Chemicals

EPA Drops Complaint vs. Major Trump Donor Over Disinfectant in ICE Facility

"The Environmental Protection Agency has withdrawn a legal complaint filed last year against the GEO Group, a major donor to President Donald Trump that has more than $1 billion in contracts with the administration to run private prisons and ICE detention facilities."

Source: ProPublica, 06/11/2025

"Pesticide Report Led By RFK Jr. Draws Fire From Agrichemical Industry"

"A new White House report linking pesticides to children’s health concerns is drawing backlash from farm groups and support from environmental advocates."

Source: Investigate Midwest, 06/09/2025

"Dying Before Their Day In Court – Syngenta Paraquat Litigation Drags On"

"In the nationwide legal battle between pesticide maker Syngenta and thousands of people suffering from Parkinson’s disease that they blame on exposure to paraquat weed killer, plaintiffs are dying faster than they can get to trial, according to a court filing made this week by lawyers frustrated by repeated delays in the cases."

Source: The New Lede, 06/09/2025

Trump EPA Rolling Back Rules Projected To Save Thousands Of Lives

"When the head of the Environmental Protection Agency announced a wide-ranging rollback of environmental regulations, he said it would put a “dagger through the heart of climate-change religion” and introduce a “Golden Age” for the American economy. What Lee Zeldin didn’t mention: how ending the rules could have devastating consequences to human health."

Source: AP, 06/06/2025

"The White House Gutted Science Funding. Now It Wants to ‘Correct’ Research."

"President Trump has ordered what he called a restoration of a “gold standard science” across federal agencies and national laboratories. But the May 23 executive order puts his political appointees in charge of vetting scientific research and gives them the authority to “correct scientific information,” control the way it is communicated to the public and the power to “discipline” anyone who violates the way the administration views science."

Source: NYTimes, 06/06/2025

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