People are leaving or avoiding living in states with abortion bans, a new paper shows — resulting in lower rental prices and higher vacancies than in states that protect reproductive rights.
How a story about GRAS reform went viral and sparked a full-blown frenzy on the East Coast.
foodfix.co/new-england-...
ok I would definitely watch baseball if each team got one (1) animal to let loose during the game. when will you use your animal delay. what animal will you choose
“I think people should be concerned that the FDA doesn’t know what’s in food and that we have a regulatory process that allows companies to bypass the FDA's safety review process,” said @melaniebenesh.bsky.social, @ewgofficial.bsky.social’s VP of gov't affairs.
www.thenewlede.org/2026/03/repo...
New report with @mvmaffini.bsky.social today on 111
"secret" GRAS ingredients: www.ewg.org/research/sec...
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
the first choice is literally what Jesus would teach, i feel like i'm losing my mind
As EPA weakens air pollution regulations, Black women stand to face the greatest health risks 19thnews.org/2026/02/epa-... via @19thnews.org
Come learn about food additive regulation and the #GRAS loophole with me next Friday: www.afdo.org/event/unders...
Proposed laws would force miscarriage patients to collect fetal tissue, then return it in a medical waste bag. Anti-abortion groups claiming abortion pills threaten environment—with no evidence.
"Lawmakers should devote energy to strengthening our outdated wastewater laws and funding the agencies tasked with implementing them, instead of using those laws as cover for an anti-abortion agenda." - @melaniebenesh.bsky.social
Thank you @undark.org for letting me write this piece about this insane trend
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I wrote for @undark.org about abortion, wastewater, and having fetal tissue stuck in my cervix for 9 days: undark.org/2025/11/13/o...
Chat is it good when a lawyer for DOJ says this
Relax, America, There Is Life After Nonstick Pans. Great piece this morning from Chef Andrew Zimmern www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...
Maybe not the most important thing right now, but it is utterly bizarre that the already very delayed Spring 2025 agenda was up for a couple hours nearly 3 weeks ago and still hasn't restored
Overflowing with love for this city
The only reason for Emil Bove to be still showing up for Trump administration photo opps (in this photo from Trump’s D.C. takeover, peeking out at top right) is that Emil Bove understands himself to be part of the Trump administration on an ongoing basis www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/u...
And yet the EPA will likely kneecap its own ability to clean up those very bases by repealing PFAS Superfund designation
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The article says that the EPA now thinks the cons outweigh the pros of adding PFOA and PFOS to the Superfund hazardous substance list. To be clear, those pros and cons are:
Pro: cleaning up extremely polluted communities
Con: hurting industry profits
There is no scientific or legal basis for arguing that PFOA and PFOS are not extremely hazardous substances. They are toxic at levels much lower, in some cases orders of magnitude lower, than many (most?) other CERCLA hazardous substances.
This is about protecting industry profits full stop.
"Cockroaches" the exact literal term most used in Rwanda by Hutu ultranationalists against Tutsis in the lead up to when they killed hundreds of thousands of them in a matter of weeks. Also used by Begin to describe Palestinians, "drugged cockroaches in a bottle."
We are getting closer and closer to confirming @dqasci.bsky.social's estimate of 200 million Americans with PFAS in their water
Did OMB already take down the Spring 2025 Unified Agenda?
reposting with alt text bc yknow what that's a good catch
Outdated #sunscreen rules = outdated protection
Americans deserve better than questionable ingredients and blocked innovation.
My colleague @melaniebenesh.bsky.social explains how FDA and industry delays are leaving Americans in the sun - unprotected.
#SunBurn #SkinCancer
youtu.be/QTLms4ZGi0A?...
Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
Important new analysis from EWG showing how many counties lose if Congress cuts SNAP benefits www.ewg.org/news-insight...
