Democrats to RFK Jr.: Resign Now or Be Prepared to Testify Before Congress
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Trump’s EPA Rolls Back Protections Against PFAS in Drinking Water
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday proposed dropping limits for four cancer-linked “forever chemicals” in drinking water established during the Biden administration, saying the changes were rushed and not in compliance with federal law. At the same time, the EPA said it is earmarking nearly $1 billion in grant funding for communities to tackle per- and polyfluoroalkyl…
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Trump Budget Proposal Shreds Health and Food Programs to Feed the War Machine
Last week, at a private Easter lunch, Donald Trump was caught on a hot mic saying that with the country at war, the federal government should offload Medicaid, Medicare, and child care expenditures onto the states. “We have 50 states. We have all these other people. We’re fighting wars,” the MAGA leader said. “It’s not possible for us to take care of day care, Medicaid, Medicare, all these things.”…
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GOP Farm Bill Set to Unleash Pesticide Use and Strip Animal Welfare Protections
The “Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026” that is coming up for a House vote this spring is yet another GOP-led assault on the country’s food safety, warn public health organizations, environmental groups, and animal rights advocates, who are sounding the alarm over the five-year bill. The House Committee on Agriculture passed the “Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026” on…
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RFK Jr. Supports Trump Push to Ramp Up Glyphosate Output, Angering MAHA Backers
President Donald Trump has issued an executive order calling for an increase in production of phosphorus and glyphosate-based herbicides — chemicals that research has linked to an increase in multiple types of cancers among individual users. The executive order stated that “glyphosate-based herbicides … play a critical role in maintaining America’s agricultural advantage by enabling farmers…
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Tylenol Claims Are a Microcosm of Trump and RFK’s Wider Attack on Public Health
Trump and RFK’s “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) commission has come for us, and public health in the U.S. is already suffering. A closer look at the recent debacle in which the Trump administration baselessly claimed that autism is caused by taking acetaminophen during pregnancy offers a microcosm through which to understand the Trump administration’s larger public health agenda — a…
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