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Cathleen Kelly @cmkelly.bsky.social · 6d

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.

Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 6d

Trump and RFK Jr. aren't making America healthy again—in fact, they're making our nation's health care worse. @cmkelly.bsky.social explains how the administration is undermining its own MAHA agenda:

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Foodrise @foodrise.bsky.social · 2d

🌾🚜Today is #GlobalFertilizerDay, but the truth is:

Chemical fertilisers poison our food, pollute water & air, and tie food prices to fossil fuel markets.
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A black barrel on an orange background, with a big plume of toxic smoke coming from the barrel. The text reads: Chemical fertilisers fail the world. From toxic air to poisoned water, they leave destruction in every part of the food system, fuelling pollution, emissions, and corporate control.

A black barrel against a backdrop of agricultural land. The text reads: How do fertilisers fail the world? Overuse of chemical fertilisers is fuelling climate breakdown, polluting land and water, and driving up food prices. It's time to shift away from fossil-based agriculture.

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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 5d

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.

Three people hurt in Mont Belvieu explosion, plant fire, officials say

A plant explosion sent 3 people to the hospital in Mont Belvieu and caused extensive damage.

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Profit Greenly @profitgreenly.bsky.social · 5d

~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.

US domestic corn use graph from 1980 to 2020. The orange bar representing "Alcohol for fuel use" (aka ethanol) starts growing in early 2000s, explodes before 2010 and stays huge through the graphs 2022 end. This explains most of the increased corn production in the US.

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Coming Clean @stoptoxics.bsky.social · 6d

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Coming Clean @stoptoxics.bsky.social · 6d

"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.

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 6d

Trump is targeting Democrats with $30 billion in funding cuts amid the government shutdown — but the entire economy will be harmed, particularly women and people of color.

Trump Is Using the Shutdown to Supercharge His War on Equity

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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 6d

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...

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IPEN: toxics-free @toxicsfree.bsky.social · 6d

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

What chemicals are we exposed to daily? three CNN reporters did an experiment to find out | CNN

As we navigate a world increasingly made of plastic, how many chemicals are we really being exposed to? Across three continents, CNN reporters Bill Weir, Laura Paddison and Jessie Yeung used chemical-...

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The New Lede @thenewlede.bsky.social · 20d

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
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EPA moves to ease chemical safety reviews, citing red tape

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing a rollback of certain Biden-era regulations that determine how the agency evaluates chemicals — a move it says will speed innovation. Critics ...

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Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment @ucsf-prhe.bsky.social · 22d

"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

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Scientists unite on how to protect children from toxic contributors to autism

The following is a guest blog from Project TENDR. Autism is a complex neurological disorder with multiple causes. There is ample evidence that many toxic chemicals, including air pollution, pesticides...

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Carey Gillam @careygillam.bsky.social · Jul 23

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

After contentious US committee vote, Bayer and allies a step closer to federal protections for pesticides

By Carey Gillam A group of US lawmakers failed on Tuesday to beat back a provision in a congressional appropriations bill that would help protect pesticide makers from being sued and could hinder sta...

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · Sep 8

Donald Trump is trying to shut down the only federal agency that investigates chemical disasters.

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Only federal agency that investigates chemical disasters faces shutdown under Trump

The U.S. Chemical Safety Hazard and Investigation Board, or CSB, investigates root causes of serious chemical accidents and makes recommendations for preventing similar events. The Trump administratio...

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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · Sep 11

🆕 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

MAHA Strategy Report Backs Off Pesticides After Defining Serious Threat in Earlier Assessment - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog

After being criticized by the chemical industry and allied agribusiness and service industry groups on the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) report in May, the strategy document, released yesterday, h...

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Friends of the Earth U.S. (Action) @foeus.bsky.social · Sep 11

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.

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The Pesticide Industry’s Fingerprints Are All Over the MAHA Commission’s Strategy Report | Common Dreams

Instead of delivering real change, the strategy appears to be just another example of the Trump administration putting the financial interests of polluting industries above people’s health.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · Sep 10

“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 ⬇️

3 things to know about RFK Jr.'s MAHA report on children’s health

Since the Senate confirmed him in February, Kennedy has promoted the concept and use of what he calls “gold-standard science” to expose the causes of child health outcomes, a phrase he repeated today ...

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molly taft @mollytaft.com · Sep 9

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:

US Taxpayers Will Pay Billions in New Fossil Fuel Subsidies Thanks to the Big Beautiful Bill

A report finds that President Trump’s flagship legislation will grant $40 billion in new subsidies to the oil and gas industry over the next decade.

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U.S. Right to Know @usrighttoknow.bsky.social · Sep 2

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

Time to Put Children’s Health Above Pesticide Industry Profits

When chemical giant Syngenta hired biologist Tyrone Hayes to study its widely used herbicide atrazine, the company didn’t like the results. Hayes found that atrazine, one of the most common weed

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adam mahoney (he/him) @adamlmahoney.bsky.social · Aug 29

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...

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Coming Clean @stoptoxics.bsky.social · Sep 3

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

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Federal Lawsuit Cites Elk River Spill In Bid To Force EPA Action - West Virginia Public Broadcasting

The lawsuit argues that for more than 50 years, the EPA has avoided issuing congressionally-required regulations to prevent and contain hazardous-substance discharges.

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Shelby Jouppi @shelbyjouppi.bsky.social · Jul 7

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. 🧵

A view of petrochemical complexes and chemical storage tanks from the San Jacinto Monument east of Houston. Credit: Mark Felix.

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The New Lede @thenewlede.bsky.social · Aug 28

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
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Oil and gas industry linked to thousands of yearly US deaths and preterm births, study finds

By Shannon Kelleher Air pollution from oil and gas activities is responsible for an estimated 91,000 deaths and over 10,000 premature births in the US each year, according to a new study that examine...

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Coming Clean @stoptoxics.bsky.social · Aug 28

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

Coming Clean @stoptoxics.bsky.social · Aug 26

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

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Pesticide Companies Could Get a Free Pass to Poison Us

🚨 URGENT: Congress could give pesticide companies a free pass to poison us! Section 453 of the Appropriations bill would let companies hide behind outdated EPA labels even if their products cause canc...

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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · Aug 22

🆕 #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

Broad Coalition Calls on Congress To Reject Fast-Moving Legislation To Shield Chemical Companies from Liability - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog

Legislative language moving through Congress is being opposed by a broad coalition, with the release today of a joint statement on this fundamental right.

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