Media
In addition to my research, I strive to make environmental health findings more accessible and actionable for communities and the public through media and outreach.
Webinars
Oil and Gas Development and Pediatric Cancers: The Latest Evidence. Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units
Testifying Before Congress. International Society of Environmental Epidemiology North America Chapter.
Podcasts
Exposure Episode 7 – Tracking Toxicity: Fracking’s Impact with Dr. Nicole Deziel
Why Should I Trust You? A New Way to Do Public Health? A Yale Researcher & A MAHA Organizer Team Up For East Palestine, Ohio
Exposure Episode 10 - Fracking and Children's Health with Dr. Nicole Deziel
Selected Media
2025
August 19 – What happens if you drink from a plastic water bottle left in a hot car – Washington Post
July 30 – Odd bedfellows: Moving with MAHA from conversation to collaboration – Your Local Epidemiologist (with Katelyn Jetelina, Megan Ranney, Elizabeth Frost, Brinda Adhikari)
July 29 – I Left a Plastic Water Bottle in a Hot Car. Is It Safe to Drink? – New York Times
July 24 – Children living near oil and gas wells face higher risk of rare leukemia, studies show – The Conversation (by Lisa McKenzie and Nicole Deziel)
April 24 – Are you disinfecting the right surfaces? We asked experts – Today.com
April 18 – Air, light pollution increase risk of thyroid cancer in children – US News & World Report
February 15 – What are PFAS, and why are they being banned from clothing? – Good Housekeeping
February 11 – Cancer survivor shares kitchen items she’ll never use again – expert explains – Newsweek
January 13 –Yes, fluoride in your drinking water is a good thing – SELF
2024
November 22 – How the lack of water fluoridation could impact communities across the US – Yale Daily News
November 10 – ‘Dying of thirst’ as climate-driven floods mix with oil – BBC
September 18 – After two rejections, proposal to expand natural gas drilling near Arlington day care returns – The Arlington Report
August 31 – What is fracking and why is it a big deal in the Harris-Trump battle? – The Hill
August 8 – How Climate Change Can Make Pesticides Even Deadlier – Mother Jones
June 13 – Rare cancers, full-body rashes, death: did fracking make their kids sick? – The Guardian
June 4 – Massive Potential Lithium Source Found in Pennsylvania – Chemical & Engineering News
April 30 – EPA implements toughest restrictions yet on use of highly toxic chemical in paint stripper – CNN
April 12 – Does Fracking Cause Cancer? – Cancer Therapy Advisor
March 6 –Q&A: The critical need to address chemical contamination in drinking water – Phys.org
2023
October 24 – PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Linked to Higher Thyroid Cancer Risk, Study Finds – Medical News Today
October 16 – Does your CT Drinking Water Have Harmful Forever Chemicals? In This State, It Depends on Where You Live – Hartford Courant
September 25 – PFAS and Phenols Linked to Different Cancers in Women of Different Races – CT Public Radio
August 21 – Cancer-causing Chemicals May Have Caused 9 Cases of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in Military Members – MDLinx
August 11 – Yale Researchers Seek Participants for Study of 1,4-Dioxane in Long Island Drinking Water – Riverhead Local
July 20 – Study Finds Radioactive Materials in Waterways Near Treatment Plants Associated with Fracking Waste – The Allegany Front
2022
October 20 – Frequent Use of Chemical Hair Straighteners May Increase Risk of Uterine Cancer- Here’s What You Need to Know – SHAPE
October 19 – Hair-Straightening Chemicals Linked with Higher Risk for Uterine Cancer – HuffPost
August 17 – Children born near fracking wells more at risk for leukemia – study – The Guardian
August 17 – Children living near Pa. fracking sites are at increased risk of leukemia, study finds – NPR
August 17 – Children who live near fracking sites at birth face increased risk of leukemia - study – The Hill
April 27 – These Easy-To-Clean Water Bottles Can Help You Meet Your Hydration Goals – BuzzFeed News
2021
October 15 – Fact check: Plastic water bottles left in hot cars don't release dioxins, do leach other chemicals – USA Today
2020
January 13 – Shale drilling activity linked to increased sexually transmitted infections in Texas – Yale School of Public Health