Sharon Kanfoush
@skanfoush.bsky.social
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Climate, Earth & Ocean Science, Environmental Health & Justice, Distinguished Professor. And Director of the Institute for the Study of Integrative Healthcare at Utica University. Owner of Sharon Kanfoush Wellness, LLC.
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The rumors are true: The proposed SAVE Act, now considered a priority for Republicans in the House, will make it harder, if not practically impossible, for millions of women to vote.
The Christian Nationalist Plot to Disenfranchise Women Voters
The SAVE Act, which purports to fend off the phantasmal threat of voter fraud, would throw millions of women off the voting rolls.
newrepublic.com
A large EPA online GIS/data portal that I used for research disappeared last night. I knew it was coming, but it’s still shocking, infuriating & terrifying to actually see. Saw it last night but was too rattled to function then. People need to be MUCH more scared & angry about what is happening…
What is actually being done??
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Huge anti Trump protests in Los Angeles today. ❤
JESUS. 😞💔
Elon Musk goes masks off and does a Nazi salute.
ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING.
What a despicable subhuman. I cannot believe people actually voted for this garbage to lead our nation. Really pathetic.
My sincere apologies to Canada, Greenland, and Panama. I did not vote for this nightmare of a man-baby, but I nonetheless apologize for my country’s profound failure. 😞
You’re not wrong. But his rhetoric is nonetheless a threat to important allies, reckless, unhinged, and an embarrassment.
My wonderful dad, Edward Kanfoush, passed away today at 83 in Hospice at their home in Florida after battling cancer. He was surrounded by his loving wife of 59 years, Diane, and me & my brother. Hard stuff, for sure, but we are blessed with SO many wonderful memories. 💛 #family
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Fluoridated water
1)Reduces tooth decay by ~25% in kids and adults.
2) For every $1 spent, communities save up to $38 in dental costs.
3) Benefits everyone, regardless of income or access to dental care.
4) Over 75 years of research shows it’s effective and harmless.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Florida health official advises communities to stop adding fluoride to drinking water
Florida's surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, cited developmental concerns from higher levels of fluoride than are found in most U.S. water supplies.
www.npr.org
Some comfort food today: homemade split pea. 🥣
I’m dreading interacting with the people I know - personally and at work - who voted for hatred, misogyny, and bigotry.
We discussed this topic in my GeoSeminar course this semester. The students were disturbed by the pervasiveness of micro- and nanoplastics in the environment, but even more so by their pervasiveness within various tissues of the human body. #environment
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Plastic pollution is changing entire Earth system, scientists find
Pollution is affecting the climate, biodiversity, ecosystems, ocean acidification and human health, according to analysis
www.theguardian.com