Justice Department to Announce Change in Corporate Crime Enforcement

by PEER | September 14, 2022
Earlier this year, Public Citizen’s Rick Claypool put out a report highlighting the Department’s “disappointing enforcement numbers and policy decisions” on corporate crime. A report by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility found that criminal anti-pollution ...

EPA Confirms PFAS “Forever Chemicals” Leach into Pesticides from Storage Containers

by PEER |
These results led EPA to conduct more comprehensive testing, considering the length of time a pesticide product is stored, and whether the type of liquid stored in the barrel made a difference. At the time, Kyla Bennet, PhD, Policy Director at Public Employees for Environmental ...

Watchdog: Chemical Safety Agency Impeded by Staff Shortage

by PEER | September 12, 2022
“The Chemical Safety Board barely survived the Trump war of attrition against it,” said Jeff Ruch, a top official at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a watchdog group of current and former public employees. The watchdog group had sharply criticized Lemos and ...
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