public health

3 Ways Trump’s EPA Could Use the Language of Science to Weaken Pollution Controls

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3 Ways Trump’s EPA Could Use the Language of Science to Weaken Pollution Controls

President Donald J. Trump tours the Pratt Industries plant with Pratt Industries Executive Chairman Anthony Pratt Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Wapakoneta, Ohio. Photo by Shealah Craighead Eric Nost, University of Guelph Environmental issues were conspicuously absent from the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign, but moves by President-elect Donald Trump’s first administration and his leadership picks … Read more

Goodbye to ToxMap–and Our Environmental Right-to-Know

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Goodbye to ToxMap–and Our Environmental Right-to-Know

On December 16, the National Library of Medicine is retiring the revelatory environmental mapping tool known as ToxMap.  Ever so quietly, the door will close on what has arguably become the most accessible and user-friendly portal created by the federal government for letting Americans know about the toxics lurking next door.