President Donald Trump plans to gut American science. Released today, his full budget proposal for the 2018 fiscal year requests that billions of dollars be slashed from the agencies tasked with funding and conducting research that drives innovation and keeps Americans healthy and safe.

The budget proposal confirms fears that Trump intends to cut nearly $5.8 billion in funding from the National Institutes of Health — about 18 percent of the agency’s total budget. It also cuts hundreds of millions of dollars from infectious disease programs at the CDC, and an additional $841 million from the National Science Foundation, which funds basic scientific research.

Despite looking catastrophic for science, Congress still technically owns the government’s purse, and could shred Trump’s proposal through its own budget process. More environmentally friendly lawmakers have already started recycling it:

Infectious disease research would be slashed by hundreds of millions of dollars

Environmental health programs cut by nearly 28 percent

The CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health is responsible for studying health conditions related to environmental exposures. That includes lead toxicity, radiation poisoning, asthma, respiratory diseases related to air pollution — even the health effects of climate change. But the Trump administration suggests cutting nearly 28 percent of the Center’s funding — a total reduction of $60 million. Of the remaining $157 million, $35 million is earmarked for “lead prevention and safe water activities.”

Research grants at the NIH cut by 21 percent, or $3.7 billion

National Science Foundation cut by 11.2 percent, or $841 million

The National Science Foundation funds basic science research and education. Cutting its budget by 11.2 percent will mean reducing the number of new grants it can fund each year from 8,800 to 8,000 — making competition for funding even stiffer.

Environmental Protection Agency’s budget cut by 31 percent, or $2.6 billion

These cuts include $282 million dollars slashed from EPA science and technology — a 39 percent drop from 2017, and 41 percent from 2016. This money would have funded personnel, travel, lab equipment, and supplies for EPA’s research and development efforts. Apparently the Trump administration doesn’t believe in protecting American jobs when they’re science jobs.

Department of Energy science programs gutted