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Sharon Lerner

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Reporter covering the environment @ProPublica. Formerly @TheIntercept. Tips welcome : ) DM for Signal. @fastlerner.bsky.social sharon.lerner@propublica.org
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For years, I wished someone inside 3M could give me insight into the company’s decision to keep making and selling “forever chemicals” even though they were accumulating in people. Then I met Kris Hansen... propublica.org/article/3m-for…
www.propublica.org Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human... Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles...
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The latest from from me and @annabarryjester
on a new $1 million State Departent award to the Afrikaner group AfriForum, made after the Trump administration cut human rights funding to nations in crisis. One former diplomat called the move “offensive.”

propublica.org/article/afrifo…
www.propublica.org Trump’s State Department Is Giving $1 Million to Controversial Group to Study Crimes Against White... The new award, the administration’s latest show of support for the Afrikaner cause, comes after it cut human rights funding to nations in crisis. One former diplomat called the move “offensive.”
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Sharon Lerner @fastlerner
Formaldehyde - the poster child for our problems refillable chemicals. The EPA will come out with its final health assessment this month...

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www.propublica.org Formaldehyde Causes More Cancer Than Any Other Toxic Air Pollutant. Little Is Being Done to Curb... The Environmental Protection Agency’s attempts to reckon with formaldehyde have been repeatedly thwarted by the companies that rely on it. If the past is any guide, even modest steps toward reform...
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Sharon Lerner @fastlerner
Right now you’re likely breathing in a tiny bit of formaldehyde, which can cause breathing problems and cancer more than any other chemical in the air. For the past year, the EPA has been working to regulate its use. Here's why that's proven to be tough 🧵