Letter to Dr. Michal Freedhoff – Chemicals Division
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PEER | August 10, 2021
DESCRIPTION: Letter to Dr. Michal Freedhoff regarding the hardships in the New Chemicals Division at the EPA TO: Dr. Michal Freedhoff, EPA Assistant Administrator FROM: Tim Whitehouse / PEER DATE: August 10, 2021 TAGS: OCSPP, EPA, TSCA ...
US EPA downplays risks of new chemicals, agency scientists say
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PEER | August 6, 2021
“The complaints, filed through the nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), claim that EPA managers succumb to pressure from manufacturers and intimidate scientists into approving new chemicals when they have insufficient data to make a safety determination ...
Whistleblowers Say EPA Managers Engaged in Corrupt and Unethical Practices, Removed Findings and Revised Conclusions
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PEER |
“The organization Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) has filed complaints with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) on behalf of four EPA whistleblower scientists. The scientists maintain that during the ...
Leaked Audio Shows Pressure to Overrule Scientists in “Hair-on-Fire” Cases
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PEER | August 4, 2021
“Through documents, interviews, and a written disclosure that they provided exclusively to The Intercept, the EPA inspector general, and select members of Congress, these government scientists have detailed some extreme examples of interference with the scientific evaluation of ...