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 dangers of artificial turf such as toxic chemicals and carcinogens, including PFAS, are well documented.
The US Chemical Safety Board is failing in its duty to monitor, investigate and report on chemical safety accidents in the U.S.
COMMENTARY | Addressing Radon Risks in Public Housing: PEER is Making Progress
Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer after cigarette smoking and public housing is often ground zero for exposure.
NEWS FROM PEER
PFAS in Artificial Turf Coats Players’ Skin
Dermal Uptake Little Examined Exposure Pathway for Toxic PFAS
PEERMail | Positive Trend for Whistleblowers
Positive Trend for Whistleblowers Protecting whistleblowers is at the core of PEER’s work. That is why we are happy to see that in the past five years, whistleblower disclosures and retaliation complaints have fallen by more than forty percent, according to recently...
Remove Forever Chemicals from Biosolid Fertilizers
PFAS Absorbed in Plants Are Major Exposure Pathway into our Food Chain
PEERMail | PEER Sues EPA to Uncover Toxic Health and Safety Data
One of the most important things we do is sue government agencies when they refuse to release important information necessary to protect the public’s well-being.
PFAS in Biosolids Fertilizer Sparks Damages Lawsuit
Suit Charges Fertilizer Maker Synagro with Poisoning Farms and Livestock
Texas Farms Poisoned by PFAS-Laden Biosolid Fertilizers
Johnson County Holds Hearing to Warn Citizens About Synagro’s Biosolids
EPA Conceals PFAS Health Info as Trade Secret
Lawsuit Demands Release of Data on PFAS in Fluorinated Containers
Webinar | Climate and Environmental Impacts of Agriculture
Watch this webinar to learn about the extensive impacts of animal agriculture on the environment, climate, and our health.
EPA Rejects Air-Pollution Permits for Oil, Gas Wells in Colorado
Win for Clean Air Calls Into Question Effectiveness of Pollution Controls
Op-Ed | Why is EPA Considering Lethal Pesticides for Florida Citrus?
Originally published in and reprinted with permission of The Orlando Sentinel. Why is EPA Considering Lethal Pesticides for Florida Citrus? Few pesticides have raised more red flags across the world in recent years than an insecticide called aldicarb. This neurotoxic...
COMMENTARY | Addressing Radon Risks in Public Housing: PEER is Making Progress
Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer after cigarette smoking and public housing is often ground zero for exposure.
PEERMail | A Surprising Victory on Toxic Plastics
In a surprise victory on toxic plastics containing PFAS, EPA ordered a company named Inhance to stop producing PFAS in its fluorination process of plastics.
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