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Tracking the Trump administration’s favors to the pesticide industry Via @stacymalkan.bsky.social @usrighttoknow.bsky.social usrtk.org/pesticides/t...
Tracking the Trump administration’s favors to the pesticide industry
Over the past 18 months, the Trump administration has delivered a string of victories to the pesticide industry.
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“Dozens of chemicals are used on federal #PublicLands each year for every imaginable reason,” Burd said. "Sometimes they're creating ‘seral’ habitats. Sometimes they're clearing piñon-juniper. Sometimes they're killing grass. Sometimes they're encouraging grass.” Coverage by @sierraclub.org ⬇️
Why Is the Federal Government Dumping Toxic Chemicals Onto Public Lands?
These spraying programs are creating “virtual dead zones” in wild places
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With tens of millions of cases a year tried at the state level, state supreme courts could be the final deciders on anything from how much pollution a company can put into the surrounding community to enforcing public safety requirements for our clean air and water. (3/6)
In May, the White House OMB released draft regulations that, if enacted, will allow political appointees to judge the merit of research proposals. This would upend US science as we know it. Here are THREE things you can do TODAY to fight back: (🧵👇)
The Trump Administration Has Launched Its Biggest Threat Yet to Scientific Research. We Can Stop Them.
This proposed rule is about one thing: the Trump administration’s hunger to exert control over the federal scientific enterprise and re-direct it toward their own political agenda. It's an attack on s...
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Join ELI's Summer School to explore the legal tools used to address toxic chemicals, hazardous waste, and contaminated sites. Learn from leading experts as they unpack key statutes like FIFRA, TSCA, CERCLA, and RCRA. ☀️Register now: www.eli.org/events/eli-s...
The FDA has delayed action to ban formaldehyde, a known carcinogen, in hair straightening products for years. Join us in telling the FDA that it’s time to ban formaldehyde in hair straightening products! Take action with us: bit.ly/bhwtsaction
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Monsanto v. Durnell could have lasting consequences for environmental health protections. Join ANHE for a timely discussion on what this ruling means for pesticide accountability, public health, and nursing advocacy. Register today: zurl.co/XDItT
"Juan" sent this from where he works in the carrot harvest in CA. Their group earns $3.05 for every box of carrots she packs. One box has 24 bunches of 7 carrots each. For each $100 earned, his group has to pack 33 boxes or 786 bunches or 5508 carrots. #WeFeedYou
When another hazardous waste facility wants to operate near you, how do you convince regulators to deny the permit? California had a chance to strengthen protections, but caved. Essential reading from @capitalandmain.bsky.social as the comment period closes. capitalandmain.com/california-h...
California Hazardous Waste Rules Criticized as Years Late and ‘Polluter-Friendly’
Proposed hazardous waste oversight changes are years behind schedule and fail to account for a community’s health risks from pollution, environmental groups warn.
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The latest SCOTUS case proved that the U.S. pesticide approval system has never worked for anyone except pesticide companies... but the movement to force EPA to finally start doing its job and protect us all from pesticides is the strongest it’s ever been. civileats.com/2026/07/07/o...
Op-ed: The Supreme Court Created a Tipping Point for Pesticides
The court’s decision on glyphosate will empower the movement to stop pesticide companies from causing harm.
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Michigan could ban paraquat, a controversial weed killer that's linked to Parkinson's disease, under a recently introduced bill.
Michigan takes first step to outlaw highly toxic weed killer linked to Parkinson’s
Michigan could ban paraquat, a controversial weed killer that's linked to Parkinson's disease, under a recently introduced bill.
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According to the nonprofit @stoptoxics.bsky.social, there have been at least 1,463 hazardous chemical incidents in the US since January 2021, an average of approximately five incidents every week. www.thenewlede.org/2026/07/chem...
As chemical accidents surge, watchdog warns of looming safety rollbacks
Plans by the Trump administration to roll back regulations on chemical facility safety will allow for the continued rise in industrial chemical accidents, which are already up by 50% since 2021, a wat...
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The Margin and @WHYY.org interviewed seven Waterfront South residents who experienced acute health symptoms or lingering psychological impacts after repeat fires at the EMR metal scrapyard recycling site. Christina Allen shared how her and her son’s health have been affected #publichealth
Reminder that Trump DOJ officials who came from Bayer's law firm sided with Bayer in hashtag#SCOTUS case that put German pesticide firm's profits over Americans with hashtag#cancer. What happened to America first? usrtk.org/pesticides/t...
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to back Bayer again, aided by officials who came from Bayer’s law firms
The Trump administration yesterday urged the Supreme Court to side with the German pesticide company Bayer in a high-stakes legal case.
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*** BREAKING ALERT *** The #SupremeCourt, with a 7-2 opinion in #Monsanto v. #Durnell, prohibits the right of those harmed by #pesticides to sue manufacturers for their #failuretowarn consumers of potential #hazards on their product labels. ➡️ Implications of the opinion: https://ow.ly/XqLX50Zh9N6
Supreme Court Gives Pesticide Makers Immunity from Litigation for Omitting Cancer Warning on Products - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog
(Beyond Pesticides, June 25, 2026) The Supreme Court today, in a 7-2 decision, issued a ruling that prohibits, under current federal law, the right of those harmed by pesticides to sue manufacturers for their failure to warn consumers of potential hazards on their product labels. The decision effectively shields manufacturers from failure to warn lawsuits. See opinion here. “The Court’s decision today is a tragic setback for public and environmental health, allowing companies that produce toxic pesticides to evade the most basic of responsibilities, warning consumers that their products may...
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"Today’s Supreme Court decision is more proof that pesticide corporations have too much influence in government. comingcleaninc.org/latest-news/...
Supreme Court decides to protect pesticide profits over human health
“Today’s Supreme Court decision is more proof that pesticide corporations have too much influence in...
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BREAKING :The Supreme Court issued a ruling today that effectively shields manufacturers from failure to warn lawsuits. "a tragic setback for public and environmental health" @beyondpesticides.org. www.beyondpesticides.org/assets/media...
BREAKING: SCOTUS just let Bayer off the hook for their weedkiller Roundup In a devastating decision, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Bayer, limiting people’s ability to sue Bayer and other pesticide corporations for failing to warn them of cancer linked to their products foe.org/news/bayer-m...
Friends of the Earth Statement on Bayer/Monsanto SCOTUS Ruling
Today’s Supreme Court decision sells out farmers, gardeners, and rural communities to multibillion-dollar pesticide corporations.
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Op-ed: “Sorry, the person you emailed is no longer working here.” In 2026 alone, media outlets that have cut climate and health reporters include @washingtonpost.com, @cbsnews.com, @npr.org, and @wsj.com. ✍️ @slamont.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2026/06/this...
This is the wrong time for major media to shut down environmental coverage
While media outlets cut environmental reporters, the impact of these losses on news coverage is real.
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Chemical accidents killed 48 people in 2025—almost double 2024’s toll—and seriously injured 142, according to a new analysis by @wsj.com . www.wsj.com/us-news/seri...
Serious Chemical Accidents Are Rising in the U.S.—and Getting More Dangerous
Aging infrastructure is making more plants susceptible to accidents. Many are repeat offenders.
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The Clean Air Act requires developers to apply to environmental agencies and receive what is called a “preconstruction permit” before they roll in the cement mixers. Learn more: news.oilandgaswatch.org/post/trump-a...
New national polling is in, and the message is clear. 82% of Trump's supporters want tougher action on corporate polluters. 7 to 1 want the EPA stronger, not weaker. Nearly 8 in 10 say they have a right to know what's in their air, water, food, and the products they use. We agree.
Pesticide use around homes and farms is linked to childhood leukemia and brain tumors. Forty years of studies find higher cancer risks among children exposed during pregnancy and early life to pesticides used on farms, lawns and pets. Via @usrighttoknow.bsky.social usrtk.org/healthwire/p...
Pesticide use around homes and farms linked to childhood leukemia, brain tumors
Forty years of studies find higher cancer risks among children exposed during pregnancy and early life to pesticides used on farms, lawns and pets.
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Farmworkers are at special risk for Parkinson’s, because the fields where they work are frequently doused with pesticides. But people who simply live near farms are also in danger. www.tpr.org/public-healt...
Parkinson’s disease is consistently linked to pesticide exposure. Farmworkers — and nearby communities — are at risk in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley.
Parkinson’s is the world’s fastest growing neurological disorder. Experts worry that people living and working in pesticide-laden agricultural regions are especially at risk.
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Instead of protecting workers and families from death, injury, and illness, Trump’s EPA is putting communities at greater risk of harm. time.com/article/2026...
Back-to-Back Chemical Disasters Strike as Trump Seeks to Roll Back Safety Rules
Two major incidents at chemical plants in one week have intensified scrutiny of the Trump Administration's push to gut chemical safety regulations.
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On health and its costs, Americans aren’t as divided as you think. 82% of Trump supporters want him tougher on polluters. 81% of all Americans say pollution’s costs are showing up on medical bills. EPA leaders think we want fewer protections. The country just said otherwise.
There were at least 215 chemical incidents in 2025, and there have already been 115 this year. Visit preventchemicaldisasters.org to view the data
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Hazardous chemical incidents, including fires, explosions and toxic releases, occur near daily in the United...
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Scientific American@sciam.bsky.social · 2mo agoA near-miss incident and a deadly chemical accident in a single week have affected thousands and drawn scrutiny to federal rules around risk management at chemical plants
Imagine spending Memorial Day weekend evacuated from your home due to the threat of chemical explosion. Over 10,000 people in Orange County still can't return home & are staying in tents and cars. You might live closer to a hazardous chemical facility than you think. apnews.com/article/cali...
California chemical tank threat not over yet for 16,000 people still under evacuation orders
Thousands of people who live near a damaged hazardous chemical tank in Southern California still can't return home, even as officials say the risk of a catastrophic explosion had largely passed.
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