CDC Punts on Studying PFAS Cancer Risks
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Susan Sargent | April 4, 2019
Study to look at relationship between PFAS exposure and select health outcomes ...
Report: Despite Growing Contamination Crisis, PFAS Chemical Use in U.S. Swells
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Susan Sargent | April 3, 2019
From: Environmental Working Group “Between 2012 and 2016, at least 30 new fluorinated chemicals, commonly called PFAS, were produced in significant volumes, according to Environmental Protection Agency data analyzed by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER. PEER ...
Halfway Through Trump’s Term, Key Public Lands Agencies Still Lack Leaders
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Susan Sargent |
From: Audubon “More than two years after his inauguration, President Donald Trump has yet to fill the top posts at a trio of federal agencies that together oversee more than 400 million acres of public land. Since Trump took office, interim appointees who have not been confirmed by the ...
Brian Czech: Wrestling the 800-Pound Gorilla
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Susan Sargent | April 2, 2019
Brian was hired in 1999 as among the first Conservation Biologists in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. When he began to raise awareness of the trade-off between economic growth and wildlife conservation, Refuge System leadership got cold feet and started issuing gag orders ...
PEERMail: PFAS Action is Inaction
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Susan Sargent | April 1, 2019
Nowhere are the consequences of the Trump Administration’s purge of scientists and the stacking of government positions with industry lobbyist more apparent than in its handling of calls to regulate PFAS chemicals- or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances ...