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The EPA IRIS database specifies the cancer + noncancer risk of > 500 chemicals. It's the rosetta stone to calculating the relationship between exposure and risk. It powered our tox map and formaldehyde map. Killing it would destroy the ability to regulate or even show how harmful toxic chems are.

Sharon Lerner@fastlerner.bsky.social

NEW: While all eyes are on Trump and DOGE, a bill recently introduced in both the House and Senate would cripple the EPA's ability to regulate. It's a very serious threat and experts told me it could pass www.propublica.org/article/legi...

propublica.orgIndustry-Backed Legislation Would Bar the Use of Science Behind Hundreds of Environmental ProtectionsTwo bills in Congress would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using hundreds of chemical assessments completed by its IRIS program in environmental regulations or enforcement.

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CCResistance

@ccresistance.bsky.social

6 Mar 2025

I can't even express my feelings in words as there are not enough words to describe what my heart is feeling.

Thaddeus Maximus

@thadmessenger.bsky.social

6 Mar 2025

They don't want people to be able to make informed decisions.

bachlvrdwb.bsky.social

@bachlvrdwb.bsky.social

6 Mar 2025

Show is the operative word there. They make it so you can't clearly show it, and their rich cronies running the poisoning mega-billion corporations make even more money by not giving a shit.