New TSCA amendments proposed by Republicans in the Senate would undermine EPA ability to stop toxic new chemicals on the marketplace.
Sadly no one from the public health community was asked to testify.
Want to see the result of a 30 year campaign? Industry gets its wish to undermine risk assessment and formaldehyde
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
The chemical lobby has been spending millions of dollars to change the Toxic Substances Control Act. That's the main law that works to protect people from harmful chemicals.
What does industry want? They want less oversight and less concern for your health. #badidea
The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
👇Webinar on how financial conflicts of interest and corporations influence the decision making process
At EPA’s D4 meeting today:
- Most reviewers industry affiliated
- Most EPA scientists in sync with industry
- EU, UK, Canada: “D4 very persistent and very bioaccumulatative”
- EPA: “maybe persistent but not bioaccumulative”
This is what corporate capture looks like
www.youtube.com/live/eTZ9rjV...
Another Making America Sick Again action by the Trump administration.
Going to court on behalf of the industry to get rid of the new air pollution standards that protect people from getting sick and dying.
insideepa.com/daily-news/e...
this was a great article - and made me rethink the term and what we are doing today to protect workers from being mauled by capitalism
In the World of Pain project, we found that German drugmaker Grünenthal promotes its opioids through misleading tactics including funding doctors, studies, patient groups and pain associations. 💊👇
www.theexamination.org/articles/fou...
So many plastics from so many places - and growing
leading to our exposures. Time for the plastics treaty to address health when the countries meet in August
👇 Excellent article on our new paper on why - Global Plastics Talks Set to Resume Next Month Must Prioritize Environment and Health, Experts Say insideclimatenews.org/news/0907202...
Washington’s @ecology.wa.gov just released a draft rule on toxic #PFAS.
✅ Ban proposed for clothing, car washes & cleaning products.
⚠️ But for most products? Just reporting—not a ban.
PFAS are toxic & costly to clean up—and alternatives exist.
🗣️ Tell Ecology by July 20: Ban PFAS in ALL products!
dude! that means you are working 16! hmm, maybe you should micro-retire.
Today, the EPA moved to roll back key protections against carbon emissions and air pollution from fossil fuel power plants. “It’s galling to watch the US government so thoroughly debase itself as it sacrifices the public good to boost the bottom line of fossil fuel.”
UCS Statement:
LOl - you're right - there you go showing my age
👉new blog on study finding exposures to haloalkanes linked to aggressive brain cancer - supported by our @ucsf-earth.bsky.social
prheucsf.blog/2025/06/10/c...
New study finding glyphosate increases cancers after early life exposure
ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
😭😂😆
👇My interview in @newscientist.com on how corporations' control your health - and what we can do about it.
Plus, I have weird blue hair in the illustration, so it is worth checking out just to see that.
www.newscientist.com/article/2481...
woo hoo - successful science! more of what the world needs
Graphic image of two archival tobacco industry documents related to past World No Tobacco Days.
Tomorrow is World No Tobacco Day! The Industry Documents Library at UCSF hosts publicly released industry documents for research & education. Check out our tobacco collections, now also including over 4 million documents from Juul Labs. #WorldNoTobaccoDay
www.industrydocuments.ucsf.edu/tobacco/
dang not today - working on grants on zoom - soooo fun - waiting with anticipation!
Ok today is Friday!
How often can you get admission to a FREE workshop with experts in systematic review? If you are attending @isee-global.bsky.social in Atlanta - learn best practices
Register here
www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-con...
ok better send a video of that accomplishment on Friday!
Top half of image is head shots of speakers over old archive documents. Bottom half of image is names, titles, logos and event details over cream background.
TOMORROW - Learn about UCSF’s Center to End Corporate Harm, how to use the Industry Documents Library, and how researchers tap these internal documents to understand how corporations influence science & policy.
@ucsf-prhe.bsky.social
RSVP here: www.healthandenvironment.org/che-webinars...
Join us to hear about what is really driving our current health crisis - and the amazing resources at UCSF that will help address the role of corporate influence on science as a health driver. 👇
OH the irony - they want to publish in their own journals? and they suspended publication of Environmental Health Perspectives a NIEHS/NIH journal.
hmm
Our statement on new MAHA report. It identifies growing chronic children's health conditions and some toxic chemicals' effects.
Also names Corporate Influence as a contributor
But children will get less healthy with administration's proposed cuts to EPA & research
prheucsf.blog/2025/05/23/s...
