Dr. Kyla Bennett with Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, one of the scientists involved in the investigation, explained how PFAS spread through air, water and soil adding that they can be inhaled, ingested or absorbed through the skin. Once PFAS chemical get into soil or ...

The Trump administration began laying off thousands of federal workers Thursday in what tribal and national leaders said will have a “dramatic” impact in health, education, law enforcement, social services and other tribal programs. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a ...

The Trump administration initiated a large-scale reduction of the federal workforce on Thursday, ordering agencies to dismiss probationary employees who have yet to attain civil service protections. Federal safety agencies are also affected. Public Employees for Environmental ...

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility also has no idea how many vacancies there are. “We are still in [a lawsuit] with NPS about its 2003 staffing, rescues, and assaults. Have just filed similar requests covering 2024,” said Jeff Ruch, the organization’s Pacific director ...

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a group that defends government workers, said the Agriculture Department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service would be hit especially hard by laying off probationary employees because it has trouble recruiting inspectors required to be ...