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"Secretary Kennedy echoes industry talking points on food safety laws"

"The Department of Health and Human Services has terminated seven grants totaling millions of dollars to the American Academy of Pediatrics, including for initiatives on reducing sudden infant deaths, improving adolescent health, preventing fetal alcohol syndrome and identifying autism early, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post."

"The Modernizing Access to our Public Waters Act has been sent to President Donald Trump for signing after passing a vote in the Senate. The bill, once signed, would improve recreation on federal waterways by investing in modern technology to provide anglers, hunters, boaters, and other water users the information needed to safely and legally access and utilize public waters administered by federal agencies, according to the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership."

"The EU on Tuesday walked back a 2035 ban on new petrol and diesel cars seen as a milestone in the fight against climate change, as the bloc pivots to bolstering its crisis-hit auto sector."

"Ford Motor said the costs came from its decision to make fewer electric vehicles than it had planned and more hybrids that use both gasoline engines and batteries."

"Ford Motor said Monday that it would scale back plans to produce electric vehicles and take a $19.5 billion hit to its profit to cover the costs of a major change in strategy.

"The FDA has proposed adding bemotrizinol, a new sunscreen ingredient, to the U.S. approval list, which could expand consumer options and help prevent skin cancer."

"A new report from UCLA and the Natural Resources Defense Council found nearly a quarter of Colorado River water is basically provided for free by the federal government."

"President Donald Trump this week announced plans to weaken rules for how far automakers’ new vehicles need to travel on a gallon of gasoline, set under former President Joe Biden. ... Here are the facts."

"For decades, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has fought attempts by the anti-vaccine movement to sow doubts in the safety and efficacy of the shots that marked a triumph of public health. This week, the agency instead provided a powerful platform for the cause."