chemical regulation
Webinar: Corporate influence on science in a shifting political landscape
This Dec. 11 webinar features Dr. Nicholas Chartres, Dr. Lisa Bero, Wendy Wagner, and Dr. Kristi Pullen Fedinick, who will explore the influence of financial conflicts of interest on science and regulatory decision-making, the laws that minimize harm, and efforts by the current Administration to enable corporate capture of EPA and dismantle environmental regulation altogether. Info/registration here.
Chemical giant, climate skeptics vie for seats on EPA science panel
Feds flustered by shutdown compromise
How Trump officials have transformed the EPA to weaken enforcement
An analysis of environmental enforcement cases, together with targeted furloughs during the federal shutdown, shows the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's shift towards deregulation.
Firefighters wear wristbands to track harmful exposures
As wildfires increasingly burn through urban areas, researchers are equipping firefighters with silicone wristbands to measure their exposure to hazardous chemicals released from burning buildings and vehicles.
Insiders warn how dismantling federal agencies could put science at risk
Ethanol plant spills harmful wastewater into Philippine marine reserve
A collapsed wastewater pond at a Philippine ethanol distillery released millions of gallons of chemical-laden water into Bais Bay, endangering marine life in the Tañon Strait Protected Seascape and disrupting livelihoods across nearby fishing communities.
















