1/ This has been a bad and telling month for the Trump Administration’s systematic suppression of science and ignoring the evidence when it comes to chemical risks. Follow this thread for the latest examples of #CensoredScience:
2/ First, @sciencemagazine & @EENewsUpdates reported on EPA and White House officials’ efforts to bury a draft ATSDR report on #PFAS. After public outcry and bipartisan Congressional pressure, the draft report was released on 6/21. bit.ly/2N29ibG
3/ Speaking of #PFAS, @ProPublica’s @AbrahmL yesterday published an investigative report on the longstanding effort by EPA and DoD officials to downplay the potential risks of this family of chemicals used in everything from food packaging to textiles. bit.ly/2L5QAza
4/ Last week @politico’s @AnnElizabeth18 revealed the determined effort by political appointees at EPA to prevent release of the agency’s updated draft hazard assessment of #formaldehyde for public and peer review. That report remains under wraps. politi.co/2IYtrx3
5/ Last month, @nytimes’ @EricLiptonNYT described EPA’s decision to systematically ignore most releases of 10 toxic chemicals to air, water and land when assessing risks of the chemicals under the recently reformed Toxic Substances Control Act (#TSCA). nyti.ms/2HsvN6v
6/ An EDF analysis found that EPA’s decision means that it will ignore a minimum of 68 million pounds every year of 7 of these 10 chemicals released to the environment, assuming they pose ZERO risk. edf.org/ard 
7/ EDF described in detail the exposures EPA will ignore to 1,4-dioxane, a likely carcinogen, by disregarding its presence in common consumer products and its release to the environment from industrial and commercial uses. edf.org/azU
8/ There’s a clear pattern here:
When science threatens corporate interests, suppress it, and if you can’t do that, ignore it.
When science threatens corporate interests, suppress it, and if you can’t do that, ignore it.
