🧵 After Hurricane Helene made landfall in Georgia in 2024, a BioLab chemical warehouse in Conyers caught on fire, sending toxic smoke through neighboring towns. Teresa Ervin-Springs was living nine miles away at the time of the explosion. themargin.us/features/bre...

Inside Michigan's most polluted zipcode, burdened by trucking and industry, residents are asking for the gov't to look at the cumulative impact of pollution before approving new permits or renewing old ones Everyone deserves to breathe safely. abcnews.go.com/US/video/res...

The truth about Paraquat is here... Our new report, released jointly with Coming Clean and Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, "Designed to Kill: Who Profits from Paraquat?" uncovers the hidden costs of this deadly pesticide. See the storymap and read the report here: pesticidestorymap.com/

Mounting evidence links the pesticide paraquat to Parkinson’s disease, and records show Syngenta knew for decades. Now the company faces thousands of lawsuits. Watch our full video breaking down the fight over paraquat: www.thenewlede.org/2025/11/para...

Paraquat imports rises, even as countries ban the herbicide. Evidence links exposure to #Parkinsons and other health harms. The supply chain drives pollution while profits flow mostly to foreign owners. The report recommends bans and transition support. #PublicHealth #EnvironmentalJustice #Paraquat

Did you know that more than 1 billion pounds of pesticides are used in the US every year? And they don't just disappear. They pollute the air, water, and soil long after they're applied. Tell the EPA to ban #pesticides that other countries already consider too dangerous to use ➡️ bit.ly/4otOUCz

A new report and accompanying interactive #storymap unpacks the supply chain of #paraquat and underscores the true #costs of #pesticide products, from #manufacturing to use in the fields. Part of the Pesticide Mapping Project! @pesticideaction.bsky.social #ComingClean ➡️ Blog: ow.ly/gXMw50XnR0M

Activists are suing Trump over a proclamation that gives 50 chemical manufacturing facilities, mostly in Texas and Louisiana, a 2-year exemption from limits on cancer-causing pollutants insideclimatenews.org/news/2210202...

The Senate is set to confirm industry lobbyist Douglas Troutman to lead EPA’s chemical safety office. His appointment would mean that all four top toxics offices at EPA are now occupied by former chemical lobbyists, alarming advocates over public, consumer, and worker health protections.

BREAKING NEWS: Community, Health, and Environmental Groups Sue to Stop President Trump’s Unlawful Toxic Air Pollution Exemptions Learn more: environmentalintegrity.org/news/groups-...

The HON rule controls dangerous air pollutants and can reduce pollution-related cancer risks around these facilities by approximately 96%. Trump’s effort to exempt this rule for 50 of the country’s most toxic chemical manufacturing plants is unlawful and puts us all in danger.

Imports of the toxic pesticide paraquat have risen steadily since 2008, according to a new report from @pesticideaction.bsky.social, @stoptoxics.bsky.social, and Alianza Nacional de Campesinas. www.thenewlede.org/2025/10/para...

"Giant, foreign-owned companies are the ones profiting from weak US pesticide regulations,” said Deidre Nelms, spokeswoman for Coming Clean and author of Tuesday’s report. Farming without pesticides is the only viable way to protect the health of the people who grow and harvest our food.”

NEW report & interactive storymap Designed to Kill: Who Profits from Paraquat? traces the supply chain of a toxic weedkiller from fossil fuels to U.S. farms. The U.S. imports virtually all its paraquat from China & the UK, where it is banned. storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9b20...

Consumers in New Mexico and beyond may soon see a new warning label put on everything from nonstick pans and furniture to cosmetics and baby clothes that contain intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). cen.acs.org/policy/New-M... #chemsky 🧪

Trump and RFK Jr. promised to protect kids and communities from toxic pollution, but instead they're giving polluters a free pass to emit more pollution that causes cancer, asthma and other serious health problems.

🌾🚜Today is #GlobalFertilizerDay, but the truth is: Chemical fertilisers poison our food, pollute water & air, and tie food prices to fossil fuel markets. ➡️ foodrise.org.uk/failing-not-... @ciel.org @amisdelaterre.org @pesticideaction.bsky.social @grain.org @etcgroup.bsky.social @iatp.bsky.social

1/ This week, there have been at least three dangerous chemical releases at industrial facilities in Texas, including an explosion at a plant in Mount Belvieu that injured three plant workers.

~40% of the ENTIRE corn crop of the US is used to make ethanol. This gets blended with gasoline to power well under 10% of our vehicle miles. If we converted 100% of our vehicles to EVs installing solar on a small fraction of the land this corn is grown on would power them all.

"When the Biden-Harris administration came in, they did not just create plans in a vacuum, they went and listened to people in the community” to learn what projects were needed, “and financing flowed from those discussions,” Michele Roberts of #EJHA.

My latest for @rollingstone.com digs into Trump's $30 Billion in shutdown cuts targeting Democratic states and cities with painful cuts to public transit, energy, and fundamental civil rights protections. The pain will reverberate throughout the economy. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Watch @cnn.com reporters Bill Weir, Laura Paddison, and Jessie Yeung as they spend five days wearing a wristband that tracks toxic chemical exposure. edition.cnn.com/2025/10/08/c... Bjorn Beeler is interviewed to explain what the wristbands showed and how phthalates end up everywhere.

A new EPA proposal would let the agency leave out certain uses of chemicals when assessing risks. Experts warn this overlooks the fact that people are often exposed to the same chemical from many different sources. @sejorg.bsky.social @stoptoxics.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/epa-...

"If the current administration wants to address neurological disorders including autism, reducing exposure to air pollutants, pesticides, and plastics would be a good place to start." - Project TENDR prheucsf.blog/2025/09/23/s...

With a wagging finger, Republicans advance appropriations language favoring pesticide makers.. @thenewlede.bsky.social @foodandwater.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/07/vote...

Donald Trump is trying to shut down the only federal agency that investigates chemical disasters. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

🆕 After being criticized by the chemical industry (+ allied agribusiness and service industry groups) on the Make America Healthy Again #MAHA report, the #strategy doc, released yesterday, has tamped down efforts to reform gov't programs that regulate #pesticides. #rollback ➡️ Blog: ow.ly/HLjR50WUM6X

When it comes to pesticides, the Trump administration’s MAHA Commission has a serious problem. The Commission’s newly released strategy for addressing childhood chronic disease is better for the pesticide industry than for people. 🧵 www.commondreams.org/opinion/maha...

“If the EPA wants to convince us that our pesticide regulatory process is robust, they should make it robust,” said @loriannburd.bsky.social, the Center's environmental health director in @pbsnews.org ⬇️

NEW: i took a look at new research from @oilchange.bsky.social which finds that taxpayers are on the hook for an additional $4 billion per year in fossil fuel subsidies thanks to the one big beautiful bill:

Time to put children's health above pesticide industry profits. What will it take? @rcscience.bsky.social www.realclearhealth.com/articles/202...

NEW: Last week, oil literally rained down on a Black town in rural Louisiana where 60% of folks live in poverty. The company isn’t taking responsibility & the federal + state governments are saying residents have to clean it up themselves. capitalbnews.org/louisiana-oi...

A national network of grassroots environmental orgs is suing EPA to issue regulations to prevent and contain hazardous substance spills. The suit cites the 2014 Elk River Spill, which left 300,000 West Virginians without drinking water. @tatecurtis.bsky.social wvpublic.org/story/energy...

Imagine living next to a large chemical plant that's emitting toxic air pollution day in and day out. You might not be able to see it, but sometimes you can smell it or even feel it burning your eyes or throat. Traci Donatto lives near not one but dozens of these plants. 🧵

Over half of US counties lack a single federally-monitored air quality station, with more than 50 million Americans living in “air quality monitoring deserts.” @stoptoxics.bsky.social @cleanairclub.bsky.social @cleanaircatf.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/08/oil-...

Last year, thousands were evacuated in Conyers, Georgia when Bio-Lab caught fire. The Trump Admin wants to eliminate the agency tasked with investigating this incident. TAKE ACTION to save the Chemical Safety Board preventchemicaldisasters.org/take-action

Tell Congress that chemical companies shouldn't be immune from lawsuits when their products cause harm. @cfstruefood.bsky.social nation.centerforfoodsafety.org/nopesticider...

🆕 #Legislation in #Congress to prevent #farmers & #consumers from holding #pesticide makers #accountable for #harm caused by their products is being #OPPOSED by a broad #coalition of 50+ orgs, coalitions, businesses, & leaders! Please see our joint statement! #FailuretoWarn ➡️ Blog: ow.ly/1fXU50WKone

Trump's budget proposal would completely defund the Chemical Safety Board, which still has an open investigation on the Givaudan explosion in #Louisville last year. www.courier-journal.com/story/news/l...

“This isn’t U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works’ first incident,” Maya Nye, the federal policy director of Coming Clean. “Any time the same facility has repeated disasters, that’s a regulatory failure.” www.levernews.com/before-a-ste...

Tell your members of Congress: Save the Chemical Safety Board! secure.everyaction.com/MRrbpqlR40yv...

"This would be the perfect time for this city to strengthen that permit in an effort to reduce our exposure to any of the chemicals coming from Bakelite.There are solutions.The city just needs to have enough will and courage to protect its residents." eu.courier-journal.com/story/news/l...

Purging scientists, waiving pollution laws, slashing health, food and energy benefits, raiding communities, detaining lawful U.S. residents. U.S. environmental health is under attack. Full statement: comingcleaninc.org/latest-news/...

Our Environmental Justice & Health Project Manager Gabby, spoke with Girls Inc. about the Beauty Justice Act and the advocacy being done to remove toxic chemicals from personal care products. You are never too young to know that advocacy is always an option when you need something changed!

Many more polluting facilities can request similar exemptions by sending a single email request to Trump's EPA. Our research shows that of the 532 facilities across the country eligible for the exemption, 9 out of 10 are within 5 miles of a school or daycare center.

Without any input from surrounding communities, Trump's EPA has exempted more than 100 polluting facilities from air pollution regulations, including coal plants, oil refineries, and sterilization facilities.

🚨 At least 10 scientists, all cited in the Trump admin's new climate change report, told me that the report completely mischaracterizes their research. I also found five citations with significant errors, and a paragraph missing an important citation.

This National Environmental Policy Act is one of the best ways to ensure the public has a say in federal decisions. The law is now be erode from within as the Trump admin, Congress, and the Judiciary defang its most meaningful provisions.