Food Supply Chain Imperiled by PFAS-Laden Barrels
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PEER | September 12, 2022
EPA Confirms PFAS in Fluorinated Containers Leach into Contents ...
Watchdog: Chemical safety agency impeded by staff shortage
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PEER | September 9, 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 ...
Federal survey delivers more bad news to Bering Sea crab fleet
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Scientists also are scrutinizing the practice of catching undersized crabs and then throwing them back, which could cause death. There is also research and debate about the impact, both in decades past and currently, of trawl nets towed along the bottom by vessels pursuing cod and flatfish ...
EPA confirms fluorinated containers leach PFAS
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PEER | September 8, 2022
The EPA is asking pesticide makers to analyze their products for PFAS and remove those that are contaminated from the market. “Relying on industry to self-report is problematic,” says Kyla Bennett, Director of Science Policy at the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a ...
US oceans agency urged to stop trawling seabed for research
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been urged to stop trawling the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico for fisheries research, but it has defended the practice despite being accused of “trashing” environments it is meant to protect. Public Employees for Environmental ...