Tag: EPA
EPA reapproves drift-prone pesticide dicamba
This decision will allow farmers in 34 states to use the herbicide on dicamba-tolerant soybeans and cotton, following a 2024 court ruling that had previously vacated its use.
Congress passes final spending bill with cuts to EPA, Interior budgets
The bill passed after a year of mass firings were conducted by the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.
Trump’s EPA could limit its own ability to use new science...
In government records that have flown under the radar, the EPA is questioning its legal authority to revise pollution rules more than once when new science shows unacceptable health risks.
EPA proposes to double amount of formaldehyde considered safe to inhale...
Is this change part of a broader reassessment of how the agency evaluates cancer risks from chemicals?
Trump DOJ backs Bayer in Supreme Court fight over Roundup cancer...
A move by the administration aligns federal power with pesticide manufacturers as thousands of cancer patients fight for their day in court.
Scientists completed a toxicity report on this forever chemical. The EPA...
Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the Trump administration has yet to release it.
America is still using diquat, a toxic weedkiller banned in much...
Despite mounting evidence of serious health risks, the U.S. continues to allow diquat use on farms.
Revoking EPA’s endangerment finding isn’t simple and could have unintended consequences
The Trump administration is trying to eliminate it.
Trump’s EPA deepens environmental rollback with delays, deregulation, and industry favoritism
From coal ash delays to dicamba reapproval, Trump’s EPA faces backlash for gutting public health safeguards and empowering polluters.
Millions exposed to toxic PFAS levels as EPA retreats from safety...
New data reveals over 73 million Americans may be drinking water contaminated with toxic PFAS, while the EPA under Trump moves to weaken or repeal health standards.
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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.
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.
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.
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.