DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EPA</span></a>’s Next Move: Making It Harder to Sue for Getting Cancer from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Roundup" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Roundup</span></a> </p><p>The corporation behind Roundup <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/herbicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>herbicide</span></a> has paid out nearly $11 billion in lawsuits. Now it's backing an EPA rule that would stop the bleeding.</p><p>by Schuyler Mitchell, March 21 2025</p><p>"Last August, 11 industry-friendly red states, led by Nebraska and Iowa, submitted a 436-page petition asking the agency to amend its labeling rules under the Federal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Insecticide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Insecticide</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rodenticide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Rodenticide</span></a>, and Fungicide Act, or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FIFRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FIFRA</span></a>. The proposed rule change would explicitly prohibit states from labeling <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pesticides" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pesticides</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/herbicides" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>herbicides</span></a> with warnings about cancer, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BirthDefects" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BirthDefects</span></a>, and reproductive harm if those notices contradict the EPA’s risk assessment.</p><p>"The states made clear that their ultimate goal is to thwart future lawsuits against pesticide manufacturers. Their petition argued that recent court rulings have created a 'gap in FIFRA’s regulatory framework' that the proposed rule change would plug.</p><p>"In January, in a move initiated by the Biden administration, the EPA took a first step of accepting public comment on the rule-making petition, with a deadline of March 24 — though this step is exploratory and does not mean a new rule will be issued. Still, the EPA’s decision could have disastrous consequences if Donald Trump’s second administration is as friendly to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChemicalIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ChemicalIndustry</span></a> as it was in his first. </p><p>"'It’s telling of the lengths that pesticide manufacturers will go to make sure that nothing interferes with their profit margins,' said Brett Hartl, government affairs director at the Center for Biological Diversity. 'There’s a reality that the industry itself generates much of the data, and they say it’s safe, and then EPA approves that determination.”</p><p>Read more:<br /><a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/03/21/trump-epa-monsanto-roundup-bayer-cancer-chemicals/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/03/21/tr</span><span class="invisible">ump-epa-monsanto-roundup-bayer-cancer-chemicals/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br /><a href="https://archive.ph/VsfWE" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/VsfWE</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Link for public comment:<br /><a href="https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0562" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">regulations.gov/docket/EPA-HQ-</span><span class="invisible">OPP-2024-0562</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KillThePoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KillThePoor</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ecocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlyphosateKills" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GlyphosateKills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MonsantoKills" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MonsantoKills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LandIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RunOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RunOff</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Cancer</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EnvironmentalPollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigChemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BigChemical</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigAg" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BigAg</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RoundupReady" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RoundupReady</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Microbiota" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Microbiota</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BeeKilling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BeeKilling</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BayerKills" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BayerKills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CenterForBiologicalDiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CenterForBiologicalDiversity</span></a></p>
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DoomsdaysCW<p>Just proving that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s administration is TOXIC!</p><p>Trump <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EPA</span></a> withdrawal of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PFAS</span></a> effluent limits is setback for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EWG" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EWG</span></a> warns</p><p>WASHINGTON – "On Tuesday, the Trump Environmental Protection Agency withdrew a pending Biden administration plan that would have protected public health from the chemical manufacturing sector by setting discharge limits on the toxic '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForeverChemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ForeverChemicals</span></a>' known as PFAS.</p><p>"The Trump administration pulled the proposal from White House review – the last step before the agency could release the plan publicly and seek comment on it. The decision is a significant setback for efforts to address the growing public health crisis caused by industrial PFAS pollution of the water supply. </p><p>"Coupled with President Donald Trump’s executive order placing a freeze on any new federal regulations, the withdrawal prompts significant concerns from environmental and public health advocates about the future of PFAS regulation and whether tackling the PFAS contamination crisis will be an administration priority.</p><p>The following is a statement from Melanie Benesh, vice president for government affairs at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalWorkingGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EnvironmentalWorkingGroup</span></a>:</p><p>"Yesterday’s action by the Trump administration to withdraw the long-awaited proposal on PFAS effluent limits is a devastating setback in the fight to protect our communities from toxic 'forever chemicals.'</p><p>"This move not only delays establishing critical federal standards but also sends a dangerous message giving polluters a green light to continue poisoning our water and communities without fear of consequence. </p><p>"It’s an unconscionable betrayal of the public’s health in favor of corporate interests, and it underscores this administration’s troubling shift in policy which threatens to roll back any progress to protect our <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>environment</span></a> and hold <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/polluters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>polluters</span></a> accountable.</p><p>"PFAS contamination is already a public health crisis. The science is clear: PFAS are toxic at even the smallest levels, and they have been linked to serious health problems, including cancer, immune suppression and developmental harm. Communities across the country, especially those near PFAS-manufacturing facilities, have lived with the devastating consequences of this pollution for decades.</p><p>"State regulators have waited for the federal government to lead on this issue so they can incorporate effective monitoring and treatment requirements into their discharge permits. Without federal limits, those efforts remain stalled.</p><p>"The Trump administration’s refusal to act now puts even more lives at risk, leaving American communities to fend for themselves as polluters continue their unchecked discharges of toxic PFAS into our water."</p><p><a href="https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/statement/2025/01/trump-epa-withdrawal-pfas-effluent-limits-setback-public-health-ewg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ewg.org/news-insights/statemen</span><span class="invisible">t/2025/01/trump-epa-withdrawal-pfas-effluent-limits-setback-public-health-ewg</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFASContamination" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PFASContamination</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalDamage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EnvironmentalDamage</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ManMadeDisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ManMadeDisasters</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AFFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AFFF</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OceansAreLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OceansAreLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFASPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PFASPollution</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirefightingFoam" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FirefightingFoam</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PFOS</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/3M" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>3M</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForeverChemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ForeverChemicals</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigChemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BigChemical</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateInterests" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CorporateInterests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corporatocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Corporatocracy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumptyDumpty" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrumptyDumpty</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhenIdiotsRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WhenIdiotsRule</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Just like with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PFAS</span></a>-laden <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirefightingFoam" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FirefightingFoam</span></a>, less <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Toxic</span></a> alternatives are out there, but expense is often cited as a roadblock. TBH, things that benefit the environment and society shouldn't cost more than the toxic originals -- and toxic chemicals should be replaced! Period! Make <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigChemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BigChemical</span></a> pay! (Since they probably knew about the hazards but hid them from the public. As usual with Big anything these days...!)</p><p>A <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PinkPowder" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PinkPowder</span></a> is being used to fight <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CaliforniaFires" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CaliforniaFires</span></a>. It's getting everywhere</p><p>by Nadine Yousif, January 13, 2025</p><p>"Its use has been controversial in the past over its potential effects on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>environment</span></a>.</p><p>"A lawsuit filed in 2022 by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForestServiceEmployees" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ForestServiceEmployees</span></a> for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EnvironmentalEthics</span></a>, an organisation made up of current and former employees of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USForestService" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USForestService</span></a>, accused the federal agency of violating the country's clean water laws by dumping <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>chemical</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FireRetardant" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FireRetardant</span></a> from planes onto forests.</p><p>"It argued that the chemical kills fish and is not effective.</p><p>"The following year, a US District judge agreed with the employees, but in her ruling allowed the Forest Service to continue using the retardant as it seeks a permit to do so from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).</p><p>"The case drew the attention of communities devastated by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wildfires</span></a> in the past, including the town of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ParadiseCalifornia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ParadiseCalifornia</span></a>, which was destroyed by fire in 2018.</p><p>"Its then-mayor, Greg Bolin, hailed the judge's ruling, saying it ensures communities 'have a fighting chance' in the face of fires.</p><p>"The Forest Service told NPR that this year, it phased out the use of one type of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PhosChek" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PhosChek</span></a> formula - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PhosChekLC95" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PhosChekLC95</span></a> - in favour of another - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MVPFx" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MVPFx</span></a> - saying that the latter is less toxic to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wildlife</span></a>.</p><p>"The Forest Service also has a mandatory ban in place on dropping fire retardant in sensitive environmental areas, like waterways and habitats of endangered species. There are exceptions to the ban, however, in cases 'when human life or public safety are threatened.'"</p><p>Read more:<br /><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93lqng957jo?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/c93lqng9</span><span class="invisible">57jo?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FireRetardant" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FireRetardant</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FishKills" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FishKills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wildfires</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Firefighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Firefighting</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>What a bunch of hooey! Yes, Uranium is natural and should be kept in the ground!!! smh Hey, remember the ads that used to tout, "DDT is good for me!" Yeah, about that. Should we fear ALL chemicals? Of course not. More like, should we fear being LIED to by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigChemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BigChemical</span></a>, who have told us stuff was safe when in fact it wasn't. It seems the author doesn't want to acknowledge the harm done by greedy capitalists, and maybe she should start drinking Roundup to see how "safe" it is. smh.</p><p>"Uranium is natural."</p><p><a href="https://slate.com/technology/2024/09/silent-spring-rachel-carson-environment-chemicals-fear.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">slate.com/technology/2024/09/s</span><span class="invisible">ilent-spring-rachel-carson-environment-chemicals-fear.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChemicalIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ChemicalIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateBrainwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CorporateBrainwashing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KatieMacBride" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KatieMacBride</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilentSpring" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SilentSpring</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Advertising</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>How Rachel Carson’s ‘Silent Spring’ Awakened the World to Environmental Peril<br />Carson's 1962 bestseller first warned the public about the devastating effects of chemical pesticides—and started a revolution</p><p>By: Cate Lineberry<br />April 22, 2022</p><p>"Carson had resisted writing the book for years because of these anticipated attacks from the chemical companies as well as public officials who had accepted their false claims. 'It was a David versus Goliath sort of saga,' says Lear. 'She was uncovering industrial misdeeds and, in the course of that, bringing down powerful men who had been entrusted by the public and shown to be unworthy of that trust.'"</p><p><a href="https://www.history.com/news/rachel-carson-silent-spring-impact-environmental-movement" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">history.com/news/rachel-carson</span><span class="invisible">-silent-spring-impact-environmental-movement</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigChemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BigChemical</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilentSpring" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SilentSpring</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RachelCarson" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RachelCarson</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corporatocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Corporatocracy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EnvironmentalMovement</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Environment</span></a></p>
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