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Valerie Brown

Oregon, Willamette Valley
As seen in: Environmental Health Perspectives, Nature, Scientific American, The Indiegogo Review, JAMA (The Journal of the American Medical Association), Science Magazine, Birmingham Mail, The Legal Intelligencer, Discover Magazine, Thrive Global and
Covers:  public health, environmental health, environment, climate chang, environmental justice, music history, eutrophication, bystander effect, endocrine disruption, tsca, pcbs, salmon, radiation, microbiology, nuclear wast, reach, infectious diseases, popular music, carbon sequestration, ocean acidification, biogeochemistry, radiation health effect
Doesn't Cover: automobiles, computer science, electrical engineering, health care
science/environment writer & musician - my dream: reconcile cats and birds. Member, SEJ, NASW

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Valerie Brown’s Biography

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Freelance/independent journalist; science, environment, environmental health, climate, microbes, biogeochemistry, pretty much anything. Sub-specialty in the history of popular music. Shopping two novels & one nonfiction book proposal. Winner, 2009 SEJ explanatory journalism award. Musician (singer-songwriter). MS Journalism, University of Oregon J-School

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Hanford Nuclear Waste Cleanup Plant May Be Too Dangerous

Hanford Nuclear Waste Cleanup Plant May Be Too Dangerous

Safety issues make plans to clean up a mess left over from the construction of the U.S. nuclear arsenal uncer…

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Could Radiation Actually Be Good for Some of Us?

Could Radiation Actually Be Good for Some of Us?

A look at the problems with the standards for "safe" radiation exposure, how radiation exposure is measured, …

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Environment Becomes Heredity

Environment Becomes Heredity

Advances in the field of epigenetics show that environmental contaminants can turn genes "on" and "off," trig…

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Bacteria'R'Us

Bacteria'R'Us

Bacteria: they're everywhere, in, on and around us and every other living creature. But even our own human ce…

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Why is it So Difficult to Choose Safer Alternatives for Hazardous Chemicals?

Why is it So Difficult to Choose Safer Alternatives for Hazardous Chemicals?

For many years polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) were the flame retardants used most often to comply wit…

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Putting the Heat on Gas

Putting the Heat on Gas

Article about fracking far ahead of its time way back in 2007.

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Air conditioning is not the answer to surviving heatwaves in the Netherlands

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By Valerie Brown
| IamExpat.nl
Jul 29, 2026 In late June, we knew the drill: curtains closed by 9am, errands done early, and ice cream in the freezer. During the heatwave earlier this summer, the Netherlands recorded its warmest night in history, with city temperatures never dropping below the mid-twenties. The NS ran fewer trains while fans and paddling pools vanished from Hema shelves.
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What Do Buddhists Think of Fort Worth’s “Walk for Peace” Monks?

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By Josh Korda, Valerie Brown, Jack Kornfield
| Tricycle Buddhist Magazine Verified
On October 26, 2025, a group of nineteen monks from the Vietnamese Theravada Buddhist tradition, affiliated with the Huong Dao Vipassana Bhavana Center, began a historic pilgrimage from the temple’s center in Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., in an effort to promote peace, compassion, and nonviolence.
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Supreme Court Rejects Heightened Evidentiary Requirement for Majority Groups in Title VII Cases | JD Supra

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By Jack Blum, Valerie Brown, Earl Gilbert
| JD Supra
What You Need to Know: Equal Protection Under Title VII: On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Title VII’s protections apply equally to all individuals, regardless of whether they are in a majority or minority group, reinforcing a plain-language interpretation of the statute.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Freelance, first article was for Eugene Weekly about wetland mitigation in Eugene's industrial district

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes.

How is social media changing news?

Lightning fast reaction to stories. Wholesale theft of intellectual property.

Awards

Society of Environmental Journalists Award

2009 - Outstanding Explanatory
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