Sharon Lerner
ProPublica
New York, United States
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As Workers Battle Cancer, The Government Admits Its Limit for a Deadly Chemical Is Too High
The U.S. agency that is supposed to safeguard worker health has all but given up on setting limits to protect them from dangerous chemicals. Meanwhile, workers are dying. → Read More
NIH Officials Worked With EcoHealth Alliance to Evade Restrictions on Coronavirus Experiments
Emails show that NIH officials allowed EcoHealth Alliance to craft oversight language governing its own gain-of-function research. → Read More
Merck Sells Federally Financed Covid Pill to U.S. for 40 Times What It Costs to Make
The Covid-19 treatment molnupiravir was developed using funding from the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense. → Read More
New Details Emerge About Coronavirus Research at Chinese Lab
More than 900 pages of materials related to US.-funded coronavirus research in China were released following a FOIA lawsuit by The Intercept. → Read More
Leaked Audio Shows Pressure to Overrule Scientists in “Hair-on-Fire” Cases
When industry wants a chemical safety assessment done yesterday, EPA managers classify it as “hair on fire.” → Read More
Whistleblowers Expose Corruption in EPA Chemical Safety Office
EPA managers removed information about the risks posed by dozens of chemicals, according to whistleblowers. → Read More
How Pesticide Companies Corrupted the EPA and Poisoned America
Pesticide manufacturers that have long dodged regulation by the EPA now face billions in damages for causing cancer, brain damage, and Parkinson’s disease. → Read More
Expanding Research Complex in Berkeley Highlights Dangers of U.S. Biolabs
Questions about the origins of Covid-19 raise concerns about the safety of U.S. biolabs. → Read More
Law Students Denounce Chevron’s Law Firm Over Steven Donziger Case
Gibson Dunn’s extreme tactics against environmental attorney Steven Donziger spark a backlash. → Read More
World Faces Covid-19 “Vaccine Apartheid”
Even countries that hosted vaccine trials — like Argentina, South Africa, Brazil, and Turkey — will not receive adequate supplies. → Read More
Georgia Senator Dismisses Climate Change While Enjoying Protected Beachfront Mansion
Facing runoff, Sen. David Perdue says climate change is a hoax, but his beach community is sure worried about rising sea levels. → Read More
Biden EPA Transition Team Member Helped DuPont Dodge Responsibility for PFOA
Michael McCabe, a former EPA official and aide to Joe Biden, led DuPont’s defense of the toxic PFAS chemical PFOA. → Read More
Overturning the Affordable Care Act Could Result in 68,000 Deaths
A new study shows that millions of American have already lost their health care under Trump. → Read More
The Trump Administration Is Waiving the Public’s Right to Affordable Coronavirus Treatments
Amid record unemployment, HHS is doling out more than $1 billion in coronavirus contracts that omit price-gouging safeguards. → Read More
Despite the Hype, Gilead’s Remdesivir Will Do Nothing to End the Coronavirus Pandemic
A combination of generic drugs appears to be more effective in fighting the coronavirus than Gilead Sciences’ remdesivir. → Read More
Overwhelmed Morgue Workers Struggle to Give Coronavirus Victims Death With Dignity
Volunteers in New York City’s “mobile morgues” are handling an onslaught of bodies with scarce supplies. → Read More
3M Faces Pressure to Prevent Price Gouging Among Distributors of Its N95 Masks
Manufacturers can blacklist distributors that charge high prices for N95 masks and other protective gear. → Read More
Ozone Layer Recovery Is Being Undermined by Pollution From U.S. Companies
The EPA has declined to consider the ozone-depleting potential of chemicals released by U.S. companies. → Read More
European Countries Announce Plan to Phase Out Toxic PFAS Chemicals by 2030
A strategy report submitted to the European Commission maps out a comprehensive attack on PFAS chemicals, which have contaminated water around the world. → Read More
How the Plastics Industry Is Fighting to Keep Polluting the World
Pushes to “recycle” plastics are one element of a massive industry-led effort to suppress meaningful efforts to reduce plastic waste. → Read More