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Nonprofit newsroom investigating the causes of preventable death and disease. Covering tobacco, big food, pollution and more.

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The Examination @theexamination.org · 01/10/2026
West Coast friends: Join us in Los Angeles on Oct. 29 for an in-depth conversation about reporting on toxic pollution and its toll on communities around the world, with @redcanarymagazine.bsky.social and UCLA Center for Occupational and Environmental Health.
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The Examination @theexamination.org · 01/07/2026
🚬 🇺🇸 From Bulgaria to Ukraine, local affiliates of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce promoted the interests of the world’s largest cigarette-makers. Read more: examination.news/4ggJ1aG
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The Examination @theexamination.org · 11/05/2026
To tackle its obesity crisis, Chile added warning labels on foods high in sugar. Sales of these items fell — but there was an unintended consequence: a boom in non-sugar sweeteners as companies reformulated their products to avoid the labels. Read more: examination.news/4w6QIp8 
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The Examination @theexamination.org · 05/05/2026
Funding cuts and growing pressures on press freedom are making it harder for journalists to deliver the information people depend on. This World Press Freedom Day, let’s work together to secure the future of journalism. Donate to The Examination: www.theexamination.org/donate
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The Examination @theexamination.org · 01/05/2026
The future of journalism is in jeopardy. Around the globe, journalists are confronting rising authoritarianism, news avoidance, artificial intelligence and limited funding. This World Press Freedom Day, support our journalism by donating to The Examination: www.theexamination.org/donate
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The Examination @theexamination.org · 01/05/2026
Four industries cause more than a third of all global deaths each year — so why do so few people see business and health as a joint issue? Last week The Examination convened advocates, researchers & lawyers to discuss how to push health up the corporate accountability agenda.
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The Examination @theexamination.org · 30/04/2026
🏆 We’re honored to have won Scripps Howard Journalism’s Impact Award for our investigation with the @nytimes.com on how U.S. car battery manufacturers poisoned communities in Nigeria with lead. Read the investigation: examination.news/4n1lZ8V
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The Examination @theexamination.org · 08/04/2026
More than a year since a devastating copper mining accident in Zambia, nearby residents still live with poisoned soil and water. They’re casualties of a global geopolitical battle over the metals and minerals needed for AI data centers, electric cars and renewable energy. examination.news/4t0TLgM
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The Examination @theexamination.org · 30/01/2026
Residents of Gloster, Mississippi, say toxic emissions from a wood pellet factory owned by the U.K. bioenergy giant Drax have made them sick. The facility plans to increase production, despite its neighbors’ objections. Read more: bit.ly/3M2IGLK
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The Examination @theexamination.org · 17/12/2025
Our independent newsroom will never bow to corporate or political pressure. To keep going, we need support from people like you. Donate today: theexamination.org/donate
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The Examination @theexamination.org · 02/12/2025
This Giving Tuesday, every $1 you give to The Examination becomes $3. Triple your impact & power fearless journalism that names those profiting from sickness. Give today: theexamination.org/donate
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The Examination @theexamination.org · 20/11/2025
Journalism that saves lives: from tobacco to junk food to toxic pollution, we expose the powerful forces harming communities worldwide. Donate today: theexamination.org/donate
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The Examination @theexamination.org · 18/11/2025
Lead can be recycled cleanly, but automakers like Ford and GM source batteries made by companies that use lead from unsafe factories overseas. Our investigation with @NYT shows how car battery recycling is poisoning a community in Nigeria. bit.ly/3XBhrdo
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The Examination @theexamination.org · 13/11/2025
Our investigations spotlight the corporations, governments and systems fueling preventable health crises. Support fearless journalism that sparks change: theexamination.org/donate
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The Examination @theexamination.org · 10/09/2025
🎉 It’s our 2nd birthday! This year, our wish is that you subscribe to our weekly newsletter, where you will receive our latest investigations and expert analysis on global health issues. You won’t want to miss it – www.theexamination.org/newsletter
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The Examination @theexamination.org · 10/09/2025
🌐 How can journalists and public health advocates collaborate to educate the public and policymakers? Join us in NYC on September 24 for a discussion with NCD Alliance and @bhekisisa.org. To RSVP, email sarah@theexamination.org by September 15.
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The Examination @theexamination.org · 08/09/2025
🌐 In NYC for #UNGA? Join us on September 24 at Jay Conference Bryant Park, for a discussion on how journalists and public health advocates can work together to inform the public and spark positive change. Please make sure to RSVP by September 15 to sarah@theexamination.org.
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The Examination @theexamination.org · 06/05/2025
Today’s the last day of our World Press Freedom Day campaign. Help us close strong by donating to our critical global reporting: theexamination.org/donate
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The Examination @theexamination.org · 01/05/2025
World Press Freedom Day is coming up on May 3rd! At @theexamination.org we’re marking the moment by launching a campaign to support our crucial global health reporting. Join us by donating: theexamination.org/donate
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The Examination @theexamination.org · 15/04/2025
A biomedical researcher has exaggerated his findings to suggest that maple syrup could help prevent serious diseases. Together with @nytimes.com, we reviewed 15 years of work and found he has distorted the real-world implications of his research. www.theexamination.org/articles/a-s...
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The Examination @theexamination.org · 20/03/2025
Grünenthal pushed its latest opioid tapentadol as a safer option. People around the world got hooked. Prescriptions of the opioid have surged, fueled by the types of misleading claims about its addictive properties that ignited an opioid crisis. Read more: www.theexamination.org/articles/gru...
Grünenthal pushed its latest opioid tapentadol as a safer option. People around the world got hooked.

Prescriptions of the opioid have surged, fueled by the types of misleading claims about its addictive properties that ignited an opioid crisis.
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The Examination @theexamination.org · 15/01/2025
Residents living near one Drax facility in Gloster, Miss., said their health issues have intensified. Drax says there is no adverse impact to human health from its operations.
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The Examination @theexamination.org · 15/01/2025
Pressure is on the biggest polluters to clean up their processes as climate change becomes more severe. But “sustainability-linked loans” that were presented as a way to finance these changes require little accountability. shorturl.at/5yvj4
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