Tim Luimes is a Dutch freelance investigative journalist and member of The Investigative Desk.

He works mainly on large journalism projects, with multiple international cooperation partners. Tim specialises in investigating the lobbying of industrial multinationals in Brussels, with a focus on tobacco, pesticide and chemical companies. His work was published at NRC, Follow The Money, De Groene Amsterdammer, Vrij Nederland, Knack and Le Monde.

Tim Luimes

Basic information

Name
Tim Luimes
Title
Investigative journalist
Expertise
tobacco, food and chemical industries
Country
Netherlands
City
Utrecht
LinkedIn
Tim Luimes
Website
luimes.io
Links

Supported projects

The concealed pfas problem

  • Healthcare
  • Industry
  • Environment

BRUSSELS/AMSTERDAM — Scientific publications, leaked company data and government data suggest that industry is doing everything possible to deliberately put up a fog curtain around these ultra short PFAS.

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Credits: Simon Clément

The Forever Pollution Project

  • Environment
  • Industry

BRUSSELS - EU - Nearly 23,000 sites all over Europe are contaminated by the “forever chemical” PFAS, an exclusive, months-long investigation from 18 European newsrooms shows. The investigation “The Forever Pollution Project” revealed an additional 21,500 presumptive contamination sites due to current or past industrial activity. This contamination spreads all over Europe.

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The Art of Looking Away

  • Healthcare
  • Industry

BRUSSELS - The pollution around the 3M plant has been known for years. Yet the PFOS scandal did not erupt in Flanders until the spring of 2021.

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Big Tobacco's proxy-lobby in the 21st century

  • Industry

Le Monde and The Investigative Desk delved into the multi-layered world of Big Tobacco’s 21st century astroturfing. They discovered that under the guise of defending individual freedom, fake consumer organisations are promoting e-cigarettes. 

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