Scientist; loves dogs; works on chemicals safety and environmental health. Can't manage what's not measured. Bioquimica & Ph.D. (UNL FBCB-ARG alumna)
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Maricel Maffini 🌻 (@mvmaffini.bsky.social) retweeted
FDA’s new program to assess the safety of chemicals already on the market is a step forward, but it leaves vital questions unanswered and fails to adequately address cancer-causing chemicals and other risks. Full statement from Dr. Maria Doa: bit.ly/4nL4een
ALT "All Americans deserve to know their food is safe. This new program is an important step forward, incorporating changes that we have been urging for years. At the same time, the program leaves several questions unanswered that are critical to delivering safer food. It fails to fully ban cancer-linked chemicals and address cumulative effects, leaving pathways open for harmful substances to still end up in Americans’ food.” Maria Doa, PhD. Senior Director, Chemicals Policy, Environmental Defense Fund
Maricel Maffini 🌻 (@mvmaffini.bsky.social) retweeted
“There’s nothing gold-standard about tearing down the science-based protections that help keep our drinking water safe. #PFAS are highly toxic, even at very low levels,” said Maria Doa of @EnvDefenseFund.
thenewlede.org/2026/05/epa-p…
Fascinating article by @juliaoftoronto The Great Ozempic Experiment. It's worth your time.
Gift article below
nytimes.com/interactive/2026…
Report finds over 100 food chemicals companies declared safe without notifying FDA. 49 of them are already in more that 3000 foods. #GRAS .thenewlede.org/2026/03/repor…
Maricel Maffini 🌻 (@mvmaffini.bsky.social) retweeted
"The love of our dogs and cats is the closest most of us will come to knowing the direct love of God on this side of eternity." ~@ANNELAMOTT
Maricel Maffini 🌻 (@mvmaffini.bsky.social) retweeted
EDF was at the U.S. court of appeals last week with @earthjustice urging the FDA to stop allowing toxic #phthalates in our food. These chemicals are linked to infertility, preterm birth & harms to kids’ development. The evidence has been there for years. It's time for FDA to act!
Love this article!
Do Cows Use Tools? This One Does. nytimes.com/2026/01/19/scien…
In May 2022 FDA filed a petition by NGOs to ban and restrict certain uses of #BPA based on the latest EFSA risk assessment. Jan 20th marks the first year of the EU ban on most uses of BPA. FDA has yet to take substative action. blogs.edf.org/health/2026/01…
What we eat is making us obese and sick — but science shows solutions are within reach nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
Invisible Ingredients provides the most comprehensive global assessment to date of how four major chemical groups—phthalates, bisphenols, pesticides, and PFAS—affect human health, ecosystems, and economic stability through the global food system. systemiq.earth/reports/invis…
This is devastating wapo.st/44j24tX
Phthalates are the quintessential example of failure to protect the public from exposure to toxic chemicals. No matter how high the mountain of evidence is, it's never enough for the regulators to act. wapo.st/4otSko4
Scientists criticize food manufacturers for massive profits from sales of unhealthy ultraprocessed food cnn.com/2025/11/18/health/ul…
Maricel Maffini 🌻 (@mvmaffini.bsky.social) retweeted
@EPA regulations are the most beneficial of any federal agency.
OMB shows that annual benefits to the American public ranged from $194 billion to $687 billion per year; far greater than the costs.
so we need EPA to do more, not less on toxic chemicals wich are underregulated
“While industry says ‘faster, faster’ and uses buzz words like ‘progress & innovation, it is essential that policymakers understand the repercussions of unleashing new toxic chemicals on the population.” @TraceyJWoodruff @thenewledenews thenewlede.org/2025/10/tsca-…
