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.
Covid-19 Pandemic
PEER is stepping up its efforts to ensure that public health experts have the capacity and the legal backing to speak truth to power and that government agencies continue their essential functions.
Air Pollution
Colorado has been undermining its own air pollution experts for years in favor of easing requirements for industry.
PFAS
The EPA is failing to protect the public from the health risks of this new class of chemicals.
Toxic Cleanups
EPA and state governments often fail to clean up some of the most dangerous toxic sites.
Chemical Safety
The US Chemical Safety Board is failing in its duty to monitor, investigate and report on chemical safety accidents in the U.S.
Artificial Turf
Human health risks from toxic chemicals and known carcinogens found in synthetic sports fields and playgrounds made from shredded tires remain largely unstudied.
Sick Schools
Contaminated soil, air borne pollutants and toxic building materials should have no place in our schools.
Coal Combustion Waste
Toxic coal ash is in a growing stream of consumer, agricultural and commercial products without oversight.
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NEWS FROM PEER
Jersey Toxic Spill Fiasco Demands Second Look
Review of Evacuation and Health Warnings Confusion, Role of Corporate Consultant
Aerial Spraying Leaves Pesticide Footprint in Local Waters
No Buffer Zone or Other Effort to Minimize Pesticide Discharge into Water Bodies
Artificial Turf Field Heat Dangers Require Safeguards
Synthetic Turf Temps as High as 200 Degrees Pose Particular Peril to Children
Coal Combustion Waste
Coal ash and other coal combustion wastes are one of the largest waste streams in the United States. Re-use of coal ash has, with active support of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency turned into a multi-billion dollar business that provides a huge subsidy to...
Lead Limits Needed on Tire Crumb Playgrounds
CPSC Ruling on Artificial Play-Areas as Children’s Products Sought
FDA Sued to Force Release of Livestock Drug Records
Evidence of Agency Effectiveness in Combatting Rising Antibiotic Immunity Sought
Hundreds of Vulnerable Communities Not Tsunami Ready
Proposed NOAA Cuts Would Reduce Ranks of U.S. Cities Prepared for Tsunamis
Disturbing Toxic Air Results Confirmed in Paterson, NJ
State Dissembles on Findings That 7 Air Toxics Are “Above the Health Benchmark”
Christie Guts Vapor Intrusion Safeguards
New Jersey Puts Private Consultants in Public Health Driver’s Seat
Fracking Fluids – the Deeper, the Dirtier
New Study Finds Bottom-of-Barrel Flowback Fluids Much More Contaminated
Lawsuit to Uncover Toxic History of New Jersey
U.S. EPA Will Not Release Hazardous Ratings for Pompton Lakes and Other Sites
Exxon Valdez Oil Lingering in Environment, Feds Say
ExxonMobil Seeks to Block Collection of $100 Million Restoration Fund
Obama EPA Ignores Public Health Lessons of 9/11
Pending Legal Action to Resurrect EPA Ombudsman Function Shuttered in 2002
Preventing Another 9/11 First Responders Tragedy
Irresponsible EPA Corrosive Dust Standards Uncorrected a Decade after WTC
EPA Refuses to Study Risks of Coal Ash Uses It Endorses
Scientists Told Agency Does Not Want Safety Concerns Raised about Coal Ash
Strong Federal Action Needed Now at Toxic Jersey Dupont Site
Spreading and Uncontrolled Contamination in Hundreds of Pompton Lakes Homes
Widely Used Antibacterial Triclosan Should Be Banned
Rising Threat to Human Health and Environment Yet No More Effective than Soap
EPA Continues to Promote Coal Ash Without Knowing Risks
Inspector General Excoriates EPA for Blocking Risk Assessments and Screening
EPA’s Jackson Has Checkered Chromium Record
New Jersey Tenure Marked by Stifling Health Warnings on Deadly Substance
New Jersey Rushes to Halliburton-Ize Toxic Clean-Ups
Election Eve Hearing Signals Desire to Rush Relaxed Contractor Standards
