Come learn about food additive regulation and the #GRAS loophole with me next Friday: www.afdo.org/event/unders...

Proposed laws would force miscarriage patients to collect fetal tissue, then return it in a medical waste bag. Anti-abortion groups claiming abortion pills threaten environment—with no evidence.

"Lawmakers should devote energy to strengthening our outdated wastewater laws and funding the agencies tasked with implementing them, instead of using those laws as cover for an anti-abortion agenda." - @melaniebenesh.bsky.social

Thank you @undark.org for letting me write this piece about this insane trend

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I wrote for @undark.org about abortion, wastewater, and having fetal tissue stuck in my cervix for 9 days: undark.org/2025/11/13/o...

Chat is it good when a lawyer for DOJ says this

Relax, America, There Is Life After Nonstick Pans. Great piece this morning from Chef Andrew Zimmern www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

Maybe not the most important thing right now, but it is utterly bizarre that the already very delayed Spring 2025 agenda was up for a couple hours nearly 3 weeks ago and still hasn't restored

Overflowing with love for this city

The only reason for Emil Bove to be still showing up for Trump administration photo opps (in this photo from Trump’s D.C. takeover, peeking out at top right) is that Emil Bove understands himself to be part of the Trump administration on an ongoing basis www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/u...

And yet the EPA will likely kneecap its own ability to clean up those very bases by repealing PFAS Superfund designation www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

There is no scientific or legal basis for arguing that PFOA and PFOS are not extremely hazardous substances. They are toxic at levels much lower, in some cases orders of magnitude lower, than many (most?) other CERCLA hazardous substances. This is about protecting industry profits full stop.

"Cockroaches" the exact literal term most used in Rwanda by Hutu ultranationalists against Tutsis in the lead up to when they killed hundreds of thousands of them in a matter of weeks. Also used by Begin to describe Palestinians, "drugged cockroaches in a bottle."

We are getting closer and closer to confirming @dqasci.bsky.social's estimate of 200 million Americans with PFAS in their water

Did OMB already take down the Spring 2025 Unified Agenda?

reposting with alt text bc yknow what that's a good catch

Outdated #sunscreen rules = outdated protection Americans deserve better than questionable ingredients and blocked innovation. My colleague @melaniebenesh.bsky.social explains how FDA and industry delays are leaving Americans in the sun - unprotected. #SunBurn #SkinCancer youtu.be/QTLms4ZGi0A?...

Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

Important new analysis from EWG showing how many counties lose if Congress cuts SNAP benefits www.ewg.org/news-insight...

Happy pub day Mariah!! Congrats on getting this important book out into the world!

"do you have food safety tips" yes as a matter of fact I do I think the people should elect representatives who appoint experts to keep food safe theres a tip for you

Please highlight this story. ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago. kfor.com/news/local/w...

Speaking to NPR in his first media interview since his detention, lawful permanent U.S. resident Mohsen Mahdawi finds peace in meditation and hopes "America will fulfill its promise."

BREAKING: The #EPA announced plans to tackle #PFAS contamination. But instead of stronger action, it’s delaying drinking water protections and letting some polluters off the hook. From @melaniebenesh.bsky.social www.ewg.org/news-insight...

Again, birds have a lot to teach us. #birds

“People regardless of party are right to demand healthier #food,” said Scott Faber (@faberfamilyfarm.bsky.social). Faber sees the move toward removing #fooddyes as mostly talk. “An agreement requires two parties. This is more like a marriage proposal that has not been accepted.” wapo.st/42KUPJA

related, as I pointed out in @ballsandstrikes.org, that's just not how due process works "people shouldn't get due process if they broke the law" ok but it's *through* due process that a judge determines whether anyone actually broke the law so where are we now ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...

This is obscene

If you wanted to make Americans less healthy, this is how you'd do it

*underscores threat to legal profession's independence* One of the things that jumped out at me was Trump isn't *just trying to neutralize legal resistance He's *also conscripting law firms to implement his priorities, using private attorneys as fascist tools ballsandstrikes.org/fedsoc-twelv...

"the odds are that the second Trump term will bring us more cancer, more asthma, heart disease, more low-birthweight babies, more Parkinson’s, more liver and kidney damage, more greenhouse gases, more fetal cardiac defects, & fewer breakthroughs in cancer research." www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/o...

Robert F. Kennedy can remove all the seed oils from all the food in America. It’s not going to make up for dismantling Mercury Air Toxics standards, undoing car and truck pollution restrictions, rolling back chemical safety regulations, and otherwise covering the country in fossil fuel pollution

Nebraska!

congratulations to john roberts who is as responsible for the current state of affairs as any single person in the country

This EPA announcement is functionally granting the chemical industry wishlist for changing chemical safety assessments

People laughed a few days ago when @jamellebouie.net said we might not have flu shots next year, but:

Andrew Tate being allowed to come to the U.S. and avoid facing trial for sex trafficking in Romania is beyond stomach-churning. This man is a HUGE influencer and uses his platform/following to further abuse women who have accused him. Now he won’t face justice, reaffirming his lies to his followers

Trump EPA puts former DuPont, ACC lobbyist in charge of new chemicals. Industry has been griping for years bc the law now requires affirmative safety determinations before approval, which means EPA is asking for more data. Expect faster approvals with less data www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/c...

I reckon the world is in far greater need of a big splashy piece on a mutual aid group like South Philly Punks With Lunch or a union organizer like David-Desyreé Sherwood than yet another evil tech villain or far-right natalist freakshow

FANTASTIC NEWS! France leads the way banning toxic PFAS forever chemicals from cosmetics, cookware and clothing! Vive la revolution!!!

New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

From hair relaxers and facial cleansers to blush and sunscreen, personal care and beauty products marketed to Black women continue to contain hazardous chemicals that increase the risk of developing certain types of cancer. www.instagram.com/p/DGQ0llOzoDM/

Absolutely this. I’ve been reporting on ASMR for over a decade now. It’s a relaxation tool that is supposed to produce sensations associated with being calm and happy, even lulling people to sleep. The White House invoking it alongside immigrants being shackled w/o due process is social manipulation

I’ve spent the last 8 years working on a book about forever chemicals, or #PFAS, and the chemical industry’s decades-long campaign to cover up their dangers. What I discovered along the way is deeply disturbing, and yet the journey has left me hopeful. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/554198...

The mass layoffs at #FDA gut critical food oversight. Infant formula safety, foodborne illness investigations, chemical oversight—these programs are now at risk. RFK Jr.’s plans to dismantle FDA’s food safety division raise concerns about the future of #FoodSafety. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...