One Planet: Whistleblowers say EPA downplays risks of new chemicals

by PEER | June 27, 2022
On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series, we speak with Kyla Bennett, a lawyer who represents five EPA scientists turned whistleblowers. They allege that managers and career staff in the EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention tampered with the assessments ...

EPA Flunks PFAS Chemistry Test

by PEER |
New Advisories Ignore Precursors That Transform into Most Toxic Fluorinated Chemicals ...

Neonic Nation: Is Widespread Pesticide Use Connected To Grassland Bird Declines?

by PEER | June 24, 2022
Beyond neonics, the bigger problem, said the scientists and conservation activists I spoke with, is the seeming “capture” of the pesticide regulatory system, in both Canada and U.S., by the chemical industry and its well-funded lobby, with a revolving door between regulators and the ...

Minnesota Power Plant Must Undergo Environmental Review

by PEER | June 23, 2022
Public Utilities Commission Agrees with Petitioners that New Oil-Fired Unit Must Be Studied Under MEPA ...

PFAS subgroups could be subject to Superfund law

by PEER | June 22, 2022
The group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility has been one of many organizations repeatedly calling for class-based regulation that would see all PFAS facing restrictions. “The more we learn, the more toxic we understand these chemicals to be,” said Kyla Bennett, ...
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