Watchdog finds chemical agency beset by turmoil
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PEER | September 8, 2022
One of the most contentious elements of the watchdog’s probe centers on Lemos, a Trump appointee, who was accused last year by the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility of misusing taxpayer funds, in addition to consolidating power (E&E News PM, May 11, 2021). ...
EPA’s Belated PFAS Pesticide Ingredient Ban Does Little
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PEER | September 7, 2022
Banning a Dozen Inert Ingredients Does Not Stem PFAS Agricultural Spread ...
EPA targets ‘forever chemicals’ in pesticides
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PEER | September 2, 2022
“We know how dangerous PFAS are, we know where the vast majority are coming from, and we must turn off the tap of all nonessential PFAS uses,” said Kyla Bennett, who directs science policy for PEER. “Removing PFAS from the approved list of inert ingredients for pesticides ...
Whistleblowers Say EPA Endangers Public Health
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PEER |
The scientists who are responsible for figuring out whether new chemicals pose risk to human health or the environment, they are being instructed to delete hazards from these risk assessments to make chemicals appear safer than they are, you know, where it says this is a carcinogen. It ...
Lawmakers, groups call for faster phaseout of plastics in national parks
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PEER | August 30, 2022
In June the federal government announced plans to phase out a wide range of single-use plastic products on Department of Interior lands by 2032. But lawmakers and three environmental groups are calling on President Joe Biden’s administration to move faster with plastic bottles in ...