A significant number of political appointees who have joined the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under President Trump used to work for or have lobbied on behalf of the chemical and fossil fuel industries. |
The appointments come as the administration has made apparently competing promises about aggressively cutting regulations while also “Making America Healthy Again.”
Among the figures appointed to the agency is Nancy Beck, who used to work at the American Chemistry Council, a chemical industry trade and lobbying group, before serving in the EPA during Trump’s first term. Beck has faced controversy over her handling of chemical safety during her prior tenure in the administration.
Also joining the administration is Lynn Dekleva, who spent about 30 years at chemical giant DuPont, according to her LinkedIn page. DuPont is well known for, among other things, its relationship to “forever chemicals,” a toxic family of chemicals also known as PFAS that have been linked to several cancers and other health concerns and are the subject of EPA regulations, like many toxic substances.
Read more on the industry alumni joining the administration here.
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