Nantucket is weighing a ban on artificial turf fields. Are they safe for children?
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PEER | March 19, 2026
But Kyla Bennett, director of science policy for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, an advocacy group, cited a report provided to the Board of Health that tested samples of the proposed turf system. It found “trace concentrations” of forever chemicals PFBA and PFOA, ...
We’re Acting to Protect Our Food Supply
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PEER |
PEER is working with scientists, farmers, and local governments to protect America’s food supply from toxic chemicals ...
Sewage sludge battle heats up as health advocates appeal move to dismiss EPA lawsuit
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PEER | March 18, 2026
Over the 33 years the provision has been in place, the EPA has never used its biennial sewage sludge review process to identify toxic pollutants requiring regulation and to then regulate those harmful chemicals, PEER said in its appeal filed with the District of Columbia Court of Appeals ...
Toxic Sewage Sludge Fertilizer Fight at the Appeals Court
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PEER |
EPA Shirking Its Duty to Protect Farmers, Gardeners, Food, and Water from PFAS Contamination ...
After Trump’s Interior Secretary Transferred Thousands of Staff to His Office, Chaos Followed, Former Workers Say
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PEER | March 17, 2026
But Interior staff reorganized into Burgum’s office who later left say they encountered a hostile, inefficient work culture designed to push people out. Russell Vought, the powerful director of the federal Office of Management and Budget, said in a private speech between Trump’s two ...
