UN ban on mercury as a propellant reveals gaps in ‘Space Law’

by Susan Sargent | April 6, 2022
In 2018, Kevin Bell, Staff Counsel at NGO Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), received information from a whistleblower about a new satellite thruster under development that used mercury — a highly toxic liquid metal — as a propellant. The company — Apollo ...

US nonprofit sues to compel disclosure on PFASs in high-density polyethylene containers

The US nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) has sued the US EPA over its alleged failure to comply with a public records request related to PFAS contamination from fluorinated high-density polyethylene (HDPE) containers. Filed in the US District Court for the ...

Forever Chemicals: Understanding and Mitigating Impacts of PFAS

by Susan Sargent | 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

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

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 ...
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