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How Corporations Use Deceptive "Mercenary Science" To Evade Regulation

In public discourse about our supposed post-truth society, most op-eds fixate on the way that social media can create separate reality bubbles. Few focus on what David Michaels, Obama's Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), calls "mercenary science" — science-for-hire, contracted out by chemical and pharmaceutical companies to prove that their harmful products aren't harmful by giving them the quantitative imprimatur of STEM knowledge."

Source: Salon, 02/03/2020

"EPA Re-Approves Key Roundup Chemical"

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has re-approved a chemical used in Bayer's Roundup weed killer despite concerns over its health risks."

Source: The Hill, 02/03/2020

"Lawsuit: EPA Has Dragged Feet On Oil Spill Dispersant Rules"

"Environmental groups and women from Alaska and Louisiana are asking a federal court to make the Environmental Protection Agency set new rules for use of oil spill dispersants, citing worries about the chemicals’ health and environmental effects."

Source: AP, 01/31/2020

"EPA Proposes Continued Use of ‘Bee-Killing’ Insecticides"

"The EPA announced Thursday it supports the continued use and registration of neonicotinoids, a class of insecticides linked to declines in bees, aquatic insects and birds."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 01/31/2020

"Gowanus Canal Cleanup To Officially Start In September"

"The federal agency tasked with cleaning up the Gowanus Canal issued an order on Tuesday legally requiring six companies deemed responsible for the waterway’s pollution to start remediation efforts in September."

Source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 01/30/2020

"14 States Sue EPA Over Chemical Safety Regulations Rollback"

"Attorneys general from 14 states filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its rollback of Obama-era chemical plant safety regulations."

Source: The Hill, 01/30/2020

"America’s Radioactive Secret"

"Oil-and-gas wells produce nearly a trillion gallons of toxic waste a year. An investigation shows how it could be making workers sick and contaminating communities across America".

Source: Rolling Stone, 01/29/2020

Critics Question Data Used In Rule Replacing Obama Water Protections

"Critics say the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) water policy unveiled Thursday is one of the biggest rollbacks to water policy in decades, but it’s tough to know the extent of its impact because of challenges that come with mapping America’s waterways."

Source: The Hill, 01/28/2020

"Bayer Discusses Settling Roundup Claims for $10 Billion"

"In an effort to settle tens of thousands of claims that Bayer AG’s Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, lawyers for some plaintiffs are discussing with the company deals that could lead to a total payout of about $10 billion, according to people with direct knowledge of the negotiations."

Source: Bloomberg, 01/24/2020

"Big Oil Wants To Dump More Wastewater Into Rivers. What Could Go Wrong?"

"For more than six months, twin brothers Ronald and Donald Schweitzer have watched large amounts of salty wastewater bubble up from the ground in their wheat field. The “saltwater purge” has killed three trees and several acres of crops on their northwest Oklahoma farm."

Source: Grist, 01/23/2020

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