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Environmental reporter at ProPublica. Brooklynite. Fan of nature, facts, pie
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NEW An EPA report found that PFNA, a chemical in the drinking water of some 26M people, interferes with development and likely causes liver problems & male reproductive harms. The report was done in April, scientists told me. But the agency hasn't released it
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
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Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.
Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-pfna-forever-chemical-report
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"Witnesses and school employees said they thought the school was under attack and scrambled into rooms and vehicles outside in search of safety." One mother who walked in right after described "a room of crying kids, crying parents and crying teachers"
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Armed ICE officers chase teacher into preschool in Chicago
The arrest appears to be one of the first in which immigration officers entered school grounds as part of an enforcement operation during Trump’s second administration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/11/05/chicago-preschool-ice-arrest/
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McKenzie Funk
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War ravaged” Portland?
@robwdavis.bsky.social
, Steve Suo, and Joanna Shan watched hundreds and hundreds of videos to find out. (And the federal government, apparently, did not.)
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watch. The gov doesn't track how often citizens were detained by immigration agents, so ProPublica did. 😞
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The changes would fall disproportionately on some of Trump’s most loyal supporters in red states who have, for decades, toiled in physically grueling jobs, including coal mining, logging, and factory and construction work
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Red State Workers Could Lose Out on Disability Benefits as Trump Administration Rewrites Eligibility Rules
Planned changes to Social Security’s disability program could leave hundreds of thousands of older blue-collar workers ineligible for aid. These changes would fall disproportionately on some of Presid...
https://www.propublica.org/article/social-security-disability-eligibility-trump-red-states?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=feature
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Marisa Kabas
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I just sent this email to Matt Mercer, NC GOP Comms Director:
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More than 5 million people face an increased cancer risk because they live near a type of industrial plant that would have been subject to rules put forward by the Biden. The Trump administration is rolling them back By the inimitable
@lisalsong.bsky.social
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Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-air-pollution-pittsburgh-clairton-coke-works
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Bananas. A tragic story by
@ericumansky.bsky.social
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Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage
A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...
https://www.propublica.org/article/veterans-affairs-male-breast-cancer-coverage-trump-executive-order
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Apparently, the Canadian gov apparently knew for years about dangers levels of PFAS in the water — and didn't tell anyone
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Feds 'covered up' toxic forever chemicals in the water of this Ontario city for 5 years - Investigative Journalism Bureau
The federal government concealed toxic water contamination in North Bay, Ont., for almost five years before warning residents of a dangerous chemical spill from the city’s airport and a nearby militar...
https://ijb.utoronto.ca/news/feds-covered-up-toxic-forever-chemicals-in-the-water-in-this-ontario-city-for-5-years/
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Disturbing new paper shows an association between PFAS (at pretty low levels) and children's brain development
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Prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances predicts multimodal brain structural and functional outcomes in children aged 5 years: a birth cohort study
We show an association between prenatal PFAS exposure and brain developmental outcomes in children. These findings are pertinent given the ubiquitous circulation of PFAS in humans and the extreme envi...
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(25)00187-1/fulltext
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vaccines prevent disease and death. MAHA activists are trying to reverse vaccine requirements in the name of "health freedom"
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Idaho Banned Vaccine Mandates. MAHA Activists Want to Make It a Model for the Country.
YouTube video by ProPublica
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l4tROIO9zE
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Close Friend of JD Vance Skirts Normal Channels to Take Over NIH Environmental Health Institute - Inside Climate News
Despite a federal hiring freeze, the Trump administration just appointed a scientist who calls Vance one of his “closest friends” to head the nation’s key environmental health research arm.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21102025/jd-vance-friend-kyle-walsh-takes-over-nih-environmental-health/
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ProPublica
17 days ago
EPA scientists linked PFNA with developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but it has yet to be released by the Trump administration. By
@fastlerner.bsky.social
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Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.
Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-pfna-forever-chemical-report?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1761150362&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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ProPublica
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The ranking member of a key House subcommittee is demanding answers from the EPA about why it hasn’t released a report quantifying the harm of PFNA, a forever chemical found in the water of millions of Americans. By
@fastlerner.bsky.social
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House Rep Demands Answers About Delayed EPA Report on PFNA, a Toxic Forever Chemical
In a letter to EPA Chief Lee Zeldin, Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, cited a recent ProPublica story that quoted government scientists saying a yet-to-be-released report on the toxicity of PFNA was rea...
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-pfna-report-chellie-pingree-letter?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1760900411&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Morgan Polikoff
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USC joins the others in turning down the Compact:
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Update from Interim President Kim
October 16, 2025 Dear Trojan Family, Earlier today, I sent this letter to the U.S. Department of Education regarding the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education. I appreciate the various p...
https://www.president.usc.edu/2025/10/16/update-from-interim-president-kim/
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Pingree referred to the delay in publishing the report as part of “a growing pattern of interference with the Agency’s scientific work”
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House Rep Demands Answers About Delayed EPA Report on PFNA, a Toxic Forever Chemical
In a letter to EPA Chief Lee Zeldin, Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, cited a recent ProPublica story that quoted government scientists saying a yet-to-be-released report on the toxicity of PFNA was rea...
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-pfna-report-chellie-pingree-letter
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ProPublica
22 days ago
NEW: In a letter to EPA Chief Lee Zeldin, Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, cited a recent ProPublica story that quoted government scientists saying a yet-to-be-released report on the toxicity of PFNA was ready to publish in April. By
@fastlerner.bsky.social
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House Rep Demands Answers About Delayed EPA Report on PFNA, a Toxic Forever Chemical
In a letter to EPA Chief Lee Zeldin, Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, cited a recent ProPublica story that quoted government scientists saying a yet-to-be-released report on the toxicity of PFNA was rea...
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-pfna-report-chellie-pingree-letter?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky&utm_content=10-17
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If you're not upset enough after reading this story...
www.propublica.org/article/russ...
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Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
https://www.propublica.org/article/russ-vought-trump-shadow-president-omb
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Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will
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Brown University president declines invitation for Brown to join federal Compact
In a letter to the White House, President Christina H. Paxson wrote that Compact provisions restricting academic freedom and undermining autonomy would impede the University’s ability to fulfill its m...
https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-10-15/brown-response-federal-compact?link_id=0&can_id=276e8d2f75d5bef7da44e9e38cad667c&source=email-we-won-brown-rejected-the-compact&email_referrer=email_2934925&email_subject=we-won-brown-rejected-the-compact&&
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Kyle Griffin
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BREAKING: A federal judge just temporarily blocked the Trump admin's plans to lay off thousands of federal workers during the government shutdown — siding with unions, which have argued that the dismissals were illegal.
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paris martineau
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my latest investigation for
@consumerreports.org
is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
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Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
https://www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein-powders-and-shakes-contain-high-levels-of-lead-a4206364640/
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NHANES! The source of so much critical health info!
www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...
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CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off
NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/cdc-behind-top-nutrition-survey-nhanes-laid-off/
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ProPublica
26 days ago
An EPA report found that the forever chemical PFNA interferes with human development and likely causes damage to the liver and male reproductive systems. The agency has sat on the report for months. “Scientifically, it was done,” said one scientist. By
@fastlerner.bsky.social
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Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.
Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-pfna-forever-chemical-report?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1760313611&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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ProPublica
28 days ago
The forever chemical PFNA is so hazardous that the EPA struck an agreement with 8 companies to phase it out nearly two decades ago. Now an EPA report on its harms sits in limbo, and the Trump administration won’t say when it will be released. By
@fastlerner.bsky.social
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Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.
Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-pfna-forever-chemical-report?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1760142300&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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José Sepúlveda
29 days ago
My latest video for
@propublica.org
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Alexander C. Kaufman
29 days ago
Losing the biggest solar project, but gaining the biggest offshore wind farm wasn’t in my Trump 2.0 bingo cards six months ago but here we are
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A Community Burdened by Chemical Waste Is Demanding Cancer Data. Texas Health Officials Won’t Give It to Them. - Public Health Watch
Last year, state epidemiologists studied an industrialized region east of Houston. They reported finding high rates of cancer, but refused to release key geographic details — a decision some experts s...
https://publichealthwatch.org/2025/10/09/texas-houston-chemical-waste-cancer/
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This story is about the report that hasn't been published - but it's also about IRIS, the part of EPA that wrote it and has been assessing the toxicity of chemicals for decades. Of 55 scientists who worked on recent IRIS report, only 8 remain in their posts.
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
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Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.
Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-pfna-forever-chemical-report
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Melody Joy Kramer
about 1 month ago
A nice write up in
@usa.streetsblog.org
!
usa.streetsblog.org/2025/10/08/t...
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This Newsroom Is Looking For Its Next Big Tip on the Train — Streetsblog USA
Investigative journalists at ProPublica are betting that the next big tipster is riding the rails right now — and reaching out to find them.
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2025/10/08/this-newsroom-is-looking-for-its-next-big-tip-on-the-train
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Lisa Song
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"PFNA is so hazardous that the EPA struck an agreement with eight companies to phase it out nearly two decades ago." And yet, the report is stuck in limbo, still not released to the public.
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NEW An EPA report found that PFNA, a chemical in the drinking water of some 26M people, interferes with development and likely causes liver problems & male reproductive harms. The report was done in April, scientists told me. But the agency hasn't released it
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
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Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.
Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-pfna-forever-chemical-report
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jael holzman
29 days ago
SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
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Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says
It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.
https://heatmap.news/sparks/esmeralda-7-canceled-nevada-solar
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“Environmental regulations are, in my view, largely terrible,” said Musk
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Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project
Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-boring-company-violations-fines-vegas-loop
29 days ago
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ProPublica
30 days ago
NEW: 19-year-old Jorge Ruiz, a Mexican immigrant in Alabama on an H-2B visa, was convicted of murder after a fatal car crash. He was initially sentenced to the maximum possible punishment, longer than what prosecutors had requested: 99 years.
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How a Fatal Car Crash Tested Alabama’s Justice System
A 19-year-old was arrested and charged with reckless murder after a fatal car crash in Alabama. His lawyers have come to believe that one factor changed the course of the case, starting in the first moments after the crash.
https://www.propublica.org/article/jorge-ruiz-alabama-murder-sentence-immigration?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky
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ProPublica
30 days ago
NEW: PFNA can be found in drinking water systems that serve about 26 million people. The EPA’s toxicity report on the forever chemical has sat in limbo for months, raising concerns that the Trump administration might change it or not release it at all.
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Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.
The report was completed in mid-April, scientists familiar with the document told ProPublica, but the Trump administration has yet to release it.
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-pfna-forever-chemical-report?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky
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ProPublica
about 1 month ago
Texas AG Ken Paxton hired a former staffer to work on a recent case. As a state employee, her labor would have cost taxpayers $641. As a private attorney, Paxton allowed her to bill $3,780 an hour, so that day of work cost taxpayers $24,570. (Published July with
@texastribune.org
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Outsourcing More of His Office’s Work to Costly Private Lawyers
Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas. One attorney cost...
https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-private-lawyers-texas-cases?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1759974000&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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ProPublica
about 1 month ago
NEW: Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek told state agencies to take “any and all steps necessary” to expedite solar and wind permits before federal green energy tax credits expire next year. The order prioritizes high-priority projects to begin by July 2026. With
@opb.org
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Oregon Fast-Tracks Renewable Energy Projects as Trump Bill Ends Tax Incentives
Gov. Tina Kotek ordered the move, which follows reporting by Oregon Public Broadcasting and ProPublica that highlighted impediments green energy advocates blame for the state’s poor ranking when it co...
https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-renewable-energy-trump-tax-credits?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky
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NEW An EPA report found that PFNA, a chemical in the drinking water of some 26M people, interferes with development and likely causes liver problems & male reproductive harms. The report was done in April, scientists told me. But the agency hasn't released it
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
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Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.
Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-pfna-forever-chemical-report
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Sam Nelson
about 1 month ago
Support the workers in
@propublicaguild.org
who do this great work:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
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Extreme Temperatures Around the World
about 1 month ago
Ten weather stations across China broke their highest records for late September today, and Quzhou, Zhejiang reached 37.5C. Further records are expected to be broken in Hebei on September 30, in Northeast China on October 1, and in Fujian and Zhejiang on October 4!
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️🌈
about 1 month ago
At last: media coverage of the new research on microplastics and osteoporosis—
www.wired.com/story/microp...
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Microplastics Could Be Weakening Your Bones, Research Suggests
The review of more than 60 scientific articles showed that microplastics, among other effects, can stimulate the formation of osteoclasts, cells specialized in degrading bone tissue.
https://www.wired.com/story/microplastics-could-be-weakening-your-bones-research-suggests-osteoporosis/
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Justin Elliott
about 1 month ago
New: Kristi Noem fast-tracked millions in disaster aid to Naples, Florida tourist attraction after campaign donor intervened
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
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Kristi Noem Fast-Tracked Millions in Disaster Aid to Florida Tourist Attraction After Campaign Donor Intervened
The DHS chief has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMA’s response after natural disasters. Texts and emails obtained by ProPublica point to an effective way to get help faster: have one of Noe...
https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-fema-florida-naples-sinan-gursoy
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Trump repeatedly expressed his concern about autism yesterday when he told pregnant women not to take Tylenol. The research on Tylenol is mixed, some studies show an association, some don't. It's worth noting how his administration has undermined autism science
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RFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That.
While touting a $50 million initiative to identify the causes of autism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is helping lead an administration that is rolling back protections against pollution and toxic chemicals,...
https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-autism-environment-research-funding
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Sec Kennedy says NIH will be investigating whether vaccines cause autism. Over decades, several large-scale studies have already explored this question and found that they do not.
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Live News
https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/
about 2 months ago
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As we wait for today's announcement about autism, Erin McCanlies tells us how RFK, Jr. brought an end to her research on the environmental causes of autism
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Spd...
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She Was Trying to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. RFK Jr. Shut Down Her Research.
YouTube video by ProPublica
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Spd4u1_iBo
about 2 months ago
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@propublicaguild.org
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actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
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about 2 months ago
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ProPublica
about 2 months ago
For chemist Kris Hansen, 3M was a family affair; her father was a creator of the company’s N95 face masks. Yet, after she found 3M’s forever chemicals in human blood, the company repeatedly doubted her work and stopped her research on the chemicals. (Published May 2024) By
@fastlerner.bsky.social
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Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...
https://www.propublica.org/article/3m-forever-chemicals-pfas-pfos-inside-story?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1758153614&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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The NewsGuild of New York
about 2 months ago
Our
@propublicaguild.org
members are taking action to fight for a fair contract - support them by signing their petition -
actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
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ProPublica
about 2 months ago
When
@fastlerner.bsky.social
reported in April that the EPA was going to stop collecting greenhouse gas emissions data from most polluters, it wouldn't admit it was eliminating the requirements. Today it announced the change, saying it's "cutting unnecessary red tape" & "unleashing American energy."
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Trump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters
Climate experts expressed shock and dismay at the move. “It would be a bit like unplugging the equipment that monitors the vital signs of a patient that is critically ill,” one said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-epa-greenhouse-gas-reporting-climate-crisis
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When I wrote, the EPA wouldn't admit it was eliminating requirements for polluters to collect and report their GHG emissions Today the agency proudly announced the change, saying it's "cutting unnecessary red tape" and "unleashing American energy"
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Trump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters
Climate experts expressed shock and dismay at the move. “It would be a bit like unplugging the equipment that monitors the vital signs of a patient that is critically ill,” one said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-epa-greenhouse-gas-reporting-climate-crisis
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