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In this week’s newsletter: A legal win for Big Tobacco in South Korea continues their winning streak against governments seeking payment for the healthcare costs of smoking. Plus, parents of sick infants demand answers from Nestlé over baby formula recall. www.theexamination.org/newsletter
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January 22, 2026 at 5:19 PM
In this week’s newsletter: A legal win for Big Tobacco in South Korea continues their winning streak against governments seeking payment for the healthcare costs of smoking. Plus, parents of sick infants demand answers from Nestlé over baby formula recall. www.theexamination.org/newsletter
🚨 The Examination is hiring a Senior development associate to support our fundraising efforts with donors, foundations and partners. This is a full-time, remote or hybrid position, with preference given to NYC-based candidates. Apply by Feb. 4. www.theexamination.org/careers/seni...
Senior Development Associate
We investigate corporate behavior that threatens the health of communities around the world. See our reporting on tobacco, food, polluters and more.
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January 21, 2026 at 8:33 PM
🚨 The Examination is hiring a Senior development associate to support our fundraising efforts with donors, foundations and partners. This is a full-time, remote or hybrid position, with preference given to NYC-based candidates. Apply by Feb. 4. www.theexamination.org/careers/seni...
📣 The Examination is hiring a freelance data reporter role to support our data team produce impactful investigations. This is a contracted, remote role. More details and how to apply: www.theexamination.org/careers/inve...
Investigative Data Reporter
We investigate corporate behavior that threatens the health of communities around the world. See our reporting on tobacco, food, polluters and more.
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January 21, 2026 at 8:32 PM
📣 The Examination is hiring a freelance data reporter role to support our data team produce impactful investigations. This is a contracted, remote role. More details and how to apply: www.theexamination.org/careers/inve...
A global recall of Nestlé baby formula leaves governments in more than 50 countries scrambling. Plus, lawmakers demand answers after our investigation exposed undisclosed meetings between EU trade officials and tobacco giant Philip Morris International. Read the latest newsletter: bit.ly/4qmst2V
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January 16, 2026 at 6:19 PM
A global recall of Nestlé baby formula leaves governments in more than 50 countries scrambling. Plus, lawmakers demand answers after our investigation exposed undisclosed meetings between EU trade officials and tobacco giant Philip Morris International. Read the latest newsletter: bit.ly/4qmst2V
European lawmakers are demanding the EU Commission explain its dealings with tobacco giant Philip Morris International after @theexamination.org and @politico.eu found at least six undisclosed meetings between the two, which could violate a global tobacco control treaty. Read more: bit.ly/4qobehG
European lawmakers demand answers over undisclosed Philip Morris International meetings with EU Commission
The Examination and POLITICO found that EU Commission officials had six meetings with the company after it requested help securing favorable tobacco regulations and taxes in non-EU countries.
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January 15, 2026 at 4:51 PM
European lawmakers are demanding the EU Commission explain its dealings with tobacco giant Philip Morris International after @theexamination.org and @politico.eu found at least six undisclosed meetings between the two, which could violate a global tobacco control treaty. Read more: bit.ly/4qobehG
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An investigation by The Examination traced extreme lead pollution in Ogijo, Nigeria to recycled car batteries entering the global auto supply chain – linking local contamination to international trade.
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Tracing Lead Pollution in Nigeria to the Global Auto Supply Chain
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January 13, 2026 at 6:30 PM
An investigation by The Examination traced extreme lead pollution in Ogijo, Nigeria to recycled car batteries entering the global auto supply chain – linking local contamination to international trade.
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January 12, 2026 at 7:03 PM
It’s the last week to apply to multiple full-time, remote roles at The Examination!
Food reporter:
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Food reporter:
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Our investigation into lead contamination in Togo triggered a government probe into lead poisoning caused by dangerous battery recyclers, plus new restrictions on advertising junk foods on TV and online came into effect in the UK this week. Read more: bit.ly/49u8BUy
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January 9, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Our investigation into lead contamination in Togo triggered a government probe into lead poisoning caused by dangerous battery recyclers, plus new restrictions on advertising junk foods on TV and online came into effect in the UK this week. Read more: bit.ly/49u8BUy
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Some thoughts on the new dietary guidelines:
The headline message of “Eat real food” is refreshingly clear and simple - and echoes how I'd explain my own views to a friend. HHS deserves credit for a message that is direct, understandable and goes beyond what the government has said before. (1/3)
The headline message of “Eat real food” is refreshingly clear and simple - and echoes how I'd explain my own views to a friend. HHS deserves credit for a message that is direct, understandable and goes beyond what the government has said before. (1/3)
America's New Dietary Guidelines
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans reset U.S. nutrition policy by restoring science, common sense, and real food as the foundation of national health.
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January 8, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Some thoughts on the new dietary guidelines:
The headline message of “Eat real food” is refreshingly clear and simple - and echoes how I'd explain my own views to a friend. HHS deserves credit for a message that is direct, understandable and goes beyond what the government has said before. (1/3)
The headline message of “Eat real food” is refreshingly clear and simple - and echoes how I'd explain my own views to a friend. HHS deserves credit for a message that is direct, understandable and goes beyond what the government has said before. (1/3)
Togo authorities are investigating lead contamination from battery recycling plants for the first time as scientists warn “urgent action” is needed to protect people nearby. The probe comes after we found dangerous levels of lead in soil and crops. bit.ly/49IM0EW
We found lead contamination near factories in Togo that supply car battery makers. Now the government is investigating
No one had ever tested the soil near battery recyclers in Togo, one of several African countries that have ramped up exports of lead for the global auto industry.
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January 8, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Togo authorities are investigating lead contamination from battery recycling plants for the first time as scientists warn “urgent action” is needed to protect people nearby. The probe comes after we found dangerous levels of lead in soil and crops. bit.ly/49IM0EW
🔔 The Examination is hiring an investigative editor to lead our food and polluting industries reporting teams!
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📍 Full-time, remote position
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Learn more: www.theexamination.org/careers/inve...
Investigative editor
We investigate corporate behavior that threatens the health of communities around the world. See our reporting on tobacco, food, polluters and more.
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January 6, 2026 at 3:53 PM
🔔 The Examination is hiring an investigative editor to lead our food and polluting industries reporting teams!
📍 Full-time, remote position
💰 $130K - $150K
📅 Deadline: January 15, 2026
Learn more: www.theexamination.org/careers/inve...
📍 Full-time, remote position
💰 $130K - $150K
📅 Deadline: January 15, 2026
Learn more: www.theexamination.org/careers/inve...
🚨The Examination is hiring a reporter on our food beat! We are seeking an experienced and collaborative journalist with a passion for investigating powerful actors that contribute to the global burden of diet-related disease. Apply by January 16 and learn more: www.theexamination.org/careers/food...
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January 5, 2026 at 4:25 PM
🚨The Examination is hiring a reporter on our food beat! We are seeking an experienced and collaborative journalist with a passion for investigating powerful actors that contribute to the global burden of diet-related disease. Apply by January 16 and learn more: www.theexamination.org/careers/food...
🗣️The Examination is hiring! We are seeking an experienced reporter to join our food team to craft stories on an industry whose products are among the leading causes of preventable disease worldwide. Deadline to apply is January 16, 2026. Learn more: www.theexamination.org/careers/food...
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We investigate corporate behavior that threatens the health of communities around the world. See our reporting on tobacco, food, polluters and more.
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December 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
🗣️The Examination is hiring! We are seeking an experienced reporter to join our food team to craft stories on an industry whose products are among the leading causes of preventable disease worldwide. Deadline to apply is January 16, 2026. Learn more: www.theexamination.org/careers/food...
In this week’s newsletter: A roundup of our reporters’ most interesting, surprising, and disturbing discoveries. Plus, a look back at historical holiday advertising from Big Tobacco. Read more: bit.ly/4jdTHGf
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December 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
In this week’s newsletter: A roundup of our reporters’ most interesting, surprising, and disturbing discoveries. Plus, a look back at historical holiday advertising from Big Tobacco. Read more: bit.ly/4jdTHGf
The Nigerian government has closed battery recycling plants and begun cataloging damage in Ogijo after our investigation with @nytimes.com revealed lead poisoning. Officials plan to test soil, air and residents’ blood and are considering compensation.
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Nigeria Closes Factories Linked to U.S. Auto Industry Amid Lead Poisoning Inquiry
Carmakers have known for decades that battery recycling was poisoning people abroad. Nigeria’s crackdown is an effort to catalog the damage.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The Nigerian government has closed battery recycling plants and begun cataloging damage in Ogijo after our investigation with @nytimes.com revealed lead poisoning. Officials plan to test soil, air and residents’ blood and are considering compensation.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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EU officials had a series of undisclosed meetings with Philip Morris International, then took actions that favored the company, raising questions about whether the EU breached its commitment to a global anti-tobacco treaty. Read more: bit.ly/4oSZKkF
EU officials acted to aid tobacco giant abroad, documents show
The EU’s actions were a “great help,” Philip Morris International said in an email.
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December 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
EU officials had a series of undisclosed meetings with Philip Morris International, then took actions that favored the company, raising questions about whether the EU breached its commitment to a global anti-tobacco treaty. Read more: bit.ly/4oSZKkF
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When the world’s largest tobacco company needed help lifting international restrictions on its products, it enlisted an unlikely ally: the European Union, a leader in tobacco control.
Read our joint investigation with @theexamination.org.
Read our joint investigation with @theexamination.org.
EU officials acted to aid tobacco giant abroad, documents show
The EU’s actions were a “great help,” Philip Morris International said in an email.
www.politico.eu
December 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM
When the world’s largest tobacco company needed help lifting international restrictions on its products, it enlisted an unlikely ally: the European Union, a leader in tobacco control.
Read our joint investigation with @theexamination.org.
Read our joint investigation with @theexamination.org.
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EU officials met with reps of Philip Morris International at least six times from September 2022 through 2024, documents show. The tobacco giant’s agenda? Enlist their help in lifting restrictions on its products.
Read our investigation with @theexamination.org 👉 www.politico.eu/article/eu-t...
Read our investigation with @theexamination.org 👉 www.politico.eu/article/eu-t...
December 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
EU officials met with reps of Philip Morris International at least six times from September 2022 through 2024, documents show. The tobacco giant’s agenda? Enlist their help in lifting restrictions on its products.
Read our investigation with @theexamination.org 👉 www.politico.eu/article/eu-t...
Read our investigation with @theexamination.org 👉 www.politico.eu/article/eu-t...
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For decades, U.S. automakers knew that recycling lead for car batteries was poisoning people – and didn’t act. Listen to our investigation with @nytimes.com on the human cost behind the industry’s supply chain:
The ‘Clean’ Technology That’s Poisoning People
Podcast Episode · The Daily · 02/12/2025 · 32m
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December 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
For decades, U.S. automakers knew that recycling lead for car batteries was poisoning people – and didn’t act. Listen to our investigation with @nytimes.com on the human cost behind the industry’s supply chain:
Parents were left with questions after Target quietly recalled at least 25,000 units of baby food from its shelves earlier this year, and people are still falling ill, nine months after a toxic spill at a Chinese-owned mine in Zambia. Read more in this week’s newsletter: bit.ly/48NuhLX
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December 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Parents were left with questions after Target quietly recalled at least 25,000 units of baby food from its shelves earlier this year, and people are still falling ill, nine months after a toxic spill at a Chinese-owned mine in Zambia. Read more in this week’s newsletter: bit.ly/48NuhLX
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Please give a listen to today's episode of @nytimes.com The Daily which features our joint investigation with @theexamination.org on horrific lead poisoning of communities in Nigeria as part of recycling of lead used to make car batteries in the US. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/p...
The ‘Clean’ Technology That’s Poisoning People
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December 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Please give a listen to today's episode of @nytimes.com The Daily which features our joint investigation with @theexamination.org on horrific lead poisoning of communities in Nigeria as part of recycling of lead used to make car batteries in the US. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/p...
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December 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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For decades, U.S. automakers knew that recycling lead for car batteries was poisoning people – and didn’t act. Listen to our investigation with @nytimes.com on the human cost behind the industry’s supply chain:
The ‘Clean’ Technology That’s Poisoning People
Podcast Episode · The Daily · 02/12/2025 · 32m
podcasts.apple.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
For decades, U.S. automakers knew that recycling lead for car batteries was poisoning people – and didn’t act. Listen to our investigation with @nytimes.com on the human cost behind the industry’s supply chain:
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Lead recycling can be done safely – but automakers like Ford and GM buy from battery companies that source some of their lead from overseas factories that cut costs and spew toxic smoke into the air. Here’s how that’s poisoning a town in Nigeria.
www.theexamination.org/articles/bat...
www.theexamination.org/articles/bat...
Recycling lead for U.S. car batteries is poisoning people
We documented the toxic fallout of a green technology.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Lead recycling can be done safely – but automakers like Ford and GM buy from battery companies that source some of their lead from overseas factories that cut costs and spew toxic smoke into the air. Here’s how that’s poisoning a town in Nigeria.
www.theexamination.org/articles/bat...
www.theexamination.org/articles/bat...