Phil Brown

About

Phil Brown is a Professor and the Director of the Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute at Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University. He holds the title of University Distinguished Professor and is involved in public health and health sciences. His research focuses on social science aspects of environmental health, contributing to understanding the intersection of social factors and environmental health issues. As a faculty member, he is engaged in academic leadership and research within the Department of Public Health and Health Sciences.

Research topics

• Political Science
• Law
• Sociology
• Ecology
• Engineering ethics
• History
• Environmental science
• Engineering
• Archaeology
• Library science

Selected publications

• The True Cost of PFAS and the Benefits of Acting Now

  Environmental Science & Technology · 2021 · 147 citations

  ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVViewpointNEXTADDITION / CORRECTIONThis article has been corrected. View the notice.The True Cost of PFAS and the Benefits of Acting NowAlissa Cordner*Alissa CordnerDepartment of Sociology, Whitman College; Walla Walla, Washington 99362, United States*Email: [email protected]More by Alissa Cordnerhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5223-2848, Gretta GoldenmanGretta GoldenmanFounder, Milieu Consulting; Brussels 1060, BelgiumMore by Gretta Goldenman, Linda S. BirnbaumLinda…

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• Presumptive Contamination: A New Approach to PFAS Contamination Based on Likely Sources

  Environmental Science & Technology Letters · 2022 · 143 citations

  around three types of facilities: (1) fluorinated aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) discharge sites, (2) certain industrial facilities, and (3) sites related to PFAS-containing waste. While data are incomplete on all three types of presumptive PFAS contamination sites, we integrate available geocoded, nationwide data sets into a single map of presumptive contamination sites in the United States, identifying 57,412 sites of presumptive PFAS contamination: 49,145 industrial facilities, 4,255 wastew…

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• PFAS Contamination in Europe: Generating Knowledge and Mapping Known and Likely Contamination with “Expert-Reviewed” Journalism

  Environmental Science & Technology · 2024-04-03 · 66 citations

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  While the extent of environmental contamination by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) has mobilized considerable efforts around the globe in recent years, publicly available data on PFAS in Europe were very limited. In an unprecedented experiment of "expert-reviewed journalism" involving 29 journalists and seven scientific advisers, a cross-border collaborative project, the "Forever Pollution Project" (FPP), drew on both scientific methods and investigative journalism techniques such as…

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• Quantifying Disparities in Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Levels in Drinking Water from Overburdened Communities in New Jersey, 2019–2021

  Environmental Health Perspectives · 2024-04-01 · 23 citations

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  BACKGROUND: Policymakers have become increasingly concerned regarding the widespread exposure and toxicity of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). While concerns exist about unequal distribution of PFAS contamination in drinking water, research is lacking. OBJECTIVES: We assess the scope of PFAS contamination in drinking water in New Jersey (NJ), the first US state to develop regulatory levels for PFAS in drinking water. We test for inequities in PFAS concentrations by community sociodemo…

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• Pathways for diversifying and enhancing science advocacy

  Science Advances · 2023 · 13 citations

  Science is under attack and scientists are becoming more involved in efforts to defend it. The rise in science advocacy raises important questions regarding how science mobilization can both defend science and promote its use for the public good while also including the communities that benefit from science. This article begins with a discussion of the relevance of science advocacy. It then reviews research pointing to how scientists can sustain, diversify, and increase the political impact of t…

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Recent grants

• NIH Grant R01ES017514

  NIH · $2.8M · 2016

• New Directions in Environmental Ethics: Interdisciplinary and Public Engagement with Emerging Contaminants and Technologies

  NSF · $558k · 2012–2016

• NIH Grant R01ES021726

  NIH · $1.8M · 2018

Frequent coauthors

• Rachel Morello‐Frosch

  Berkeley Public Health Division

  74 shared

• Julia Green Brody

  Silent Spring Institute

  57 shared

• Laura Senier

  Northeastern University

  56 shared

• Alissa Cordner

  Whitman College

  48 shared

• Ruthann A. Rudel

  Silent Spring Institute

  37 shared

• Nicholas Shapiro

  University of California, Los Angeles

  35 shared

• Rebecca Gasior Altman

  33 shared

• Jennifer Liss Ohayon

  Silent Spring Institute

  30 shared

Labs

• The Arnold S. Goldstein Simulation Laboratory SuitePI

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