Trump Administration Backs Off Regulating Environmental Toxins Despite MAHA Demands

For decades, grassroots activists have led the way in pushing the government to regulate toxins that harm our health and wellbeing. The MAHA, or Make America Healthy Again, movement has taken up some of that activism to fight the growing prevalence of environmental toxins such as pesticides, PFAS and microplastics. Though MAHA has lobbied U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and President Trump to reduce the pollutants, many have been disappointed by the administration’s inaction. We’ll talk about efforts to regulate environmental toxins and the Trump administration’s approach.

Guests:

• Ken Cook, founder and president, Environmental Working Group
• Craig Spencer, emergency doctor; associate professor of the practice of health services, policy, and practice, Brown University School of Public Health; wrote a recent article for The Atlantic titled, “Public Health Needs MAHA.”
• Sarah Vogel, senior vice president, healthy communities, Environmental Defense Fund