👤 Tom Perkins

5 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
5
2026-09-18 – 2026-10-18
Claims per article
35
176 extracted in total
Hedged claims
6%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
5,514
characters
Writes for The Guardian.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Environment
40%
Health
40%
Economy/Business
20%
Most-tagged topics
EPAPfasAmazonBayerBrown UniversityBrown’s School of Public HealthDicambaDuke Energy

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
4 scored articles; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.30 (leans left).

More from this journalist

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2026-10-18 · The Guardian · Environment
EPA quietly backtracks on claims US has phased out toxic Pfas compounds
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans strongly left
2026-09-27 · The Guardian · Environment
Datacenter developers accused of skirting key US pollution rules
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans strongly left
2026-09-26 · The Guardian · Health
New research finds 485 chemicals in US pesticide products linked to breast cancer
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans strongly left
2026-09-20 · The Guardian · Economy/Business
US environment agency let Bayer pick regulations for destructive weedkiller, documents show
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans strongly left
2026-09-18 · The Guardian · Health
US veterans have greater levels of Pfas in their blood than civilians, new study finds
no other outlet in the corpus covered this

What they said would happen

2026-09-18 · The Guardian
US veterans have greater levels of Pfas in their blood than civilians, new study finds
🔮 “There is some amount of urgency here, and my hope is that this might accelerate the conversations that the government might have about providing [Pfas health monitoring] to all veterans,” said Christian Hoover , a study co-author and a pre-doctoral fellow in epidemiology at Brown’s School of Public Health. assertive
2026-09-20 · The Guardian
US environment agency let Bayer pick regulations for destructive weedkiller, documents show
🔮 “[Companies] are permitted to submit mitigation ideas that preserve their product’s utility, and EPA also will independently develop its own proposed mitigations. assertive
2026-09-26 · The Guardian
New research finds 485 chemicals in US pesticide products linked to breast cancer
🔮 The study identified 16 pesticides that are not listed under Prop 65, and the authors say adding these chemicals could discourage companies from using them. assertive
2026-09-27 · The Guardian
Datacenter developers accused of skirting key US pollution rules
🔮 The overall project would have released enough pollution to trigger a major review. assertive
2026-10-18 · The Guardian
EPA quietly backtracks on claims US has phased out toxic Pfas compounds
🔮 It now reads: “Quantities of Pfoa may be produced, imported, and used by companies … assertive
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