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Mon Apr 27, 2026, 11:43 PM Monday

How Trump Ended Independent Science at the EPA

How Trump Ended Independent Science at the EPA

April 27, 2026 at 3:27 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 102 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/04/27/how-trump-ended-independent-science-at-epa/


New York Times: “For more than a half-century, a prestigious scientific arm of the federal government did groundbreaking research aimed at saving American lives. It studied fertility, asthma, wildfires, drinking water, climate change and myriad other health threats.”

“In just one year, it has been almost completely dismantled.”
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