election(s), transit system(s), etc. Would solve quite a few of Ottawa’s problems

[ℳatt (matttomic.bsky.social) @matttomic]

Every time I'm in Ottawa I'm just baffled at the sheer sprawling size of the city following aggressive late-90s suburban/rural amalgamation.

This is the size of Ottawa's city limits (blue) overlaid on top of Toronto city limits (red).

[Sofia Herczegh, MSc, EPt @sofiamherczegh]

@andrew_low @ALL_CAPS My understanding is that is the entire point. Comparing Ottawa to TO + the GTA is misleading bc the GTA has four distinct transit systems, several cities, and different voting regions. As a GTA resident I can’t vote in Toronto elections, as it should be in Ottawa :/

[Sofia Herczegh, MSc, EPt @sofiamherczegh]

https://t.co/U2FRWV2FyD
#PFAS

[Carleton Science @CarletonScience]

“You can do anything you want in science and you do belong.”

Maria DeRosa, Dean of Science, shares her story to inspire those who may doubt themselves on their journey.

Happy International Women’s Day from the Faculty of Science!

#EmbraceEquity #IWD #ChallengeWhatsPossible

[Sofia Herczegh, MSc, EPt @sofiamherczegh]

Fascinating work showing that destroying the carboxylic acid effectively unravels PFCAs - could be a future way to #Remediate #PFAS in #ContaminatedSites !! @ShiraJoudan a great read!

[University of Alberta @UAlberta]

Two #UAlberta experts say a newly discovered method to dispose of #ForeverChemicals in the lab is a step forward in finding ways to remove them from the environment. #PFAS @ualbertachem @ualbertaScience https://t.co/gcRDVYs7KA

[PFAS Project Lab @PFASProject]

We're excited to share this paper, co-authored by multiple current and former members of the PFAS Project Lab. The paper identifies over 57,000 sites that, it argues, can be presumed to be contaminated with PFAS.
https://t.co/zyJ0XxBUtD