Alden Wicker
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Freelance journalist || Author of To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick – and How We Can Fight Back (PRH) || EcoCult on Substack. || Southern VT <> NYC || aldenwicker.com
Oh, and also the truly chaotic pause on federal funding that led to the shut down of the Medicaid funding system? Not good for our health. www.cbsnews.com/news/federal...
What does Trump's federal funding freeze mean for people who get aid?
Many are unclear on how sweeping the federal funding freeze is intended to be. Here are programs it could affect.
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January 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Oh, and also the truly chaotic pause on federal funding that led to the shut down of the Medicaid funding system? Not good for our health. www.cbsnews.com/news/federal...
The MAHA movement's hopes all hinge on RFK going after Big Pharma, Big Food, Big Chemical. But even if he's confirmed, I'm not sure how he'll succeed if other agency heads are hellbent on protecting the interests of petrochemical and processed food corporations.
January 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The MAHA movement's hopes all hinge on RFK going after Big Pharma, Big Food, Big Chemical. But even if he's confirmed, I'm not sure how he'll succeed if other agency heads are hellbent on protecting the interests of petrochemical and processed food corporations.
4. Trump paused all federal health regulations, putting a ban on formaldehyde in hair products in limbo. www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
Federal regulations paused, halting FDA's proposed ban on formaldehyde in hair products
Over the years, an increasing number of studies have linked formaldehyde to cancers that are especially prevalent among Black women.
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January 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
4. Trump paused all federal health regulations, putting a ban on formaldehyde in hair products in limbo. www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
3. Including a guy who thinks asbestos shouldn't be banned and has actively fought against water protections on behalf of polluting clients. www.propublica.org/article/davi...
Donald Trump’s No. 2 Pick for the EPA Represented Companies Accused of Pollution Harm
David Fotouhi, a lawyer who recently challenged a ban on asbestos, worked to roll back climate regulations and water protections while serving in the Environmental Protection Agency during Trump’s fir...
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January 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
3. Including a guy who thinks asbestos shouldn't be banned and has actively fought against water protections on behalf of polluting clients. www.propublica.org/article/davi...
2. He stocked the EPA with petro/chemical lobbyists....https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/climate/epa-staff-oil-gas-chemical-industry-lobbyists.html
January 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
2. He stocked the EPA with petro/chemical lobbyists....https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/climate/epa-staff-oil-gas-chemical-industry-lobbyists.html
1. He withdrew proposed limits on PFAS, the "forever chemicals" that are carcinogenic and reproductive toxic, and in half of Americans' drinking water: www.thenewlede.org/2025/01/amid...
Amid series of rapid-fire policy reversals, Trump quietly withdraws proposed limits on PFAS
By Shannon Kelleher Amid a flurry of actions curtailing Biden’s environmental policies, the administration of newly inaugurated President Donald Trump this week withdrew a plan to set limits on toxic...
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January 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
1. He withdrew proposed limits on PFAS, the "forever chemicals" that are carcinogenic and reproductive toxic, and in half of Americans' drinking water: www.thenewlede.org/2025/01/amid...