Tag: EPA
“Voices being ignored”: Regulators fail to enforce water-pollution laws in communities...
"For communities already facing severe burdens due to racism, social conditions, and/or environmental and health hazards, the inability to turn on a tap and receive clean, safe water is particularly devastating—and unjust."
Trump threatens to veto first-ever congressional action on “forever chemicals”
A handful of multibillion-dollar chemical companies have waged war on our bodies and our environment for nearly 70 years without our knowledge...
The EPA will end mammal testing by 2035
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pledged Tuesday to "aggressively reduce animal testing" and to end funding for mammal tests by 2035. The move makes...
Beekeepers file lawsuit against EPA for approval of insecticide linked to...
"When brought back to the hive sulfoxaflor "can impair the colony’s ability to breed, forage, fight disease and survive the winter."
Science advisory boards see major cuts and controversial changes under Trump...
“From what I have heard from members of the EPA who are still there, the idea the best thing is to keep your head down.”
‘Sociopathic disregard for our future’: Trump EPA set to gut restrictions...
Amid dire scientific warnings that the international community must act immediately to slash greenhouse gas emissions, President Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency...
Trump administration’s attacks on science already surpass two Bush terms
Trump may have lauded the Apollo 11 mission, but his administration has launched more than 100 attacks on science.
Fighting back: Six states sue the EPA over its approval of...
“The EPA is egregiously sacrificing our children’s health by refusing to make a determination on this dangerous pesticide.”
EPA will not ban chlorpyrifos
President Trump’s EPA responded yesterday to a petition from public health and environmental groups who had pushed for a ban on the...
Epa data: Under Trump, a sharp increase in unhealthy air in...
The number of unhealthy air days in nearly three dozen cities soared in the first two years of the Trump administration, according...
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New study finds CT scans to account for 5 percent of cancer diagnoses
While some experts caution against CT scans, many believe the modeling used in this study left much uncertainty.
White House cancels $810 million in congressional spending days before fiscal year ends
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, a Republican, called the pocket rescission unlawful, and the House is out of session until after the November election.
She Left After Waiting Hours in the Emergency Room. The ER Billed Her Anyway.
A patient in Illinois was billed after leaving an emergency room without being treated, in KFF Health News' Bill of the Month series.
Tennessee lawmakers demand answers after report that private youth prisons hid abuse
One company runs all three of the state's highest-security youth prisons, and Tennessee plans to spend more than $400 million on additional facilities.
Pennsylvania measles outbreak reaches 890 cases with four deaths
Fewer than 1 percent of cases are among vaccinated people, and MMR doses given in the state ran well above a typical month in August and September.