Center to End Corporate Harm
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We have a vision of a just, healthy, and democratic society where public health policies are built on unbiased science, free of industry influence.
If you think alcohol is good for you, that's probably industry-conflicted science talking.
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September 8, 2026 at 6:31 PM
If you think alcohol is good for you, that's probably industry-conflicted science talking.
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The U.S. has adopted the plastic industry's positions on plastic pollution. This is bad for everyone - except the polluting plastic industry.
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Leaked memo shows how U.S. aims to weaken global limits on plastic pollution
A memo reviewed by The Washington Post, circulated by U.S. diplomats, comes as negotiations over a plastics treaty reach a critical point.
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August 24, 2026 at 6:07 PM
The U.S. has adopted the plastic industry's positions on plastic pollution. This is bad for everyone - except the polluting plastic industry.
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"Just as with climate breakdown and smoking, the science on harm caused by foods high in fat, salt and sugar is now settled, but the industry continues to deny and distract to delay action."
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Why are ultra-processed food firms panicking and suing? Because they know time is running out | Felicity Lawrence
As the harm caused by their products becomes more evident, manufacturers are resorting to denial and lawsuits to keep regulation at bay, says former Guardian special correspondent Felicity Lawrence
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August 19, 2026 at 8:31 PM
"Just as with climate breakdown and smoking, the science on harm caused by foods high in fat, salt and sugar is now settled, but the industry continues to deny and distract to delay action."
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Investigation from Floodlight found polluters are keeping air monitors far away from their emissions, leaving exposed neighborhoods in the dark.
👉 10 of Louisiana’s heaviest air-polluting facilities operate without a single public air monitor within five miles.
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👉 10 of Louisiana’s heaviest air-polluting facilities operate without a single public air monitor within five miles.
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Louisiana communities are left in the dark on toxic air — and industry helped keep it that way • Louisiana Illuminator
A Floodlight analysis found that Louisiana’s public air monitors are often located miles from major industrial polluters and fail to test for some of the most dangerous chemicals.
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August 17, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Investigation from Floodlight found polluters are keeping air monitors far away from their emissions, leaving exposed neighborhoods in the dark.
👉 10 of Louisiana’s heaviest air-polluting facilities operate without a single public air monitor within five miles.
lailluminator.com/2026/07/20/a...
👉 10 of Louisiana’s heaviest air-polluting facilities operate without a single public air monitor within five miles.
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Trump's EPA is remaking scientific advisory boards by stacking them with industry representatives. Eight of 11 new members have industry conflicts of interest. That's good for industry. Bad for your health.
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Trump’s EPA is stacking the SACC with industry reps
EPA’s Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals is vital to shaping Agency decisions on chemical risks
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August 7, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Trump's EPA is remaking scientific advisory boards by stacking them with industry representatives. Eight of 11 new members have industry conflicts of interest. That's good for industry. Bad for your health.
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What do you think happens when you stack EPA's chemical advisory panel with chemical industry scientists?
They will downplay the health risks of toxic chemicals and people will get sick.
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They will downplay the health risks of toxic chemicals and people will get sick.
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E&E News: EPA stacks chemical advisory panel with industry, for-hire scientists
Toxicologists from Tesla, Lyondell Chemical and a notorious figure from Trump's first term are among EPA's newest expert chemical advisers.
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July 21, 2026 at 7:49 PM
What do you think happens when you stack EPA's chemical advisory panel with chemical industry scientists?
They will downplay the health risks of toxic chemicals and people will get sick.
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They will downplay the health risks of toxic chemicals and people will get sick.
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What do you think happens if you stack an EPA chemical advisory panel with chemical industry scientists? They will downplay the health risks of toxic chemicals.
Classic example of corporate capture. And this will expose people to more toxics.
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Classic example of corporate capture. And this will expose people to more toxics.
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E&E News: EPA stacks chemical advisory panel with industry, for-hire scientists
Toxicologists from Tesla, Lyondell Chemical and a notorious figure from Trump's first term are among EPA's newest expert chemical advisers.
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July 21, 2026 at 7:46 PM
What do you think happens if you stack an EPA chemical advisory panel with chemical industry scientists? They will downplay the health risks of toxic chemicals.
Classic example of corporate capture. And this will expose people to more toxics.
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Classic example of corporate capture. And this will expose people to more toxics.
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This story from a few years ago highlights the problem of the rotating door between industry and regulators. Enacting financial conflicts of interest would go a long way to reduce this problem.
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California’s pesticide chiefs: Where are they now? - Reveal
When the state’s top pesticide regulators step down, their influence over important public health and environmental issues continues. From overseeing water issues to representing a chemical giant, her...
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July 16, 2026 at 8:52 PM
This story from a few years ago highlights the problem of the rotating door between industry and regulators. Enacting financial conflicts of interest would go a long way to reduce this problem.
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“They are mouthpieces for the chemical industry, or consulting firms bought and paid for by the chemical companies,” Olson said. #EPA #conflictofinterest
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Trump officials accused of stacking top chemical safety board with industry ‘mouthpieces’
Public health advocates warn of conflicts of interests and say panel likely to provide justification for key rollbacks
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July 13, 2026 at 6:18 PM
“They are mouthpieces for the chemical industry, or consulting firms bought and paid for by the chemical companies,” Olson said. #EPA #conflictofinterest
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New York is trying to hold #PFAS manufacturers accountable for the contamination they have caused.
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Did household cleaning products poison your drinking water?
New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit against five chemical companies, including 3M and DuPont, for allegedly polluting the state with toxic chemicals in everyday household it…
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July 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
New York is trying to hold #PFAS manufacturers accountable for the contamination they have caused.
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“The evidence on the health harms of ultra-processed food is unequivocal, ... processed junk food has been reformulated to promote over consumption and patterns of intake similar to those observed in nicotine dependence,” wrote Chartres
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Researchers call for urgent new policies to rein in ultra-processed foods
Wide consumption of ultra-processed foods is the product of a corporate playbook drawn up by “Big Tobacco” decades ago that is contributing to a rising tide of health problems, according to a series o...
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July 7, 2026 at 3:45 PM
“The evidence on the health harms of ultra-processed food is unequivocal, ... processed junk food has been reformulated to promote over consumption and patterns of intake similar to those observed in nicotine dependence,” wrote Chartres
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Have you noticed the trend? Reporters who cover climate and the environment are being cut and @yalee360.bsky.social says climate coverage has dropped every year over the last 4 years. What's up?
Corporate influence. Great piece from @thenewlede.bsky.social
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Corporate influence. Great piece from @thenewlede.bsky.social
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This is the wrong time for major media to shut down environmental coverage
While media outlets cut environmental reporters, the impact of these losses on news coverage is real.
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June 23, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Have you noticed the trend? Reporters who cover climate and the environment are being cut and @yalee360.bsky.social says climate coverage has dropped every year over the last 4 years. What's up?
Corporate influence. Great piece from @thenewlede.bsky.social
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Corporate influence. Great piece from @thenewlede.bsky.social
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NEW STUDY: Pregnant women are exposed to dozens of harmful chemicals every day, and they are having an impact on children's health. Meanwhile, the chemical industry is trying to gut America's chemical safety law, which would make things worse. #TSCA
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Study connects common chemicals to preterm births, other health risks
A large study of chemical exposures during pregnancy has found that pregnant women are exposed to dozens of chemicals everyday, many of which are linked to preterm births and low birth weights. The ch...
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June 17, 2026 at 4:41 PM
NEW STUDY: Pregnant women are exposed to dozens of harmful chemicals every day, and they are having an impact on children's health. Meanwhile, the chemical industry is trying to gut America's chemical safety law, which would make things worse. #TSCA
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Our new website is live! Check it out. Follow us here and on LinkedIn for the latest research and news on health-harming corporations.
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Center to End Corporate Harm
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June 16, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Our new website is live! Check it out. Follow us here and on LinkedIn for the latest research and news on health-harming corporations.
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Great coverage of latest research on ultra-processed food in the AJPH journal edited by our own @nickchartres.bsky.social
#thenewtobacco #UPF
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#thenewtobacco #UPF
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Ultra-processed food is global health threat, experts warn
It is increasing our risk of a range of chronic diseases, including obesity and depression, a major review says.
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June 4, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Great coverage of latest research on ultra-processed food in the AJPH journal edited by our own @nickchartres.bsky.social
#thenewtobacco #UPF
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#thenewtobacco #UPF
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Watch LIVE. Scientists affiliated with the Center presenting tobacco's role in the development of ultra processed foods at a briefing in Washington DC today hosted by @apha.org
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Big Food’s Tobacco Moment: Evidence on the Harms of Ultra-Processed Food
YouTube video by American Public Health Association
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June 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Watch LIVE. Scientists affiliated with the Center presenting tobacco's role in the development of ultra processed foods at a briefing in Washington DC today hosted by @apha.org
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"The primary cause of disease used to be a living organism that transmits a pathogen like malaria from one person to another,” said Tracey Woodruff, a Stanford Univ researcher. “Now we have corporate organisms that lead to chronic, non-communicable diseases.”
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As plastics clog the Great Lakes, industry presses to make more and downplays dangers, Tribune analysis finds
More than 8 billion tons of plastic waste clog the planet. If stacked within Chicago’s Millennium Park, plastic dumped into the environment since the middle of the last century would rise beyond the e...
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June 1, 2026 at 9:16 PM
"The primary cause of disease used to be a living organism that transmits a pathogen like malaria from one person to another,” said Tracey Woodruff, a Stanford Univ researcher. “Now we have corporate organisms that lead to chronic, non-communicable diseases.”
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Reposted by Center to End Corporate Harm
Big Oil executives knew decades ago that "catastrophic" climate change was coming.
Instead of sharing that knowledge, they buried it.
"By the time the global warming becomes detectable it could be too late to take effective countermeasures to reduce the effects or even to stabilise the situation."
Instead of sharing that knowledge, they buried it.
"By the time the global warming becomes detectable it could be too late to take effective countermeasures to reduce the effects or even to stabilise the situation."
In 1998, Shell Predicted It Would Be Sued Over Climate Crisis Someday
A new batch of documents shows the oil giant had grasped the dangers of burning fossil fuels by the 1980s.
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May 18, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Big Oil executives knew decades ago that "catastrophic" climate change was coming.
Instead of sharing that knowledge, they buried it.
"By the time the global warming becomes detectable it could be too late to take effective countermeasures to reduce the effects or even to stabilise the situation."
Instead of sharing that knowledge, they buried it.
"By the time the global warming becomes detectable it could be too late to take effective countermeasures to reduce the effects or even to stabilise the situation."
We're very excited for this event featuring @nickchartres.bsky.social and other experts on how ultra processed foods harm health.
Join @amjpublichealth.bsky.social, leading scientists, & authors, including @c2ech.bsky.social, on 6/3 for the launch of new US-focused research on #UPFs & their impact on #publichealth
🗓 June 3
⏰ 11 am ET/ 8am PT
📍 Washington, D.C. + virtual
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/big-foods-...
🗓 June 3
⏰ 11 am ET/ 8am PT
📍 Washington, D.C. + virtual
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/big-foods-...
Big Food’s Tobacco Moment: Evidence on the Harms of Ultra-Processed Food
Leading scientists unveil new evidence on ultra-processed foods' harms and solutions at the launch of the AJPH July issue in Washington, DC
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May 19, 2026 at 6:05 PM
We're very excited for this event featuring @nickchartres.bsky.social and other experts on how ultra processed foods harm health.
"Most global deaths are now caused by noncommunicable diseases like cancer, heart disease and diabetes. In many cases, these diseases are caused by industrial pollution or well-known consumer goods." #healthharmingcorporations #tobaccokills
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We figured out the deadliest company in the world. You’ve probably never heard of it.
China Tobacco’s products have likely caused at least 57 million deaths since 1990. No other company comes close, our analysis shows.
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May 11, 2026 at 5:50 PM
"Most global deaths are now caused by noncommunicable diseases like cancer, heart disease and diabetes. In many cases, these diseases are caused by industrial pollution or well-known consumer goods." #healthharmingcorporations #tobaccokills
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"Dismantling the #research arm will significantly damage the agency and weaken the government’s ability to protect public health, according to more than two dozen current and former #EPA officials interviewed for this article." #ORD
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How the Trump Administration Ended Independent Science at the E.P.A.
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April 28, 2026 at 2:50 PM
"Dismantling the #research arm will significantly damage the agency and weaken the government’s ability to protect public health, according to more than two dozen current and former #EPA officials interviewed for this article." #ORD
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