Forever Chemicals: Understanding and Mitigating Impacts of PFAS
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PEER | April 5, 2022
Boston Globe climate reporter Sabrina Shankman moderates a discussion with PEER's Kyla Bennett, scientists and town members about PFAS impacts and solutions ...
Scientists sound alarm at US regulator’s new ‘forever chemicals’ definition
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Critics also stressed that there was very little data on the toxicity of some excluded chemicals, and permitting the use of PFAS with little toxicological data has led to problems. The EPA in November reported GenX, PFOA and PFOS – three widely used compounds – are much more toxic than ...
BLM whistleblower loses firing appeal in oilfield dispute
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A federal administrative judge has rejected an appeal by a whistleblower who claims he was fired from his federal job after advocating for migrating birds at a huge Wyoming gas- and oilfield, the whistleblower’s attorney said Monday. Samantha Black, who adjudicates for the U.S. Merit ...
More Toxic Runoff From Santa Susana Field Lab
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Latest Monitoring Report Underlines Need for Stricter Contamination Curbs ...
Max Q: Space goes SPAC
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PEER | April 4, 2022
Check out this fascinating Twitter thread by Kevin Bell, a lawyer at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. He details how a whistleblower informed him of a new spacecraft thruster system that used mercury, a powerful neurotoxin that, once emitted, would eventually fall back ...
