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Spotlighting policies that fail
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Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023


Dear friends of Investigate Midwest:

This is a magical time of year. A time to see family and friends — including our four-legged, furry friends.

Which is why I want to share a bit more about how your support is crucial to our success and sustainability. Among the issues we cover are governmental policies that fail to keep people and animals safe.

This includes the Environmental Protection Agency internally raising concerns — for several years — about a popular flea and tick collar tied to more than 100,000 incidents of harm, including thousands of pet deaths — even as the agency assured the public of its safety.

This is important work, and we need your help to keep it going. Every dollar gets us closer to meeting our $15,000 goal as part of the NewsMatch program, supported by the Knight Foundation for nonprofit news. Every individual gift (up to $1,000) is doubled up until $15,000. That doubles your impact to help us work on keeping pets and farm animals safe.

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