#environmental-protection-agency

#environmental-protection-agency

Efforts to clear toxic pesticides from the United Heckathorn Superfund Site in Richmond are ongoing, but the EPA's previous remediation measures have proven inadequate, leaving contamination levels elevated.

The federal government is filled with scientists who contribute to decisions regarding food, medicines, environment, health care, and more. However, as President Trump's second term began, many scientists noticed a shift towards an antiscience approach.

"Unfortunately, right now, it looks like the polluters won," says Thomas Burke, the founder and emeritus director of the Johns Hopkins Risk Sciences and Public Policy Institute and a former deputy assistant administrator of the EPA's Office of Research and Development.

"If this freeze continues, we will continue to lose trust, lose projects, and lose capacity to operate," said Beth Bafford, chief executive of Climate United.