Protecting Public Health
Environmental and health specialists are heartsick over the malfeasance of their agencies in failing to protect the health of children, workers and the public at large. We expose information about the effects of environmental toxins on public health, challenge industry capture of our regulatory agencies, and fight for an effective safety net to protect us from dangerous toxins.
The EPA is failing to protect the public from the health risks of this new class of chemicals.
The dangers of artificial turf such as toxic chemicals and carcinogens, including PFAS, are well documented.
Clean-ups of Superfund and other toxic sites are often mishandled by the EPA and state governments
The EPA is failing to protect the public from the health risks of this new class of chemicals.
The US Chemical Safety Board is failing in its duty to monitor, investigate and report on chemical safety accidents in the U.S.
Pesticides threaten public health as well as bees and other pollinators which sustain flowering plants and our food supply
Contaminated soil, air borne pollutants and toxic building materials should have no place in our schools.
Preventing the next pandemic by understanding the threat of zoonotic diseases and protecting public health experts from political influence and pressure.
PFAS at Santa Susana Seep Through Regulatory Cracks
Toxic Forever Chemicals Not Monitored in Discharge or Included in Cleanup
NEWS FROM PEER
PEER and CEH Applaud EPA’s Decision to Protect People from PFAS that Leach from Plastic Containers
EPA Orders Inhance Technologies to Stop Exposing Millions of Americans to Dangerous PFAS in Fluorinated Plastic Containers
Santa Susana Slated to Remain Major Ecological Hazard
Post Cleanup Toxics Will Subject Wildlife to “Observable Adverse Effects”
One Woman’s War Against ‘Forever Chemicals’
Dr. Kyla Bennett is featured in the short documentary from Bloomberg Originals on the dangerous conundrum of the useful, ubiquitous and highly toxic PFAS.
PEERMail | Is the Turf Tide Turning?
Communities have growing concerns about the use of this toxic, plastic grass on playing fields, playgrounds, parks, and backyards.
COMMENTARY | Artificial Turf – A Plague on the Earth
Like a nasty rash, artificial turf has spread beyond sports fields to urban lawns, schoolyards, and parks.
REPORT | “Forever Chemicals” Disposal Is Creating a Health Nightmare (PDF)
New data compiled by EPA depicts a vast, uncontrolled, and spreading web of unregulated disposal of PFAS waste.
“Forever Chemicals” Disposal is Creating a Health Nightmare
EPA is Failing to Control Spreading Web of PFAS Waste
Colorado’s Air Pollution Program Broken and Adrift
State’s Air Quality Worsens While Cosmetic Changes Ignore Core Problems
COMMENTARY | Redeeming Santa Susana: Micro-Steps Up a Mountain
The communities around Santa Susana will continue to suffer while Boeing shirks responsibility and leaves a toxic legacy.
Lawsuit Probes Oak Ridge Clean Water Waiver
What Did EPA Administrator Regan Know When He Overruled His Experts?
Evi Emmenegger: Blowing the Whistle on Biosafety
After 28 years of excellent job performance, Evi Emmenegger was targeted and fired by USGS management for raising a series of biosafety concerns.
COMMENTARY | Artificial Turf Spreads Like Weeds on Long Island
Despite known environmental harms, towns and businesses continue to install artificial turf fields at alarming rates.
PFAS at Santa Susana Seep Through Regulatory Cracks
Toxic Forever Chemicals Not Monitored in Discharge or Included in Cleanup
Op-Ed | San Francisco’s Sewage Agency Also Needs Some Treatment
San Francisco taxpayers and ratepayers are footing the bill in the fight against tougher sewage controls on its oceanside outlets since 2019.
Webinar | The Local Fight Against PFAS Contamination
Learn how community leaders in Nantucket are working to educate their community about PFAS and make actionable change.
More Oil and Gas Wells Illegally Permitted in Colorado
Conservation groups petition EPA to step in and protect air quality
STATEMENT | IG Report Finds EPA New Chemical Review Process Badly Broken
EPA has not complied with applicable record keeping and quality assurance requirements when implementing its New Chemicals Program
EPA Plays Political Shell Game on PFAS Definition
No Sound Scientific Basis Available for Any of the Changing Definitions
Navy Refuses to Probe Hunters Point Toxic Disinformation
Navy IG Won’t Review False Statements on Sr-90 Levels in “Clean” Parcel
PEER and CEH Ask Court to Immediately Stop Unlawful PFAS Formation
Motion seeks to stop violations of federal law that are exposing millions of Americans to dangerous PFAS in fluorinated plastic containers
