Journalist. Author, They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemical, out now. Nieman fellow @Harvard (2016). Bylines all over.
Washington, DC
Joined January 2012
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Today is the day! After eight long years, They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals is out. 1/ @CrownPublishing #PFAS
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There is something so unbelievably bleak about an article that calmly walks readers through how to navigate being laid off after 50, losing your health insurance, and somehow surviving the years until Medicare. What a broken country.
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News: NPR won’t use audio from White House events until further notice, per internal memo. “Newscast and shows can report the substance of the president’s comments during this time, but not use tape from events.”
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Pesticide approvals come out of a negotiation between the EPA and pesticide companies
We’ve never known what the sausage-making process looks like
Until now
Follow this thread for one of the most F'd up things you will ever see in pesticide regulation
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This is one of the bleakest media layoff memos I’ve seen in 12 years covering the industry. Ugh.
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Gift link to WSJ Story today. I can't believe it's not illegal to extort money from companies in exchange for access or favors from the President (like settling a lawsuit?) wsj.com/politics/policy/trum…
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After Emily Waldorf was denied care for a life-threatening miscarriage, her mother and stepfather, who considered themselves “pro-life,” were outraged:
“If I took my dog to a vet and it had this problem, that dog would get better treatment.”
propublica.org/article/arkan…
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A rave review in the @nytimes of my new book, CATCH THE DEVIL, which is out today!
Written by one of my writing heroes, @tedconover:
nytimes.com/2026/07/13/books…
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The DOJ has dropped 23,000 criminal cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — while prosecuting 32,000 new immigration cases in just the first six months of Trump’s second term.
propublica.org/article/trump…
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To see how horrible this is read Mariah Blake’s excellent book They Poisoned the World @MariahCBlake
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1/6/26. US. Garbage incinerators are failing to eliminate ‘forever chemical’ air pollution, experts warn. The virtually indestructible Pfas waste puts largely low-income neighbourhoods at risk, public health advocates say theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
Mind you, this is the Trump @EPA
On May 18, 2026, @EPA publicly acknowledged: "The science on the two most studied PFAS has never been clearer. They are linked to serious health effects, they persist in the environment, they build up in the human body. And addressing that is not optional. It is essential to making America healthy again. ... The science on these two chemicals is some of the strongest of any drinking water contaminant we regulate."
#PFAS #PFOS #PFOA #foreverchemicals @Taftlaw @YaleSPH @Lesscancer #ExposureBook @DarkWatersMovie
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A new analysis shows that the Trump administration has terminated more than 100 advisory committees to science agencies—and reduced the transparency and independence of those that remain.
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Three investigative books on one great panel!
I’ll be joining @MariahCBlake & @GardinerHarris at @latimesfob to discuss:
They Poisoned the World
No More Tears
The Pain Brokers
April 18 | Annenberg Auditorium
Hope you can join us!
#LATimesfob #bookfest
Good God...
American doctor Jay Miller got stranded in Qatar when US and Israel attacked Iran. He was flying home from a vacation in India. He called the @StateDept — and got no help. Four days after the war began, they were telling Americans to get out on their own. nytimes.com/2026/03/10/trave…
LA friends & family, please join me at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books! I’ll be speaking with brilliant authors @GardinerHarris and Elizabeth Burch on an especially timely topic: “Crimes of Science and Health: Evil Corporations, Dark Money, and What It Means for Our Future.” It will make your blood boil — in a good way, I promise. #PFAS #bookfest #latimesfob
I'm REALLY looking forward to this conversation!
Three investigative books on one great panel!
I’ll be joining @MariahCBlake & @GardinerHarris at @latimesfob to discuss:
They Poisoned the World
No More Tears
The Pain Brokers
April 18 | Annenberg Auditorium
Hope you can join us!
#LATimesfob #bookfest
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Trump has collapsed cancer research.
—> The National Cancer Institute hasn’t made a single grant this fiscal year
newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…
