Jaimi Dowdell Interview About Reuters Report on ATSDR Shielding Polluters
Jaimi Dowdell was recently interviewed on Frank von Hippel’s Science History Podcast, discussing last year’s Reuters report on the U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, the largely captured federal toxics agency that has acted to shield polluters from liability.
In the podcast, Dowdell and von Hippel discuss “how a federal agency responsible for community health assessments has a history of failing to protect the communities that seek its aid. Jaimi was part of the Reuters team that won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting. Today we discuss the Reuters special report published in August 2024 and entitled, ‘How a US health agency became a shield for polluters.'”
Listen to the episode of the Science History Podcast by clicking here.