‘A surrender to special interests’: alarm as Utah shields fossil-fuel companies New legislation comes amid push from big oil, as critics warn polluters’ profits prioritized over Americans’ health

Utah just "made it nearly impossible for residents to hold fossil fuel companies legally accountable for climate damages."

Four other red states are now considering similar laws.

This is part of a push from Big Oil and its political allies to secure federal legal immunity—and it must be stopped.

Your 'widely recyclable' Starbucks cup is still trash A new label promises single-use cups are recyclable. But that doesn't mean they actually get recycled.

Another example of corporations making claims that just don't add up. If it's a plastic cup, odds are it's not getting recycled, no matter what they say.

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Paper tells how industries ‘shape the narrative’ on health threats The study details how chemical and fossil fuel companies have followed the tobacco industry's playbook to skirt regulations.

Thank you @arielwittenberg.bsky.social for this excellent story on the Center's paper on how health-harming corporations are manipulating science, public opinion, and avoiding regulations.

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Global scientists say regulators must address glyphosate’s strong links to health harms Epidemiologists, toxicologists, cancer specialists meet in Seattle to review latest science tying widely used pesticide to disease, including cancer

"To meaningfully address #glyphosate and other pesticide exposures, reforms are needed to remove financial conflicts of interest from the scientific process and peer review, and public funding for research must be increased” - Tracey J Woodruff

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Want to learn what's in our new paper in the @nejm.org in under 30 seconds? Check out our infographic which highlights how the fossil fuel, chemical, and ultra processed food industries are harming health and how corporations hide the truth about the harms of their products.

Very excited to announce our paper on corporate vectors of chronic disease - and what can be done about it - published in NEJM! Congrats to all our authors including @nickchartres.bsky.social @feralyogi.bsky.social @drlauraschmidt.bsky.social @traceywoodruff.bsky.social

DOI: 10.1056/NEJMms2507028

Ultra-Processed Foods May Harm Fertility A new study links ultra-processed foods to lower male fertility and reduced embryo growth. Here’s what may be driving these.

Ultra-processed foods are harming people's health. What many people don't know is the tobacco industry's role in creating the addictive flavors behind ultra-processed items.

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In Our Blood: The Forever Chemicals Scandal review – no one should have to live like this This upsetting documentary goes to the town with the most terrifyingly high levels of Pfas in the UK, tests the locals and finds that nothing has been done to help them – and now it’s simply too late

PFAS manufacturers hid the harms of their product for decades and we're seeing more and more communities have to grapple with this toxic contamination. One solution? Remove industry influence from regulatory processes.
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EPA Yields to Industry in Air Pollution Rule for Chemical Manufacturing Plants The final rule leaves communities around these facilities vulnerable to dangerous, cancer-causing air pollutants

EPA needs to remove influence of health-harming industries and get back to protecting people's health.

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How the Trump Administration’s Embrace of Oil, Gas, and Chemical Industry Interests Will Endanger Children’s Health The Trump administration’s actions to eliminate lifesaving environmental protections would allow corporate polluters to emit more toxins and chemicals, exposing more than 2 million kids to pollutants ...

"The JAMA study found that by 2023, a child in the US was 15 to 20% more likely to develop a chronic condition than they were in 2011—including neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism, behavioral problems, developmental delays, and ADHD."

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EPA proposes weaker pollution limits for chemical used to sterilize medical devices Ethylene oxide plays a crucial role in sterilizing lifesaving medical devices, including pacemakers and syringes, but long-term exposure can cause leukemia and other types of cancer among people who w...

Whenever you read headlines like this, keep in mind these decisions to loosen pollution rules are because chemical and polluting industries have captured EPA.

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EPA chief met with Bayer CEO over supreme court fight, agency records show Top US regulators met with Bill Anderson to discuss ‘supreme court action’ over glyphosate weed killer

"One of Bayer’s stated key strategies to try to end the litigation ... is getting the Supreme Court to agree ... that if EPA does not require a cancer warning on its glyphosate products, the company cannot be held liable for failing to warn of a cancer risk."

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Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who d...

Outstanding investigative journalism by @propublica.org

Follow the money. This is a classic example of why it is imperative to ban financial conflicts of interest among political appointees.

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Merkley probes ‘chemical industry insiders’ at EPA The Oregon Democratic senator wants answers on the “great hypocrisy" between industry influence and anti-corporate MAHA goals.

Exposing industry conflict of interest is essential to addressing the problem. We applaud these efforts. EPA should work on behalf of public health, not chemical industry CEOs.

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Syngenta says it will stop making paraquat - a pesticide linked to Parkinson's disease Syngenta, maker of a controversial pesticide linked to Parkinson’s disease, said on Tuesday that it will stop making its paraquat weed killer by the end of June.

This is good news. Two points we want to highlight from the article:

1. A lawsuit was a driver in this decision and

2. Nathan Donley says generic manufacturers may continue to sell this toxic pesticide, so a ban is important.

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Are you watching today's Senate EPW Committee hearing on the draft bill to gut America's chemical safety law? Industry influence is alive and well.

Health advocates clash with chemical industry as Congress proposes TSCA changes Scientists and health advocates say proposed changes to a key US chemicals safety law would upend protections for children and other vulnerable populations suffering from toxic exposures, while indust...

The chemical lobby wants to gut America's chemical safety law, but fortunately scientists and health advocates are pushing back. And an overwhelming majority of Americans are on the side of science and health, according to a recent Pew Foundation survey.

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EPA official touts controversial TSCA reforms A top US regulatory official on Monday championed controversial chemical review reforms that critics say will support industry interests while weakening protections against toxic chemicals for the pub...

What happens when the chemical industry is in charge at EPA. People's health gets sacrificed for industry interests.

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How the Trump Administration’s Embrace of Oil, Gas, and Chemical Industry Interests Will Endanger Children’s Health The Trump administration’s actions to eliminate lifesaving environmental protections would allow corporate polluters to emit more toxins and chemicals, exposing more than 2 million kids to pollutants ...

When polluting industries capture regulatory agencies, people pay with their health. We must remove financial conflicts of interest from policy actions.

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MAHA has reshaped health policy. Now it's working on environmental rules MAHA activists who want to hold corporations accountable for harming Americans’ health have found an unlikely ally in a Republican-led Environmental Protection Agency that has traditionally supported ...

“They were very polite in the meeting. In terms of the tone, there was a lot of receptivity. However, in terms of what was said, it felt like we were interacting with a lot of industry talking points.” - Alexandra Muñoz

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The Pollution Playbook: How Industry Blocks Regulation of Toxic Chemicals - Center for International Environmental Law Discover how chemical, plastics, fossil fuel, and pesticide industries manipulate science, lobby regulators, and delay toxic chemical regulation.

Want to learn how "how industry actors manipulate science, lobby policymakers, and undermine democratic decision-making to maintain profits at the expense of human and environmental health"? Check out CIEL's new report.

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Republicans and Democrats agree EPA’s new chemical reviews are too slow But at a hearing on potential changes to the Toxic Substances Control Act, they disagreed on how to speed the process

See this messaging about new chemical reviews being too slow? That is industry messaging. As Dr. Woodruff testified, the majority of delays are because industry hasn't provided data or signed paperwork.

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From opioids and tobacco to PFAS and ultra processed foods, internal industry documents show how health-harming corporations lie about their products to increase their profits.

To improve health, we need to remove industry influence from the regulatory process.

EPA Wins Exxon Peace Prize After Deleting 'Fossil Fuels' From Climate Change Webpages Actual science still found on some pages. Don't tell!

This is brilliant.

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Excellent reporting from Heated and a classic example of conflict of interest.

Our scientists would be happy to sit down with these chefs and share how #PFAS contaminates water and impacts health.

San Francisco files 1st-of-its-kind lawsuit against largest ultraprocessed food manufacturers Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, General Mills, Kellogg, and Kraft Heinz are some of the 10 major corporations being sued by San Francisco, which is arguing they unfairly marketed ultraprocessed foods and products...

San Francisco is taking on ultra-processed food companies for "using deceptive marketing techniques to target children ... to consume their products while knowing that overconsumption of the foods could lead to poor health outcomes..." #ultraprocessedfood

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"This is what corporate capture looks like." - Dimitri Abrahamsson

EPA is supposed to protect people from toxic chemicals like D4, not give them a pass.

The Editor Got a Letter From ‘Dr. B.S.’ So Did a Lot of Other Editors.

Have you received a letter from "Dr. B.S."?

One scientist decided to investigate and what he found may shed light on another form of corporate influence.

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Ultra-processed food is global health threat, experts warn It is increasing our risk of a range of chronic diseases, including obesity and depression, a major review says.

Did you know that the Tobacco Industry was behind much of the creation of ultra-processed food?

Researchers are now sounding the alarm that ultra-processed food needs warning labels.

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Chemical giant, climate skeptics vie for seats on EPA science panel The Science Advisory Board could influence the Trump administration's plans to revisit a host of regulations.

They are removing scientists from scientific advisory panels and polluting industries are jockeying for the positions. If you want to make America healthy, remove corporate interference from the regulatory process.

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