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PEERMail | An Epic Journey You Won’t Want to Miss

by PEER | October 3, 2023
Bloomberg Businessweek featured an epic quest by our Science Policy Director to uncover why her town’s drinking water was contaminated with PFAS ...

Former NASA Lab Accused of Leaking Toxic Chemicals Into LA River

by PEER | September 29, 2023
An aging research center formerly used by NASA is polluting the Los Angeles River and the farms that draw water from it — and the government is fully aware, but doing nothing about it. As The Guardian reports, the nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) ...

Forever Chemicals Likely Leaching From Former NASA Lab Into Los Angeles River

by PEER |
The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) oversees the cleanup of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL), an approximately 2,850-acre site near Los Angeles where nuclear and rocket engine research, as well as liquid metal testing, ...

EPA Reverses on Decision to Ban Flea Collars with Toxic Pesticide, Leaving Children at Risk

by PEER |
Beyond Pesticides has long covered a long list of corrupt practices by EPA and the chemical industry, demonstrating that the TCVP saga is nothing new. For example, in 2021 four whistleblower scientists asserted that “risk assessments for both new and existing chemicals were ...

Dr. David Carpenter: Academic Freedom in Public Health

by PEER | September 28, 2023
Dr. David Carpenter had been forbidden from teaching and barred from campus after an investigation launched through corporate political pressure over his research ...