Kyla Bennett
Director of Science Policy; Northeast & Mid-Atlantic Director

Kyla Bennett

Kyla first became involved with PEER in the mid-1990s when she became a whistleblower herself. She previously worked at the United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 for 10 years as a wetland permit reviewer and as the Region’s Wetlands Enforcement Coordinator. Kyla’s familiarity with science, the law, and the inner workings of state and federal governmental agencies enable her to assist public environmental employees throughout New England. She has a Ph.D. in ecology from the University of Connecticut and a law degree from Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon.

COMMENTARY | EPA’s Disgraceful Forever Chemicals Retreat

by Kyla Bennett | May 22, 2025
EPA’s retreat on PFAS not only betrays the agency’s mission but makes a mockery of the Trump Administration’s self-proclaimed pledge to Make America Healthy Again ...

COMMENTARY | GOP Takes Aim at Scientific Integrity

by Kyla Bennett | January 27, 2025
The bipartisan support of federal scientific integrity policies is imploding, as evidenced by fiery letters from House Oversight Chair James Comer ...

COMMENTARY | EPA’s Effort to Misrepresent Pesticide Tests Backfires

by Kyla Bennett | July 5, 2024
EPA’s Effort to Misrepresent Pesticide Tests Backfires This commentary was originally published in the Summer 2024 edition of PEEReview. In a misguided effort to protect its reputation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) knowingly issued false statements that pesticides it ...

COMMENTARY | EPA’s Seresto Decision is Harmful to Your Pet

by Kyla Bennett | April 25, 2024
EPA approved Seresto pet collars to control fleas, ticks, mosquitoes, and other pests. Almost immediately, they started receiving “incident reports” from the manufacturer ...

Op-Ed | Why is EPA Considering Lethal Pesticides for Florida Citrus?

by Kyla Bennett | January 29, 2024
Few pesticides have raised more red flags across the world in recent years than an insecticide called aldicarb ...
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