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Freelance journalist || Author of To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick – and How We Can Fight Back (PRH) || EcoCult on Substack. || Southern VT <> NYC || aldenwicker.com
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Oh, and also the truly chaotic pause on federal funding that led to the shut down of the Medicaid funding system? Not good for our health. www.cbsnews.com/news/federal...
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The MAHA movement's hopes all hinge on RFK going after Big Pharma, Big Food, Big Chemical. But even if he's confirmed, I'm not sure how he'll succeed if other agency heads are hellbent on protecting the interests of petrochemical and processed food corporations.
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4. Trump paused all federal health regulations, putting a ban on formaldehyde in hair products in limbo. www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
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3. Including a guy who thinks asbestos shouldn't be banned and has actively fought against water protections on behalf of polluting clients. www.propublica.org/article/davi...
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2. He stocked the EPA with petro/chemical lobbyists....https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/climate/epa-staff-oil-gas-chemical-industry-lobbyists.html
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1. He withdrew proposed limits on PFAS, the "forever chemicals" that are carcinogenic and reproductive toxic, and in half of Americans' drinking water: www.thenewlede.org/2025/01/amid...