A proposed EPA rule that would sharply restrict the studies the agency can use when regulating faces pushback from the agency’s Science Advisory Board and a bipartisan group of more than 100 Congress members. The agency has extended the comment period and scheduled a hearing, but still seems determined to move ahead with a deeply flawed rule.
The Trump administration’s zero tolerance policy for migrants is a cruel experiment. It is making children sick and will have long-term adverse consequences for their health.
Coal miners are concerned that a program that assists individuals who are disabled by black lung disease is in debt. The problem will explode if Congress fails to act before the end of the year.
The Black Lung Disability Trust Fund faces the risk of insolvency; Trump signs executive order making it easier to fire civil servants; farmworker advocates call on Wendy’s to join the Fair Food Program; and thousands of activists call on Amazon to eliminate forced arbitration for contractors.
Public Health Practice
Worth reading: Civil rights, Hurricane Maria’s toll, and solutions for Starbucks
Recent pieces address the death toll from Hurricane Maria, how “religious freedom” restricts civil rights, Ebola vaccination efforts, and more.
Another day, another study on the benefits of the Affordable Care Act and the gains we risk losing if the Trump administration continues to undercut the law’s patient protections.
Toxic Substances
$88 million in regulatory savings?? EPA jiggers data to inflate economic benefit of revoking chemical plant safety rule
Scott Pruitt says his plan to revoke chemical plant safety rules will save business $88 million dollars. The trouble is, the rule’s estimated costs were never that high.
The Trump administration’s latest move to deny reproductive autonomy to women with low incomes takes the form of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on major changes to the Title X family planning program.
Public health groups are congratulating Lowe’s for its decision to rid methylene chloride-containing products from its store shelves.
In the world of public health, climate change and antibiotic resistance are often included among the most serious and urgent threats to human health. Now, a new study finds the two phenomena may be more closely related than previously thought.