EPA Standards Miss Many Chemicals in Drinking Water, Study Says
by Wall Street Journal | April 12, 2023
Authors of a new study say that the federal government is likely underestimating the extent of “forever chemicals” contamination in drinking water nationally. The Natural Resources Defense Council study illustrates a central challenge of regulating a group of hundreds of chemicals that ...
Scientists challenge US wildlife director’s qualifications
by ABC News |
They claim Williams is serving in contradiction to the administration’s own policies and ethics rules. They pointed to an assessment done by Biden’s Scientific Integrity Task Force that suggests executive branch positions should be filled by candidates with appropriate credentials ...
Court Dismisses Private-Citizen Suit against Inhance
by National Law Review | April 11, 2023
On April 6, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a suit brought by the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) to prevent Inhance Technologies USA (Inhance) from generating per- and polyfluoroalkyl ...
Whistleblower Group Ramps Up Scrutiny Of Navy’s Hunters Point Cleanup
by Inside EPA |
A group representing federal whistleblowers is ramping up scrutiny of the Navy’s cleanup of radiation waste at the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard (HPNS) in San Francisco, petitioning the service’s inspector general to investigate officials’ allegedly inaccurate statements ...
Lack of Scientific Integrity Threatens EPA’s Credibility; Action Called for to Make Improvements
by Beyond Pesticides | April 10, 2023
OIG is an independent branch of EPA that can receive complaints of mismanagement, misconduct, abuse of authority, or censorship, including those related to scientific or research misconduct, without fear of improper influence. Through its statutory mandate, OIG investigates these ...