Make America Sick Again: EPA's Toxic Comedy Hour

In a plot twist worthy of a bad sitcom, the Trump administration’s EPA is firing its pollution health scientists while Lee Zeldin deregulates toxins like mercury and lead — you know, the stuff linked to "birth defects and liver and kidney problems." Meanwhile, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., running the health agency next door, preaches healing while staying mum on the environmental mess, with MAHA’s letter bluntly stating, 'These toxic substances are in our food, rain, air, and water, and most disturbingly, in our children's bodies.' Oh, I’m sorry, did I miss where protecting people came into play?

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Source: Vox | Published: 7/29/2025 | Author: Dylan Scott