balayannis.bsky.social
@balayannis.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Wageningen University & Research | geographer, feminist STS-er, interdisciplinarian | chemicals, pollution, waste | they/she | https://www.wur.nl/en/persons/angeliki-balayannis.htm
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"In the few months since the second Trump administration began, the federal government’s efforts to control silicosis have been destroyed," David Michaels and Gregory Wagner write:
DOGE Is Bringing Back a Deadly Disease
Cuts to agencies that protect workers’ lungs are going to result in the resurgence of a preventable illness.
bit.ly
May 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
"In the few months since the second Trump administration began, the federal government’s efforts to control silicosis have been destroyed," David Michaels and Gregory Wagner write:
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The EPA IRIS database specifies the cancer + noncancer risk of > 500 chemicals. It's the rosetta stone to calculating the relationship between exposure and risk. It powered our tox map and formaldehyde map. Killing it would destroy the ability to regulate or even show how harmful toxic chems are.
NEW: While all eyes are on Trump and DOGE, a bill recently introduced in both the House and Senate would cripple the EPA's ability to regulate. It's a very serious threat and experts told me it could pass
www.propublica.org/article/legi...
www.propublica.org/article/legi...
Industry-Backed Legislation Would Bar the Use of Science Behind Hundreds of Environmental Protections
Two bills in Congress would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using hundreds of chemical assessments completed by its IRIS program in environmental regulations or enforcement.
www.propublica.org
March 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The EPA IRIS database specifies the cancer + noncancer risk of > 500 chemicals. It's the rosetta stone to calculating the relationship between exposure and risk. It powered our tox map and formaldehyde map. Killing it would destroy the ability to regulate or even show how harmful toxic chems are.
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📣 Upcoming event with Prof. @jennypickerill.bsky.social "'How do we carry on?’ Political activism in an era of uncertainty" | Thursday 20 March 2025 | 12:30 - 17:30 | Location: Thuis Wageningen (Stationsstraat 32, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Info ⬇️
centreforspaceplacesociety.com/2025/03/03/e...
centreforspaceplacesociety.com/2025/03/03/e...
Event | ‘How do we carry on?’ Political Activism in an Era of Uncertainty – with prof. Pickerill
We are excited to invite you to the PhD defence activities of Tom Rowe, exploring hope, privilege, and prefiguration in climate activism, art, and academia. The two-day programme includes an intera…
centreforspaceplacesociety.com
March 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
📣 Upcoming event with Prof. @jennypickerill.bsky.social "'How do we carry on?’ Political activism in an era of uncertainty" | Thursday 20 March 2025 | 12:30 - 17:30 | Location: Thuis Wageningen (Stationsstraat 32, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Info ⬇️
centreforspaceplacesociety.com/2025/03/03/e...
centreforspaceplacesociety.com/2025/03/03/e...
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NEW: While all eyes are on Trump and DOGE, a bill recently introduced in both the House and Senate would cripple the EPA's ability to regulate. It's a very serious threat and experts told me it could pass
www.propublica.org/article/legi...
www.propublica.org/article/legi...
Industry-Backed Legislation Would Bar the Use of Science Behind Hundreds of Environmental Protections
Two bills in Congress would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using hundreds of chemical assessments completed by its IRIS program in environmental regulations or enforcement.
www.propublica.org
March 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
NEW: While all eyes are on Trump and DOGE, a bill recently introduced in both the House and Senate would cripple the EPA's ability to regulate. It's a very serious threat and experts told me it could pass
www.propublica.org/article/legi...
www.propublica.org/article/legi...
One week left to submit your abstracts!
CFP! At the Nordic STS conference this June in Stockholm @emmapdc.bsky.social & I are organising "Towards just pollution interventions: public experiments beyond the lab"
We welcome abstracts from any discipline or practice. Deadline March 1. Reach out for questions www.nordicsts.se/call-for-abs...
We welcome abstracts from any discipline or practice. Deadline March 1. Reach out for questions www.nordicsts.se/call-for-abs...
February 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
One week left to submit your abstracts!
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A new analysis confirms links between early life #PFAS exposure and stunted “cognitive, motor, and language development” as well as “behavioral issues like hyperactivity.”
#foreverchemicals appear to be damaging children’s brains, and not only highly exposed kids.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39888511/
#foreverchemicals appear to be damaging children’s brains, and not only highly exposed kids.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39888511/
Effects of Early-life PFAS Exposure on Child Neurodevelopment: A Review of the Evidence and Research gaps - PubMed
Sixty-one studies in total were published from 2008 to March 2024, with 35 in the last five years. Findings primarily link early life PFAS exposure to reduced cognitive, motor, and language developmen...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
February 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
A new analysis confirms links between early life #PFAS exposure and stunted “cognitive, motor, and language development” as well as “behavioral issues like hyperactivity.”
#foreverchemicals appear to be damaging children’s brains, and not only highly exposed kids.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39888511/
#foreverchemicals appear to be damaging children’s brains, and not only highly exposed kids.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39888511/
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Excited to see this is out - and with an expanded online edition alongside! Congratulations and thank you @erindurban.bsky.social and team for all the work that went into it
TSQ Trans* Ecologies Print Issue read.dukeupress.edu/tsq/issue/11/4
Volume 11 Issue 4 | TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly | Duke University Press
read.dukeupress.edu
January 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Excited to see this is out - and with an expanded online edition alongside! Congratulations and thank you @erindurban.bsky.social and team for all the work that went into it
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📼 For those who missed todays Ways of Repair : Loss and Damage online symposium session with @farhanasultana.com, Gabriela de Matos and Amali Tower on “Decolonising #ClimateColoniality and Re-Centering Marginalised Voices and Knowledges” the video is now online! 🥳
🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrqZ...
🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrqZ...
Decolonising Climate Coloniality and Re-Centering Marginalised Voices and Knowledges
YouTube video by Ways of Repair : Loss and Damage
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
📼 For those who missed todays Ways of Repair : Loss and Damage online symposium session with @farhanasultana.com, Gabriela de Matos and Amali Tower on “Decolonising #ClimateColoniality and Re-Centering Marginalised Voices and Knowledges” the video is now online! 🥳
🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrqZ...
🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrqZ...
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Making Asbestos Great Again www.propublica.org/article/davi...
Donald Trump’s No. 2 Pick for the EPA Represented Companies Accused of Pollution Harm
David Fotouhi, a lawyer who recently challenged a ban on asbestos, worked to roll back climate regulations and water protections while serving in the Environmental Protection Agency during Trump’s fir...
www.propublica.org
January 23, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Making Asbestos Great Again www.propublica.org/article/davi...
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@4sweb.bsky.social and fellow STSers invested in projects of liberation! We invite folks to submit to our open panel, Reverberations of Power and Justice in Critical Science and Technology Studies. #207 findable here: www.4sonline.org/accepted_ope...
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January 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
@4sweb.bsky.social and fellow STSers invested in projects of liberation! We invite folks to submit to our open panel, Reverberations of Power and Justice in Critical Science and Technology Studies. #207 findable here: www.4sonline.org/accepted_ope...
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⚠️#PFAS are ubiquitous to our environment and a new #ForeverLobbying Project has estimated they will cost billions to clean up!
🚫CHEM Trust calls on the UK Government to act now to #BanPFAS.
Read more here: https://buff.ly/40imRLz
Find the project here: https://buff.ly/3Z6DNCq
🚫CHEM Trust calls on the UK Government to act now to #BanPFAS.
Read more here: https://buff.ly/40imRLz
Find the project here: https://buff.ly/3Z6DNCq
Cost to clean up toxic PFAS pollution could top £1.6tn in UK and Europe
Exclusive: Costs of UK cleanup will reach £9.9bn a year in UK if emissions of ‘forever chemicals’ remain uncontrolled
buff.ly
January 16, 2025 at 10:14 AM
⚠️#PFAS are ubiquitous to our environment and a new #ForeverLobbying Project has estimated they will cost billions to clean up!
🚫CHEM Trust calls on the UK Government to act now to #BanPFAS.
Read more here: https://buff.ly/40imRLz
Find the project here: https://buff.ly/3Z6DNCq
🚫CHEM Trust calls on the UK Government to act now to #BanPFAS.
Read more here: https://buff.ly/40imRLz
Find the project here: https://buff.ly/3Z6DNCq
CFP! At the Nordic STS conference this June in Stockholm @emmapdc.bsky.social & I are organising "Towards just pollution interventions: public experiments beyond the lab"
We welcome abstracts from any discipline or practice. Deadline March 1. Reach out for questions www.nordicsts.se/call-for-abs...
We welcome abstracts from any discipline or practice. Deadline March 1. Reach out for questions www.nordicsts.se/call-for-abs...
January 16, 2025 at 9:16 AM
CFP! At the Nordic STS conference this June in Stockholm @emmapdc.bsky.social & I are organising "Towards just pollution interventions: public experiments beyond the lab"
We welcome abstracts from any discipline or practice. Deadline March 1. Reach out for questions www.nordicsts.se/call-for-abs...
We welcome abstracts from any discipline or practice. Deadline March 1. Reach out for questions www.nordicsts.se/call-for-abs...
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‘High-risk sites’: where are the UK’s ‘forever chemical’ hotspots?
What you need to know.
#ForeverLobbying
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
What you need to know.
#ForeverLobbying
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘High-risk sites’: where are the UK’s ‘forever chemical’ hotspots?
An Environment Agency report has identified more than 10,000 ‘high-risk sites’ contaminated with PFAS
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2025 at 8:39 AM
‘High-risk sites’: where are the UK’s ‘forever chemical’ hotspots?
What you need to know.
#ForeverLobbying
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
What you need to know.
#ForeverLobbying
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The #ForeverLobbying Project exposes the real cost of #PFAS pollution on the environment, science, and politics.
46 journalists teamed up with 18 experts to investigate the worst pollution crisis humanity has ever faced, caused by the “poison of the century”.
foreverpollution.eu/lobbying/
46 journalists teamed up with 18 experts to investigate the worst pollution crisis humanity has ever faced, caused by the “poison of the century”.
foreverpollution.eu/lobbying/
January 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The #ForeverLobbying Project exposes the real cost of #PFAS pollution on the environment, science, and politics.
46 journalists teamed up with 18 experts to investigate the worst pollution crisis humanity has ever faced, caused by the “poison of the century”.
foreverpollution.eu/lobbying/
46 journalists teamed up with 18 experts to investigate the worst pollution crisis humanity has ever faced, caused by the “poison of the century”.
foreverpollution.eu/lobbying/
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Big news: A new EPA study finds that millions of acres of farmland are likely polluted w/ #PFAS from sewage sludge spread over the fields as fertilizer—a practice EPA has long promoted. The implications for our food system are hard to overstate. h/t @ewg
www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
Public Inspection: Draft Sewage Sludge Risk Assessment: Perfluorooctanoic Acid and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid
Draft Sewage Sludge Risk Assessment: Perfluorooctanoic Acid and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid
www.federalregister.gov
January 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Big news: A new EPA study finds that millions of acres of farmland are likely polluted w/ #PFAS from sewage sludge spread over the fields as fertilizer—a practice EPA has long promoted. The implications for our food system are hard to overstate. h/t @ewg
www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
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Chemical recycling doesnt work at scale; it’s neither environmentally or economically viable ioplus.nl/en/posts/ano...
Another pioneering plastic recycler faces bankruptcy amid challenges
While chemical plastics recycling shows promise, the practical implementation faces significant hurdles. Blue Cycle's experience mirrors these challenges.
ioplus.nl
January 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Chemical recycling doesnt work at scale; it’s neither environmentally or economically viable ioplus.nl/en/posts/ano...
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“The first Trump admin altered or deleted numerous federal web pages containing public-facing climate information, according to monitoring efforts by the nonprofit Environmental Data and Governance Initiative, which tracks changes on federal websites.”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...
Scientists Scramble to Save Climate Data from Trump—Again
Federal climate databases remained largely intact during President-elect Donald Trump’s first term. Scientists say the threats are bigger this time
www.scientificamerican.com
December 15, 2024 at 9:59 PM
“The first Trump admin altered or deleted numerous federal web pages containing public-facing climate information, according to monitoring efforts by the nonprofit Environmental Data and Governance Initiative, which tracks changes on federal websites.”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...
Heading home to Melbourne next week - if you're around and keen to chat about pollution, chemicals, or waste, I'll be there throughout December. (Also would appreciate hot takes on good cafes as my coffee map is 6 years out of date...)
December 1, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Heading home to Melbourne next week - if you're around and keen to chat about pollution, chemicals, or waste, I'll be there throughout December. (Also would appreciate hot takes on good cafes as my coffee map is 6 years out of date...)
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Today 20.000+ people came together in The Hague to protest the proposed cuts in education funding. To protest against layoffs. Against a penalty for study delays. Against the closure of degree programmes. And to fight for academic freedom, equal opportunities, and the right to study. #WOinActie
November 25, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Today 20.000+ people came together in The Hague to protest the proposed cuts in education funding. To protest against layoffs. Against a penalty for study delays. Against the closure of degree programmes. And to fight for academic freedom, equal opportunities, and the right to study. #WOinActie
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More than 20,000 people protesting the budget cuts in higher education in the Netherlands #WOinActie
November 25, 2024 at 12:53 PM
More than 20,000 people protesting the budget cuts in higher education in the Netherlands #WOinActie
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This summer Hiilei Hobart and I, among others, will "contribute to the theorization, imagination, and practice of socially just and ecologically hopeful futures" includding workshops on works-in-progress with participants. Apply!
Summer Institute - Center for the Arts and Humanities
Summer Institute in Environmental Humanities The Colby Summer Institute in Environmental Humanities (SIEH) gathers scholars from around the globe to
cah.colby.edu
November 20, 2024 at 5:54 PM
This summer Hiilei Hobart and I, among others, will "contribute to the theorization, imagination, and practice of socially just and ecologically hopeful futures" includding workshops on works-in-progress with participants. Apply!
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Solidarity with colleagues at the University of Wollongong in geography, history, language, maths, environmental science, physics and public health. Entire units being cut, short sighted and devastating. Petition here: betteruniversities.work/uow-petition...
The very idea of so many incredible geography friends and colleagues at the University of Wollongong being in scope for possible redundancy next month is absolutely gut wrenching www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11... 1/5
University to cut 137 academics due to $35m drop in international student enrolments
The University of Wollongong has approached staff across 25 disciplines for redundancies in a restructure the union fears could abolish its degrees in history, mathematics, geography and languages.
www.abc.net.au
November 22, 2024 at 9:48 AM
Solidarity with colleagues at the University of Wollongong in geography, history, language, maths, environmental science, physics and public health. Entire units being cut, short sighted and devastating. Petition here: betteruniversities.work/uow-petition...
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There you have it! An official Starter Pack of people working on #PFAS issues curated by @saferstates.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/ThQN6Zs
go.bsky.app/ThQN6Zs
November 21, 2024 at 1:45 AM
There you have it! An official Starter Pack of people working on #PFAS issues curated by @saferstates.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/ThQN6Zs
go.bsky.app/ThQN6Zs
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Starter Pack on Colonialism, Decolonisation & Race 👇. Interdisciplinary and not limited to academics. Set it up last week so I may have missed people who joined recently - pls let me know if you'd like to be added (or removed). ..Overlapping starter packs v.welcome!
go.bsky.app/NypyY8Q
go.bsky.app/NypyY8Q
November 15, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Starter Pack on Colonialism, Decolonisation & Race 👇. Interdisciplinary and not limited to academics. Set it up last week so I may have missed people who joined recently - pls let me know if you'd like to be added (or removed). ..Overlapping starter packs v.welcome!
go.bsky.app/NypyY8Q
go.bsky.app/NypyY8Q
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Hey Bluesky, I am excited by all the energy coalescing on this platform. It seems like a place for strategic thinking, which we badly need.
A few initial thoughts:
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A few initial thoughts:
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November 19, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Hey Bluesky, I am excited by all the energy coalescing on this platform. It seems like a place for strategic thinking, which we badly need.
A few initial thoughts:
🧵
A few initial thoughts:
🧵