“When junk science becomes the norm, how do you even work with an EPA that doesn’t actually care or understand science?” Dr. Tanya Taiwo grapples with this question in her work to reduce exposure of neurotoxic environmental chemicals in pregnant women and children
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Science Matters: Dr. Tanya Taiwo, Midwife, Birth Justice Advocate, and Co-Lead of Project TENDR
Science Matters: Dr. Chris Frey, Former Head of EPA’s Office of Research and Development
The former head of EPA’s Office of Research and Development, Dr. Chris Frey, weighs in on the Trump administration’s efforts to undermine American scientific leadership and gut the office he once led.
Science Matters: Carmen Marsit, Environmental Molecular Epidemiologist
Dr. Carmen Marsit, Distinguished Professor of Research and Executive Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Research Strategy at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory, is hoping the mass defunding of research will lead to the general public gaining a better understanding of how science works in the U.S.—and why it matters.
Science Matters: Dr. Linda Birnbaum, Toxicologist and Former Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
“The damage being done will take much longer to repair than it does to destroy.” A former federal scientist reflects on the harm of the Trump administration’s funding cuts and attack on science and on potential paths forward with Secretary Robert Kennedy.
Science Matters: Dr. Phil Landrigan, Pediatrician and Public Health Physician
As the second Trump administration launches its open war on science, pediatrician Dr. Phil Landrigan says we can expect sharper increases in pollution and its public health impacts this time around “because they are moving more swiftly and they are better organized.”