Sara Perl Egendorf
@dr_perl_
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aka Perl (they/she) PhD. Learning from soils and people who work with them. Participatory Researcher with NYC Compost Project Hosted By Earth Matter.
Occupied Lenapehoking
Joined July 2020
Our newest work on lead exposure and environmental justice out today in @AguGeohealth and free for all to read! @theAGU Bottom line--racial disparity of lead exposure is associated with lead-contaminated community soils @HowardWMielke @Prepared4Change
https://t.co/j4G613BjdN
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Legacy sources of soil metal toxicants are underrecognized Soil lead, blood lead, and Race are inextricably associated Environmental inequities impact the disparities in racial health and life e...
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5/6 The good news - you can help make a difference. Here are 8 ways to take action when lead contaminates your community’s soil. https://t.co/RxdcH7uo0S
publicintegrity.org
Want to make a difference? Here are 8 lead contaminating solutions you can do to make the community you live in healthier and safer.
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Lead continues to sicken millions of children around the world Here is a great solutions piece by @YCabreraOC that features many innovative projects (@dr_perl_ @HowardPhd ) to solve the lead issue, including ours @Prepared4Change and @IUImpact
https://t.co/y01XAW0WgD
grist.org
The only way to stop long-lasting harms from lead contamination is to end exposure to it — and with data-driven and community-based action, that’s possible.
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Want to stop worrying about heavy metals in baby food, dark chocolate and spices? Solve it at the source https://t.co/btSFJacl6F Thank you @PureEarthNow
thehill.com
FDA draft guidance setting allowable levels of lead in baby food at 20 parts per billion is progress, but not nearly enough.
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What the F?! We are unthinkable without fungi, yet seldom do we think about them. We need to add a 3rd “F” – funga – to the protected Flora & Fauna & write this neglected kingdom of life into conservation, policy, and research frameworks. https://t.co/jup5Ctot8S
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NYC City Council passed new lead poisoning prevention legislation today. Here are a few highlights on how it would change city protocols: 1.) It expands the scope of investigation the Dept of Health is required to conduct when a child tests with an elevated blood lead level. 1/x
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Thank you community composters for all you do! @SaveNYCCompost
Exposure to lead in soil affecting people of color is an urgent environmental justice issue, the No. 1 recommendation to limit exposure is to use clean soil & compost. @dr_perl_ on the essentiality of compost & why the city must guarantee processing space.
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Gerogia’s leading the way again! Free soil lead testing!! We can do this too, NYC!
wabe.org
Last year, high levels of lead were found in English Avenue, a largely Black and low-income Atlanta neighborhood. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has gotten involved and is conducting more...
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Cornell begins to reckon with university’s ties to Indigenous dispossession. Looking forward to more of this with Cornell, and all our settler colonial institutions.
cals.cornell.edu
Through the “Cornell University and Indigenous Dispossession Project,” the faculty committee formed by the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program (AIISP) in the College of Agriculture and...
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Pedro is family of my family. He's improving but needs our help!
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I just wrote a @theactionnet letter: Tell Community Board 8 to Vote Against Hope Street Capital's Plans. Write one here:
actionnetwork.org
The Community Board 8 land use committee meets on October 1 at 6:15 PM. Please email CB8 ahead of this meeting to express your opposition to Hope Street Capital's project at 920 Park Place, on the...
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Brownsville is not a sacrifice zone. Residents fight gas pipeline. https://t.co/GKBS1MrEJP
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Can't wait to attend "Science for Liberation: Omar Gowayed & Kendra Krueger" https://t.co/nIlspyDEjl
@Eventbrite
eventbrite.com
Omar Gowayed and Kendra Krueger on how activism shapes their research and why intersectional engineering will lead to a more just future.
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After brutal budget cuts, compost sites face eviction by Parks Department
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We must save Community Compost Sites! They are vital resources and provide ESSENTIAL green jobs to reduce waste, mitigate climate change, and enhance urban green space. Please add your letter here:
actionnetwork.org
The NYC budget restored $2.8 million in much needed funding for community compost drop-off sites to keep organics recycling going. But now the Parks department is threatening to evict vital compost...
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BREAKING: New York voters! All eligible voters will be able to cast their ballots by mail for November’s election, but you must apply for one. (1/6)
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I want the world to know! We have a legacy of scientists working to limit our #legacylead. Forever grateful to Clair Patterson, Howard Mielke, and so many others. "The Most Important Scientist You’ve Never Heard Of
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