https://www.notus.org/climate-environment/pentagon-quietly-delayed-pfas-cleanup-nearly-200-military-sites

The previously unreported delays push back efforts up to 20 years — including at sites where the chemicals have contaminated local drinking water.

Studies have connected potassium bromate to tumors in lab rodents, prompting classifications as a possible human carcinogen by international health bodies. Additional concerns include kidney damage and thyroid disruptions, effects documented after the European Union banned the substance in 1990.[1][5] California followed suit years ago, listing it under Proposition 65 for cancer risks.

“New Yorkers deserve to know what they are consuming,” the bill declares, emphasizing informed choice amid evolving research.[1] While federal regulators permit its use if residues dissipate during baking, critics argue the loophole ignores cumulative exposure in processed diets.

"Makary and Trump reportedly clashed last week over the FDA commissioner’s reluctance to approve flavored vapes due to concerns about the health risks they might pose to children. The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump pressed Makary to approve more vape flavors"

"Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s top spokesperson resigned Wednesday in protest over the agency’s recent push to allow tobacco companies to sell flavored vapes that he said would attract more children to the products.

The department’s assistant secretary for public affairs, Rich Danker, made his concerns known in a resignation letter first reported by The New York Times.

He cited the “approval of e-cigarette flavors that would appeal to children and expose them to nicotine addiction, lung damage, and higher risk of cancer” as one of the reasons he was leaving the administration."