Benjamin Lesser

2 months ago | today.westlaw.com | Benjamin Lesser |Janet Roberts |Jaimi Dowdell |Lena Masri

(Reuters) - The Trump administration's effort to slash and reshape American foreign aid is crippling the intricate global system that aims to prevent and respond to famine. Struggling to manage hunger crises sweeping the developing world even before...

Dec 26, 2024 | nst.com.my | Jaimi Dowdell |Kaylee Kang |Benjamin Lesser |Raymon Troncoso

Aug 7, 2024 | bilyonaryo.com | Benjamin Lesser |M.B. Pell |Jaimi Dowdell

Source: REUTERSBy Benjamin Lesser, M.B. Pell, Jaimi DowdellNEW YORK, Aug. 7 (Reuters) – It is a little-known federal health agency with an unfamiliar name: the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Congress conceived it as part of the 1980 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, commonly known as the Superfund law, meant to hold polluters responsible for the nation’s most toxic messes.

Aug 7, 2024 | reuters.com | Jaimi Dowdell |M.B. Pell |Benjamin Lesser

A drone view shows a Norlite plant using a hazardous waste incinerator to make construction material, in Cohoes, New York, U.S., July 13, 2023. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky Aug 7 (Reuters) - Companies responsible for cleaning up some of the worst pollution in the U.S. have found an unlikely ally in a federal health agency meant to protect people from environmental hazards at highly contaminated sites, a Reuters investigation found.

Aug 7, 2024 | tradingview.com | Jaimi Dowdell |M.B. Pell |Benjamin Lesser |Michelle Conlin

By Jaimi Dowdell, M.B. Pell, Benjamin Lesser, Michelle Conlin, Phoebe Quinton and Waylon CunninghamBRIDGETON, Missouri, Aug 7 (Reuters) - The 43,000 tons of radioactive waste and soil came from a top-secret initiative: The Manhattan Project, which built the atomic bombs America dropped on Japan in 1945. In 1973, that waste ended up in an unlined landfill in Bridgeton, Missouri, a St. Louis suburb. Workers spread it to cover trash and construction debris.