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The Guardian - US
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Tom Perkins

Maha v Maga: feud grows as Trump EPA rolls back rules on toxic chemicals

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Lee Zeldin, the EPA administrator, in Washington in February. Photograph: Kent Nishimura/Reuters

“Make America healthy again” (Maha) movement leaders have put out a petition calling for Donald Trump to fire Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Lee Zeldin, who, since being appointed in late January, has quickly moved to undo toxic chemical regulations and fast-track pesticide approvals.

The petition represents the latest salvo in a growing Maha-Maga feud over the Trump administration’s policies around toxic chemicals and pesticides. Trump campaigned on cleaning up the nation’s water and food supply, a priority for the Robert F Kennedy Jr-led Maha movement that helped propel the US president to office.

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