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EPA quietly backtracks on claims US has phased out toxic Pfas compounds

Agency changes wording on website as Texas-based firm continues manufacture of plastic container barriers

The Guardian - US · Oct 18

Trump officials accused of stacking top chemical safety board with industry ‘mouthpieces’

Public health advocates warn of conflicts of interests and say panel likely to provide justification for key rollbacks

The Guardian - US · Jul 13

Why Trump administration’s plan to attempt to destroy Pfas is ‘nonsensical’

The EPA said it was cutting Biden-era regulations on Pfas in drinking water, but advocates say the move will harm public health and benefit industry

The Guardian - US · May 26

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Trump EPA relied on industry science to weaken formaldehyde cancer rules, documents show

Papers reveal how chemical lobby influenced policy, reversing Biden-era limits on a common carcinogen

The Guardian - US · Mar 27

Trump EPA seeks to weaken scrutiny for some of US’s most toxic chemicals

New rule would shorten the time it takes to review chemicals, and alter the methodology used to assess their dangers

The Guardian - US · Oct 21, 2025

The unlikely alliance pressing Trump to regulate Pfas on US farms: ‘This is a basic human right’

A group of farmers, bikers, truckers and scientists from the political left and right are working to bring attention to the health risks of using toxic sludge as fertilizer

The Guardian - US · Aug 27, 2025

Trump administration yanks $15m in research into Pfas on US farms: ‘not just stupid, it’s evil’

Pfas-laden pesticides and sewage sludge used as fertilizer move into crops and nearby water sources

The Guardian - US · Jul 11, 2025

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EPA to launch program that lets people adopt its lab animals amid Trump cuts

Document detailing the new program says zebrafish and rats from a North Carolina lab will be up for adoption

The Guardian - US · Jul 3, 2025

Trump officials want to cut limits of Pfas in drinking water – what will the impact be?

The EPA is attempting actions that violate the law, some say, and Biden administration’s progress can’t be fully undone

The Guardian - US · May 15, 2025

Trump officials gut 25 centers that monitor flooding and drought in the US

White House orders closure of USGS water science centers, which shares data with weather service for flood warnings

The Guardian - US · May 2, 2025

Government scientists: We're "pissed"

Elon's massive cuts to science agencies will have damaging global consequences, say endangered workers

Salon · Mar 5, 2025

Trump's "energy emergency" isn't real

The U.S. is pumping record levels of oil while Trump ignores the real crisis: climate change

Salon · Jan 22, 2025

Hottest year on record is major failure

"1.5 is dead" protesters wrote on Darwin's grave this week, referring to the excess heating we've unleashed

Salon · Jan 14, 2025

Trump spreading wildfire misinformation

Misinformation is spreading rapidly as experts say climate change is the likely accelerant for California's crisis

Salon · Jan 11, 2025

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Salon · Dec 12, 2024

Trump's war on facts worries scientists

Trump has declared a war on government scientists as he denies climate change and pursues a pro-fossil fuel agenda

The Texas Tribune · Dec 2, 2024

Texas farmers say sewage-based fertilizer tainted with “forever chemicals” poisoned their land and killed their livestock

The fertilizer was promoted as an environmental win-win for years. An untold number of farmers and ranchers across Texas have spread it on their land.

The Guardian - US · Jul 23, 2024

PFAS widely added to US pesticides despite EPA denial, study finds

Research shows ‘forever chemicals’ increasingly found in products as agency claims the chemicals aren’t being used

The Guardian - US · May 28, 2024

EPA accused of ‘egregious’ misconduct in PFAS testing of pesticides

US agency found PFOS and other types of PFAS in pesticides but failed to disclose those results, watchdog group alleges

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The Guardian - US · Apr 11, 2024

EPA has limited six ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water – but there are 15,000

Rules celebrated for reducing exposures, but experts say it’s not enough and will lead to ‘an endless game of Whac-A-Mole’

The Guardian - US · Mar 30, 2024

US appeals court kills ban on plastic containers contaminated with PFAS

Conservative fifth circuit overturns EPA’s ban prohibiting Inhance from using manufacturing process creating toxic compound

The Guardian - US · Mar 15, 2024

Athletes likely to have higher levels of PFAS after play on artificial turf – study

Research raises more questions over safety of material that health advocates say is made with dangerous levels of ‘forever chemicals’

The Guardian - US · Mar 12, 2024

Legal action could end use of toxic sewage sludge on US crops as fertilizer

Intent to sue federal regulators charges they have failed to address dangerous levels of PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ known to be in sludge

The Guardian - US · Aug 18, 2023

EPA’s new definition of PFAS could omit thousands of ‘forever chemicals’

Agency plans to take a ‘case-by-case’ approach that allows it to be more flexible, but critics argue ‘it is a lack of definition, and it makes no sense’

Tribune News Service · Jul 18, 2023

Proposed PFAS rule would cost companies estimated $1B; Lacks limits and cleanup requirement

A proposed federal rule calls for forcing companies to disclose whether their products contain toxic “forever” chemicals, the government’s first attempt at cataloging the pervasiveness of PFAS across the United States.

The Guardian - US · May 7, 2023

US food pesticides contaminated with toxic ‘forever chemicals’ testing finds

PFAS are present at ‘potentially dangerous’ levels in widely used chemicals sprayed on food crops destined for Americans’ plates

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