Angela Ramirez looks out the window of her home in Waukegan, Ill. on Jan. 2, 2020. Ramirez, who was diagnosed with breast cancer, lives less than six miles away from two factories that emit ethylene oxide, a gas known to cause cancer. Pat Nabong for The Intercept.

Trump’s Gutting of Toxics Regulations Will Mean Higher Profits for Polluters and Higher Cancer Rates for the American People

The Trump EPA is executing an old tobacco industry scheme to dismantle the federal government’s ability to protect the public from cancer.

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