Freelance journalist and passionate birder working on DEI issues. Former reporter on environment Chemical & Engineering News.
Silver Spring, Maryland USA
Joined December 2007
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Cheryl Hogue retweeted
I'm resigning today as an advisory board member for C&EN. They are not asking for any advice from us, thus there is no benefit to staying. I do not want to be associated with what C&EN has become. I made so many good contacts with their staff, who are now all gone.
And a last #PFAS retweet for y'all.
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Cheryl Hogue retweeted
Hire Alex to write stuff, she's good
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I am retiring from @cenmag today after 23 years here chasing #PFAS #climatechange #microplastics and other #environment concerns. After a 6-month hiatus to go #birding, I will reemerge as an independent journalist. It's been a good run!
Cheryl Hogue retweeted
At the #PlasticsTreaty #INC1
"representatives of a number of countries +advocacy groups stressed the need to stop the manufacture of plastics that contain hazardous additives
These chemicals can adversely affect human health
cen.acs.org/articles/100/i43… @CHogue @foenCH @BCarneyAlmroth
Is plastic on detergent pods an environmental problem? A company that makes alternative pods and environmental groups say yes. They're asking @EPA to yank PVA from a list of safer chemicals. w/@CraigofWaffles shorturl.at/hiER5?utm_source…
Hey @absoluteKerri, maybe this is why the mosquitoes can't leave you alone.
Mosquito magnet? There’s a chemical reason for that
cen.acs.org/biological-chemi…
Cheryl Hogue retweeted
What's in your period products?
A recent right-to-know law in NY has led to ingredient disclosures in the US. @CHogue looks at why that matters.
FWIW this is the most recent post I found from @EU_ECHA on the topic: chemicalsinourlife.echa.euro…
Cheryl Hogue retweeted
What's in menstrual products? A recent New York right-to-know law has led to ingredient disclosures across much of the US. But health advocates say more data are needed on some chemicals’ health effects. Via @CHogue cen.acs.org/business/consume…
Cheryl Hogue retweeted
Use of #chemical straighteners increases risk of uterine cancer. @NIEHS study underscores need for hair salon workers to have proper ventiliation at work--possibly other protections industrial hygenists could recommend.
academic.oup.com/jnci/advanc…
Cheryl Hogue retweeted
Cool, but 4 for 4 on old white dudes from the US and Europe...
Looks like it's down to the #chemnobel to bring the diversity?
BREAKING NEWS:
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2022 #NobelPrize in Physics to Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger.
Cheryl Hogue retweeted
Now, who wants to talk to me about new heat pump refrigerants? @Honeywell_Home
Cheryl Hogue retweeted
Rain and snow across most of the world contains higher concentrations of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a member of the #PFAS family, than the EPA’s advisory level for PFOA in drinking water. fal.cn/3qKlT
Cheryl Hogue retweeted
Notable nod to efficiency of regulating PFAS through a class-based approach from @EPA's Bruno Pigott, the deputy assistant administrator for water.
“It may be easier to deal with them and regulate them that way," he said.
Advocates would love this. Industry would not.
Don't eat these.
Crown Prince joins Bumble Bee Foods in recalling canned clams imported from China following FDA study finding high levels of certain #PFAS in some imported seafood. crownprince.com/2022-07-Smok…
US House military spending bill would 1) require companies to provide EPA with data on additional #PFAS chemicals and 2) fast-track EPA's plans to limit industrial PFAS releases to rivers, sewage plants, and lakes. cenm.ag/2h8?utm_source=Staff…