How a US health agency became a shield for polluters (Reuters)

A major new Reuters investigation details how the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) “regularly downplays and disregards neighbors’ health concerns” and “has helped polluters save at least tens of millions of dollars on cleanups, delayed billions of dollars in medical claims and exposed millions of people to potential harm.”

Read the full article by clicking here, or just read the key findings by clicking here.

Read a companion Reuters article, detailing some of the agency’s “signature errors,” including its work on the Santa Susana Field Lab, by clicking here.

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