War in Venezuela? Poisoned town in Namibia? EPA crackdown in Wichita?
Hunterbrook broke a series of scoops:
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1) The U.N. is cracking down on a toxic smelter that Hunterbrook Media exposed in Tsumeb, Namibia. We combined on-the-ground reporting with satellite imagery that revealed runoff into the local water system. Now, U.N. human rights experts are formally demanding answers about decades of alleged environmental contamination and worker safety violations in Tsumeb.
2) What is the United States doing in Venezuela?
The answer isn’t clear. But Hunterbrook’s @OSINTTechnical thread on what we could glean from our open-source intelligence last week went viral. Read it. Last night, the news broke: The U.S. struck what it called a “drug vessel” from Venezuela.
3) The EPA has begun negotiating with Spirit AeroSystems for a settlement over the manufacturer’s alleged hazardous waste violations. Spirit, best known for the door plug that blew off an Alaska Airlines plane in January 2024, is pending acquisition by Boeing. The EPA confirmed to Hunterbrook that it’s seeking a settlement from Spirit, which did not respond to a request for comment.
According to the EPA’s enforcement and compliance database, the company has been a “significant noncomplier” under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Ac, the federal law governing the disposal of solid and hazardous waste — since the first quarter of 2025.
Among other chemicals, Spirit handles trichloroethylene, a known carcinogen, at its facility and sends it to landfills for disposal.
This story supplements our new series, Poisoned USA, exposing polluters that have sickened towns and cities across the country with toxic chemicals — and driving accountability.
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