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TOXMAP, FEDERAL DATABASE ALLOWING PUBLIC TO TRACK U.S. POLLUTION, SHUT DOWN AFTER 15 YEARS BY TRUMP
(sorry about the damn NEWSWEEK all-caps headlines. I copy/paste theirs and am too lazy to "unshout" the all-caps)
https://www.newsweek.com/toxmap-federal-database-allowing-public-track-us-pollution-shut-down-after-15-years-trump-1479146
TOXMAP, an interactive map that allowed public users to pinpoint sources of pollution, was pulled from the internet after 15 years. Hosted by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the website was beneficial to researchers and advocates.
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In addition to TOXMAP, information about chemicals, household product safety, risk assessment and other related topics was held at TOXNET.
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Some observers believe the disappearance of TOXMAP is connected with President Donald Trump's rollbacks of environmental policies set forth by the Obama administration.
"TOXMAP's end accords with a larger pattern spanning federal environmental agencies whose intentions have been far from quiet, even loudly trumpeted," read a December article from the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative (EDGI). "The dismantling of such a usable public platform connecting health and environmental data certainly accords with the EPA's own declared strategies, of seeking to exclude so many environmental health studies from policy-making and to neglect or defund on-going environmental health investigations."
. . .
In addition to TOXMAP, information about chemicals, household product safety, risk assessment and other related topics was held at TOXNET.
. . .
Some observers believe the disappearance of TOXMAP is connected with President Donald Trump's rollbacks of environmental policies set forth by the Obama administration.
"TOXMAP's end accords with a larger pattern spanning federal environmental agencies whose intentions have been far from quiet, even loudly trumpeted," read a December article from the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative (EDGI). "The dismantling of such a usable public platform connecting health and environmental data certainly accords with the EPA's own declared strategies, of seeking to exclude so many environmental health studies from policy-making and to neglect or defund on-going environmental health investigations."
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