Texas farmers say sewage-based fertilizer tainted with “forever chemicals” poisoned their land and killed their livestock

by PEER | December 2, 2024
But nobody knows how much of that fertilizer is contaminated with PFAS, which can be absorbed by crops, consumed by livestock, and then enter the food supply. There are no requirements to test biosolids for PFAS, or to warn farmers and ranchers that they could be using contaminated ...

Trump allies begin attack on EPA and rules protecting US drinking water

by PEER |
The Republicans promptly moving to shred the integrity policies – which critics say were weak to begin with – demonstrates how party officials are “bending over backwards” to assist Trump in attacking career servants, said Jeff Ruch, a former EPA official now with the Public ...

Colorado’s process of creating PFAS bans could offer insights for New Mexico

by PEER |
Kyla Bennett, director of science policy for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said PFAS regulations are popping up in states around the nation. States are bearing the brunt of the cost of PFAS contamination, Bennett said, and she thinks the federal government isn’t ...

PEERMail | Our Gratitude and Commitment this Thanksgiving

by PEER | November 26, 2024
From all of us at PEER, thank you to government employees throughout the country for their dedication to serving the public ...

GOP Sees Scientific Integrity Policies as Anti-Trump

by PEER | November 20, 2024
House Chair Says EPA Scientific Integrity Program Will “Usurp” Agenda ...
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