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Sharon Lerner

Sharon Lerner is a journalist and a senior fellow at the Center for New York City Affairs at Milano Graduate School, New School University.

Trump’s EPA plans to stop collecting greenhouse gas emissions data from most polluters

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Formaldehyde, Hazardous chemicals and symbols on containers, chemical in industry or laboratory (Kittisak Kaewchalun / Getty Images)

Formaldehyde causes more cancer than any other toxic air pollutant, but little is done to stop it

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Tomato (Getty Images/Glowimages)

10 times as much of toxic pesticide could end up on your tomatoes and celery under new EPA proposal

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EPA approved a fuel ingredient even though it could cause cancer in virtually every person exposed

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Mississippi’s last abortion provider

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(Flickr/John de Guzman)

Did Sandy save Occupy?

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Pregnant and poor in Mississippi

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The invisible mommies

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Just say no to sex; just say yes to big bucks

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Going right through you

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