EPA Accused Of Hiding Report On Formaldehyde Health Risk

by Elizabeth Duan | September 25, 2020
“The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is suppressing scientific research into the human health risks of formaldehyde, a green group told a D.C. federal court Friday. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility sued…” Read the PEER Story… ...

State regulators issue new restrictions on ‘forever chemicals’

by Elizabeth Duan | September 24, 2020
“After years of research showing the dangers of so-called forever chemicals, state regulators Thursday joined a growing number of their counterparts in other states in issuing significant new limits on the human-made compounds in drinking water, a move hailed by environmental ...

The latest developments in the Fountain Valley PFAS contamination saga

by Elizabeth Duan | September 23, 2020
“Since the 2016 revelation that groundwater in Fountain Valley, which provided drinking water for Security-Widefield and Fountain, was contaminated with toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which include a number of individual chemicals such as PFOS, PFOA, PFHxS and ...

The Air They Breathe: NYC Teachers’ School Ventilation Complaint Spotlights Complex Challenge

by Elizabeth Duan | September 21, 2020
“Less than a week after students in the nation’s largest school district returned for in-person learning, 46 teachers from nine schools in Queens, the Bronx and Manhattan filed a complaint with the New York State Department of Labor, asking authorities to investigate ventilation ...

EPA cancels race-related training sessions

by Elizabeth Duan | September 16, 2020
“EPA postponed upcoming race-related training sessions after the White House ordered the agencies to suspend what it called “anti-American propaganda” across the federal government. Kyla Bennett, a director at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, suspected ...