Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: Trump takes 500 actions to weaken cancer protections, new report says

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Natural Resources Defense Council shows how federal rules changes will spike up public’s exposure to carcinogensAmid a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/oct/06/cancer-rates-rising-more-quickly-among-younger-people-international-study-finds" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">surge in early onset cancer</a>, the Trump administration has taken more than 500 actions to systematically dismantle protections against carcinogens once in place across the federal government, an October<a href="https://www.nrdc.org/resources/trump-administrations-pro-cancer-agenda" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank"> report alleges</a>.The Natural Resources Defense Council report, and comments from current and former officials from the Environmental Protection Agency, bring into focus how myriad changes in federal rules or protocol will dramatically increase the public’s exposure to carcinogens. These are taking effect at a time when some forms of early onset cancer are spiking by about 30% per decade. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/05/trump-cancer-carcinogen-regulation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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