Ariel Wittenberg

RFK jr has been mercury poisoned from eating fish, & used his fish-fighting credentials to get confirmed to HHS, where he promised to get chemicals out of food. But he's been silent as EPA promises to rollback mercury rules My latest for @EENewsUpdates https://t.co/5fkztaMLEy

Trump/RFK may say they want to "Make America Healthy Again" by rooting out "corporate influence or cronyism," but many Trump nominees to the EPA have worked on behalf of industry to role back health-based pollution limits My latest for @EENewsUpdates https://t.co/K3ilexLd0Y

Trump's OSHA Pick-- a former top UPS safety exec who oversaw the company as dozens of workers were hospitalized for heat exposure. My latest for @EENewsUpdates https://t.co/HilOXs15kl

My latest on the "watchlist" targeting federal health officials who have worked on equity issues--including the head of HHS' climate office. https://t.co/hPGDPCmdk9

A worker was electrocuted at a Tesla plant in August. OSHA had an early-Feb. deadline to decide whether or not to cite Tesla in his death. Now, the Department of Labor is DOGE's next target. My latest for @EENewsUpdates with @MikeLeeFW https://t.co/Kfrp6NIn8z

And with that, RFK jr's nomination advances out of Committee

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. @SenBillCassidy

I’ve had very intense conversations with Bobby and the White House over the weekend and even this morning. I want to thank VP JD specifically for his honest counsel. With the serious commitments I’ve received from the administration and the opportunity to make progress on the

Lyme patients hope the Trump admin will boost funding, even as RFK jr comes under fire for conspiracies “It’s irrelevant at this point to focus on the origins — what we do know for sure is that people are suffering," one advocate told me. https://t.co/rVnInS92yS

RT @zcolman: SCOOP from me & @Marcia_Brown9: USDA ordered to scrub climate change from its websites. https://t.co/FE7lWrZ20C

RT @Chemnipot: The acting chief financial officer of EPA paused all in-agency work on both IRA and BIL programs on Monday, and also froze o…

RFK Jr just told the Senate he "never believed" Lyme disease was created as a bioweapon. But he devoted an entire episode of his podcast to promoting the (debunked) conspiracy theory in Jan 2024. My latest for @EENewsUpdates on RFK's Lyme flip flops https://t.co/h7SOi7MfIk

Actually, Kennedy did say he thinks Lyme disease was created as a bioweapon--on his own podcast, almost exactly a year ago. He has said similar about many other infectious diseases. https://t.co/x4c2TtfnLK

RT @AliceOllstein: First @politico: Several states are joining anti-abortion groups' push to ban abortion pills over unproven claims they'r…

Now with an open link: https://t.co/nuBGxxRBzV

Ariel Wittenberg @ArielWittenberg

RFK jr has spread misinformation about herbicides causing "gender confusion." They don't, but the claims have helped earn him acclaim on the alt-right. my latest for @EENewsUpdates https://t.co/YJuVsxipiL

RFK jr has spread misinformation about herbicides causing "gender confusion." They don't, but the claims have helped earn him acclaim on the alt-right. my latest for @EENewsUpdates https://t.co/YJuVsxipiL

“We help their brand, and we serve the community so they can stay out of this hazard, but we don’t get anything for putting ourselves at risk,” My latest for @EENewsUpdates on the LA rideshare drivers who work without wildfire smoke protections https://t.co/RbuHjbPaMJ