WATCH: Is the EPA underreporting PFAS in drinking water?
According to a new study, US drinking water could contain double the PFAS levels currently reported by regulators. Here’s how scientists used computer modeling to reveal these findings.
Trump administration
Lawsuit seeks answers on EPA’s abandoned CAFO pollution panel
US regulators are illegally withholding records related to the disbanding of a panel set up by the Biden administration to address water pollution from factory farms, according to a lawsuit filed last week.
EPA’s atrazine clean up plan is “utterly worthless,” study finds
A US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plan to reduce the amount of atrazine running off into US rivers, lakes and streams would leave 99% of watersheds contaminated at levels that exceed the agency’s threshold for harm to plants, fish and other species, according to a new study.
WATCH: What’s the matter with MAHA? A conversation with Robyn O’Brien
Robyn O’Brien, a nationally recognized thought leader on food policy and finance issues, talked with TNL Editor-in-Chief Carey Gillam about questions and controversies behind the Make America Healthy Again movement, following the money, and how the Trump administration is actually making people sicker by rolling back health protections.
WATCH: EPA backs off nitrate cancer review as drinking water concerns grow
The EPA has backed away from a long-planned review of whether nitrates in drinking water pose greater cancer risks, even as research linking nitrate pollution to health concerns continues to grow.
WATCH: The EPA says “PFAS Out.” Its actions say otherwise.
Despite promises made to limit PFAS, the Trump administration’s regulatory rollbacks and approval of new types of PFAS signal what observers see as a sharp contradiction: commitments to reduce exposure to the so-called “forever chemicals,” followed by policies that increase the risks of exposure for millions of Americans.
EPA stalls long-planned nitrate cancer review as pollution crisis grows
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has backed off its re-assessment of cancer-causing nitrates despite decades of research suggesting the contaminant is more harmful than previously thought and that nitrate pollution is at crisis levels in US drinking water.
USDA to remove rules protecting livestock farmers from discrimination and deception
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced last week it aims to rescind a series of Biden-era rules that were designed to protect farmers from any unfair practices by the large meat companies that dominate the market.
As chemical accidents surge, watchdog warns of looming safety rollbacks
Plans by the Trump administration to roll back regulations on chemical facility safety will allow for the continued rise in industrial chemical accidents, which are already up by 50% since 2021, a watchdog group warns.
MAHA’s CAFO conundrum
In its push for more meat eating, MAHA faces a challenging truth: current and future meat demand depends almost entirely on massive, concentrated animal feeding operations, CAFOs.