The Trump EPA announced preliminary plans for a new framework to regulate toxic PFAS chemicals. Health advocates aren't having it. @thenewlede.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/04/epas...

USDA is withdrawing a proposed rule meant to reduce Salmonella in poultry, saying it would have imposed financial and operational burdens. Public health advocates had called the framework a "positive groundbreaking shift." @thenewlede.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/04/usda...

The FDA today moved to ban petroleum-based food dyes @thenewlede.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/04/fda-...

And other interesting data from the Office of Revenue Analysis: www.popville.com/2025/02/fede...

As EPA head Zeldin threatens to claw back $20 billion in climate funds, House Republicans scrutinized Biden's spending in a hearing Democrats called "out of touch." @thenewlede.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/02/hous...

California and other states are moving to lock in PFAS protections as concerns grow about the future of federal PFAS rules @thenewlede.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/02/stat...

In some rare positive news out of DC, a bald eagle stopped by my window this morning 🦅

The US EPA issued a ban this week on TCE and PCE, dry cleaning chemicals that infamously contaminated Camp Lejeune's drinking water for decades. www.thenewlede.org/2024/12/us-e...

You can't put Red Dye 3 on your face, but you can eat it in your food... @fda.gov banned the additive in makeup in 1990, but it's still in candies and thousands of other foods (in the US, at least). In the Biden admin's last days, advocates are pushing for a ban. www.thenewlede.org/2024/12/spot...