CHEMICALS
Health advocates sound alarm over Trump EPA, rule delays
Public health advocates are warning that the Trump administration may effectively renege on a landmark chemical safety compromise signed into law last year by President Obama.
Corbin Hiar
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Corbin covers the use and regulation of chemicals as well as their impacts on human health and the environment for E&E News, where he has worked since 2014. His reporting on oil and gas development in national wildlife refuges for Greenwire won a National Press Club award. He previously covered environmental policy at SNL Energy and the Center for Public Integrity and has freelanced for The Economist, Mother Jones and many other publications. As an editor, he has worked at The Huffington Post and PBS MediaShift. He has a degree in international relations from Bowdoin College.
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CHEMICALS
Appropriators target EPA bid to ban 3 industrial solvents
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NOMINATIONS
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EPA
Top chemical safety official to retire
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EPA
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