Ken Cook
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President & Co-Founder of Environmental Working Group. Views are my own personal copies of others’ views. Pod “Ken Cook is Having Another Episode.”
In my latest episode: a deep dive with @kff.org's Liz Hamel into new MAHA polling and the stark disconnect between what parents say they want for their children’s health and the political chaos that just left millions facing unaffordable insurance.
Who supports MAHA? New polling reveals surprising divides
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November 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
In my latest episode: a deep dive with @kff.org's Liz Hamel into new MAHA polling and the stark disconnect between what parents say they want for their children’s health and the political chaos that just left millions facing unaffordable insurance.
It’s Election Day—and key issues Lindsay Dahl @lindsaydahl.bsky.social has spent her career on are on the ballot: how we regulate chemicals, protect public health and decide what’s safe in our homes. In this episode, we talk about her new book and why science, politics & culture all matter.
Environmental health across party lines
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November 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
It’s Election Day—and key issues Lindsay Dahl @lindsaydahl.bsky.social has spent her career on are on the ballot: how we regulate chemicals, protect public health and decide what’s safe in our homes. In this episode, we talk about her new book and why science, politics & culture all matter.
Food with Mark Bittman: Paul Schiefer and Ken Cook
Food with Mark Bittman: Paul Schiefer and Ken Cook
What makes Amy's so unique.
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October 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Food with Mark Bittman: Paul Schiefer and Ken Cook
My guest this week is Matt Randolph, aka @mrglobaltoo.bsky.social — oil industry veteran with 33+ years of experience and 1M+ followers breaking down energy and policy.
We discuss where environmentalists get it right — and where we might get it wrong.
We discuss where environmentalists get it right — and where we might get it wrong.
Oil expert, Mr. Global: We are heading towards an energy crisis
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October 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
My guest this week is Matt Randolph, aka @mrglobaltoo.bsky.social — oil industry veteran with 33+ years of experience and 1M+ followers breaking down energy and policy.
We discuss where environmentalists get it right — and where we might get it wrong.
We discuss where environmentalists get it right — and where we might get it wrong.
Proud to join my EWG colleagues as @governor.ca.gov signed AB 1264 bill into law — a major step toward removing the “worst of the worst” UPFs from CA schools.
“It’s a powerful signal to all food companies… Smart companies will start reformulating now.” — Scott Faber, EWG
“It’s a powerful signal to all food companies… Smart companies will start reformulating now.” — Scott Faber, EWG
California Will Ban Certain Ultraprocessed Foods in Schools
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October 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Proud to join my EWG colleagues as @governor.ca.gov signed AB 1264 bill into law — a major step toward removing the “worst of the worst” UPFs from CA schools.
“It’s a powerful signal to all food companies… Smart companies will start reformulating now.” — Scott Faber, EWG
“It’s a powerful signal to all food companies… Smart companies will start reformulating now.” — Scott Faber, EWG
This week's podcast: journalist Brian Deer, author of The Doctor Who Fooled the World. We discuss his investigation, why misinformation remains prevalent today & the incredible scope of disarray and dysfunction playing in public health under RFK Jr. @briandeer.com
The lasting damage of vaccine misinformation and the disgraced doctor fueling it
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October 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This week's podcast: journalist Brian Deer, author of The Doctor Who Fooled the World. We discuss his investigation, why misinformation remains prevalent today & the incredible scope of disarray and dysfunction playing in public health under RFK Jr. @briandeer.com
This week on the podcast: Errol Schweizer, one of the sharpest minds in food + grocery. Former Whole Foods V.P., Forbes writer and author of The Checkout Grocery Update on Substack, he unpacks the politics shaping our food system. @grocerynerd.bsky.social
The privilege of MAHA and inflation in your kitchen
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September 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This week on the podcast: Errol Schweizer, one of the sharpest minds in food + grocery. Former Whole Foods V.P., Forbes writer and author of The Checkout Grocery Update on Substack, he unpacks the politics shaping our food system. @grocerynerd.bsky.social
Excited to share this week’s episode with Lo Bosworth — author, founder & CEO of Love Wellness. We dive into self-care, functional medicine and why self-advocacy in women’s health matters. A powerful conversation for anyone navigating their own health journey or supporting a loved one.
Lo Bosworth on women’s health advocacy
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September 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Excited to share this week’s episode with Lo Bosworth — author, founder & CEO of Love Wellness. We dive into self-care, functional medicine and why self-advocacy in women’s health matters. A powerful conversation for anyone navigating their own health journey or supporting a loved one.
You know the iconic Dr. Bronner’s bottles — but the company is so much more. I’m joined by Lisa Bronner to talk about family legacy, advocacy & her book, Soap & Soul.
Lisa Bronner on her family’s soap legacy and beyond
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August 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
You know the iconic Dr. Bronner’s bottles — but the company is so much more. I’m joined by Lisa Bronner to talk about family legacy, advocacy & her book, Soap & Soul.
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By exposing the corruption of California’s investor-owned utilities, we will hold them and our government accountable.
EWG has a long and proud history of taking on big oil, big pesticide companies, big polluters, and more.
EWG has a long and proud history of taking on big oil, big pesticide companies, big polluters, and more.
August 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
By exposing the corruption of California’s investor-owned utilities, we will hold them and our government accountable.
EWG has a long and proud history of taking on big oil, big pesticide companies, big polluters, and more.
EWG has a long and proud history of taking on big oil, big pesticide companies, big polluters, and more.
EWG scientists work to identify potential health harms from chemical exposure in everyday products so that consumers can make safer choices—and to debunk the myth that “the dose makes the poison.” Dr. Bruce Lanphear and I discuss why even low-level exposures can be harmful. @blanphear.bsky.social
“The dose makes the poison” is outdated
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August 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
EWG scientists work to identify potential health harms from chemical exposure in everyday products so that consumers can make safer choices—and to debunk the myth that “the dose makes the poison.” Dr. Bruce Lanphear and I discuss why even low-level exposures can be harmful. @blanphear.bsky.social
This week’s podcast: I talk with Will Westmoreland (@westmoreland-pops.bsky.social) -- farmer, activist & founder of The Back Forty -- about what rural America is really facing: harmful policies, lost SNAP & Medicaid access and farm subsidies favoring big ag over small farmers.
Helping rural Americans hurt by Trump’s policies
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July 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
This week’s podcast: I talk with Will Westmoreland (@westmoreland-pops.bsky.social) -- farmer, activist & founder of The Back Forty -- about what rural America is really facing: harmful policies, lost SNAP & Medicaid access and farm subsidies favoring big ag over small farmers.
Since January, the Trump admin has waged a campaign to eliminate thousands of federal scientists who help with research and rules that protect us from harmful substances. Dr. Micah Niemeier-Walsh, an industrial hygienist at N.I.O.S.H., cautions this will have serious consequences for public health.
Brain drain: The Trump administration’s war on scientists
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July 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Since January, the Trump admin has waged a campaign to eliminate thousands of federal scientists who help with research and rules that protect us from harmful substances. Dr. Micah Niemeier-Walsh, an industrial hygienist at N.I.O.S.H., cautions this will have serious consequences for public health.
This week’s podcast episode is driven by what's happening to science under the Trump administration. I talk with Dr. Linda Birnbaum & Dr. Micah Niemeier-Walsh about how scientists are losing their jobs — and why that puts us all at risk.
Brain drain: The Trump administration’s war on scientists
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July 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This week’s podcast episode is driven by what's happening to science under the Trump administration. I talk with Dr. Linda Birnbaum & Dr. Micah Niemeier-Walsh about how scientists are losing their jobs — and why that puts us all at risk.
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“Pesticide applicators and farmworkers in the fields … pay the highest price in this flawed system,” said Alexis Luckey of Toxic Free NC.
A new study finds that cancer risk doubles for pesticide applicators who use carbaryl.
@toxicfreefuture.bsky.social
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A new study finds that cancer risk doubles for pesticide applicators who use carbaryl.
@toxicfreefuture.bsky.social
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Cancer risk doubles for Iowa, NC pesticide applicators who used carbaryl, study finds
By Brian Bienkowski Pesticide applicators in North Carolina and Iowa who sprayed the insecticide carbaryl often during their career have a higher risk of getting stomach, esophageal, tongue and pros...
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July 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
“Pesticide applicators and farmworkers in the fields … pay the highest price in this flawed system,” said Alexis Luckey of Toxic Free NC.
A new study finds that cancer risk doubles for pesticide applicators who use carbaryl.
@toxicfreefuture.bsky.social
www.thenewlede.org/2025/07/carb...
A new study finds that cancer risk doubles for pesticide applicators who use carbaryl.
@toxicfreefuture.bsky.social
www.thenewlede.org/2025/07/carb...
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Syngenta settled just weeks before the first US #paraquat trial was set to begin.
The weedkiller is accused of causing Parkinson’s, but many plaintiffs are dying before their day in court.
@theguardian.com @hhsgov.govmirrors.com
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The weedkiller is accused of causing Parkinson’s, but many plaintiffs are dying before their day in court.
@theguardian.com @hhsgov.govmirrors.com
www.thenewlede.org/2025/07/with...
With trial approaching, Syngenta settles paraquat lawsuit brought by Parkinson's patient
By Carey Gillam Less than a month ahead of what would have been the first US trial over allegations that a popular weedkiller made by agrochemical giant Syngenta causes Parkinson’s disease, the parti...
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July 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Syngenta settled just weeks before the first US #paraquat trial was set to begin.
The weedkiller is accused of causing Parkinson’s, but many plaintiffs are dying before their day in court.
@theguardian.com @hhsgov.govmirrors.com
www.thenewlede.org/2025/07/with...
The weedkiller is accused of causing Parkinson’s, but many plaintiffs are dying before their day in court.
@theguardian.com @hhsgov.govmirrors.com
www.thenewlede.org/2025/07/with...
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Big news: Our investigation #PoisonPR just won the Environmental Reporting prize from @oneworldmedia.bsky.social.
Thanks to our lead partner @lighthousereports.com and to all who helped uncover the hidden forces shaping our food system.
oneworldmedia.org.uk/awards/winne...
Thanks to our lead partner @lighthousereports.com and to all who helped uncover the hidden forces shaping our food system.
oneworldmedia.org.uk/awards/winne...
Winners 2025
Presenting One World Media's 2024 Awards Longlist
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July 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Big news: Our investigation #PoisonPR just won the Environmental Reporting prize from @oneworldmedia.bsky.social.
Thanks to our lead partner @lighthousereports.com and to all who helped uncover the hidden forces shaping our food system.
oneworldmedia.org.uk/awards/winne...
Thanks to our lead partner @lighthousereports.com and to all who helped uncover the hidden forces shaping our food system.
oneworldmedia.org.uk/awards/winne...
Bayer has settled 114K+ lawsuits from people who allege they developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma after using glyphosate-based herbicides like Roundup. But the legal battles aren’t over. Journalist @careygillam.bsky.social, editor-in-chief of @thenewlede.bsky.social, breaks down the latest developments.
Is Bayer losing the Roundup fight? | Carey Gillam reports
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July 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Bayer has settled 114K+ lawsuits from people who allege they developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma after using glyphosate-based herbicides like Roundup. But the legal battles aren’t over. Journalist @careygillam.bsky.social, editor-in-chief of @thenewlede.bsky.social, breaks down the latest developments.
#MAHA March on Washington, you say? 🧵3 To protest what has clearly become the deepest, most aggressive assault on environmental protection and health in history?
Will Kennedy address the assembled masses and condemn outrages any environmental lawyer of his experience would immediately recognize?
Will Kennedy address the assembled masses and condemn outrages any environmental lawyer of his experience would immediately recognize?
April 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
#MAHA March on Washington, you say? 🧵3 To protest what has clearly become the deepest, most aggressive assault on environmental protection and health in history?
Will Kennedy address the assembled masses and condemn outrages any environmental lawyer of his experience would immediately recognize?
Will Kennedy address the assembled masses and condemn outrages any environmental lawyer of his experience would immediately recognize?
Reckless budget cuts, made with no evidence they will advance efficiency or curb 'waste and corruption', have hurt farmers, rural food banks and schools in some 40 states. Where are you, #MAHA moms? www.cnn.com/2025/03/30/b...
‘A huge blow’: USDA cuts threaten to throw Wisconsin’s local food supply into disarray | CNN Business
Federal funding cuts have thrown local food systems in Wisconsin — and across the US — into chaos.
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March 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Reckless budget cuts, made with no evidence they will advance efficiency or curb 'waste and corruption', have hurt farmers, rural food banks and schools in some 40 states. Where are you, #MAHA moms? www.cnn.com/2025/03/30/b...
See national impact of federal health research cuts scienceimpacts.org
SCiMaP
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March 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
See national impact of federal health research cuts scienceimpacts.org
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If this is really about greater efficiency, where's the analysis showing exactly how that would be achieved by these cuts? If your kids tried to pull off a scam like this in school you'd be sitting with them in the principal's office every afternoon.
If this is really about greater efficiency, where's the analysis showing exactly how that would be achieved by these cuts? If your kids tried to pull off a scam like this in school you'd be sitting with them in the principal's office every afternoon.
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March 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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If this is really about greater efficiency, where's the analysis showing exactly how that would be achieved by these cuts? If your kids tried to pull off a scam like this in school you'd be sitting with them in the principal's office every afternoon.
If this is really about greater efficiency, where's the analysis showing exactly how that would be achieved by these cuts? If your kids tried to pull off a scam like this in school you'd be sitting with them in the principal's office every afternoon.