pamelawrites.bsky.social
Journalist. Editor. Author. Environmentalist. MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellow.
👤 Joined on 09 December 2024
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@pamelawrites.bsky.socialNew #WSU research shows a single exposure to a toxic fungicide during pregnancy can increase the risk of disease for 20 subsequent generations. news.wsu.edu/press-releas...
Show PostHi Richard. I was really thinking more of the 1980s. Brilliant work on health inequality & health of the unemployed. TBH, people like Martin McKee, Gerry McCartney & co , Melissa Mialon, Nelson Maani are now doing good stuff on commercial determinants of health.
Show PostHuge thanks to @markpetticrew.bsky.social @kristinakim.bsky.social @marcozenone.bsky.social @maizie333.bsky.social for partnership on a new review article: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... @lhgp.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social @socsocmed.bsky.social @adphuk.bsky.social @felly500.bsky.social
Show PostBeware the money trail & promises of femtech, experts warn. Great to be part of a recent session on commercial determinants of health where Prof Barbara Mintzes talked about how femtech builds on language from women’s liberation but misuses it for commercial purposes. www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/he...
Show PostThere are strong commercial determinants of health. They can have serious detrimental effects on population wellbeing and widen health inequalities. Such determinants are motivated and shaped by capitalist ideology and principles. It’s not partisan to state that. It’s a fact. Just saying..
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