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Sharon Lerner

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Senators Criticize Trump Administration’s Demands to Access Health Data as a Condition for Lifesaving Aid

The post Senators Criticize Trump Administration’s Demands to Access Health Data as a Condition for Lifesaving Aid appeared first on ProPublica.

19.08.2026 10

ProPublica

Sharon Lerner

“Digital Colonialism”: U.S. Demands to Access Africans’ Data Raise Privacy, Sovereignty Concerns

The post “Digital Colonialism”: U.S. Demands to Access Africans’ Data Raise Privacy, Sovereignty Concerns appeared first on ProPublica.

17.06.2026 20

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Sharon Lerner

“A huge setback”: New EPA directive could weaken hundreds of chemical regulations

Internal memo shows Trump appointee targeting EPA program that assesses toxic chemicals

05.05.2026 50

Salon

Sharon Lerner

“A Huge Setback”: New EPA Directive Could Weaken Hundreds of Chemical Regulations

The post “A Huge Setback”: New EPA Directive Could Weaken Hundreds of Chemical Regulations appeared first on ProPublica.

01.05.2026 30

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Sharon Lerner

Trump’s EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered “Safe” to Inhale

Formaldehyde is a widespread pollutant that causes far more cancer than any other chemical in the air.

09.12.2025 20

Truthout

Sharon Lerner

Under Former Chemical Industry Insiders, Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale

The post Under Former Chemical Industry Insiders, Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale appeared first on...

08.12.2025 20

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Sharon Lerner

Trump’s Anti-Green Agenda Could Lead to 1.3 Million More Climate Deaths. The Poorest Countries Will Be Impacted Most.

The post Trump’s Anti-Green Agenda Could Lead to 1.3 Million More Climate Deaths. The Poorest Countries Will Be Impacted Most. appeared first on...

19.11.2025 20

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Sharon Lerner

House Rep Demands Answers About Delayed EPA Report on PFNA, a Toxic Forever Chemical

by Sharon Lerner ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re...

17.10.2025 20

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Why Hasn’t Trump’s EPA Released the Toxicity Report on This “Forever Chemical”?

PFNA is in the drinking water systems of 26 million people and could cause developmental, liver, and reproductive harms.

10.10.2025 20

Truthout

Sharon Lerner

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

by Sharon Lerner ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re...

09.10.2025 40

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RFK Jr. vowed to find the causes of autism. Then he shut down research trying to do just tha

Federal funding for autism research has been gutted in Trump's second term

21.08.2025 20

Salon

Sharon Lerner

RFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That.

by Sharon Lerner ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re...

20.08.2025 30

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Trump EPA Drops Case Against GEO Group Over Disinfectant Misuse in ICE Jail

The complaint filed under the Biden administration alleged over 1,000 employee uses of the chemical without proper protection.

14.06.2025 20

Truthout

Sharon Lerner