{
  "id": 4423874,
  "title": "Trump EPA is manipulating safety data around a highly toxic flame retardant, advocates allege",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/trump-epa-is-manipulating-safety-data-around-a-highly-toxic-flame-4423874",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-30T13:00:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/30/trump-epa-data-toxic-flame-retardant"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A highly toxic flame retardant called TBBPA, used across the US economy, is being manipulated with safety data by the Environmental Protection Agency, according to public health advocates. TBBPA is found in dust in US homes and consumer goods, potentially posing a danger to public health, particularly children. While European agencies and organizations have labeled TBBPA as a probable carcinogen, the EPA's draft risk assessment concludes the chemical is not carcinogenic at the levels of exposure found in the US. The EPA heavily relies on industry science, underestimating TBBPA's toxicity and human exposure levels. If approved, the risk assessment will set regulations for TBBPA's use in consumer goods. TBBPA is widely used in electronics, furniture, and personal care products, and has been linked to hormone disruption, brain damage, and developmental harms in children. The EPA's assessment claims fears of toxicity to small children are based on \"overly protective assumptions.\"",
  "summary": "Widely used chemical TBBPA may present a danger to US public, and especially children, independent research finds The Environmental Protection Agency is manipulating safety data around a highly toxic flame retardant deployed across the US economy, public health advocates allege. The chemical, TBBPA, has been found in dust in US homes and in consumer goods at combined levels that independent…",
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        "outlet": "Guardian Health",
        "title": "Trump EPA is manipulating safety data around a highly toxic flame retardant, advocates allege",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/trump-epa-is-manipulating-safety-data-around-a-highly-toxic-flame",
        "published": "2026-08-30T13:00:56.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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