PFAS-laden waste shipments underreported, unregulated — report
by E & E News | November 10, 2023
The lack of sufficient regulations on waste containing “forever chemicals” leaves U.S. communities vulnerable to increased shipments of dangerous substances, according to a new report. The report, published Thursday by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, reveals ...
REPORT | “Forever Chemicals” Disposal Is Creating a Health Nightmare (PDF)
New data compiled by EPA depicts a vast, uncontrolled, and spreading web of unregulated disposal of PFAS waste ...
Citing EPA’s PFAS Data, PEER Renews Calls For Tougher RCRA Rules
by Inside EPA |
Watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) is pointing to a new analysis of EPA data showing significant increases in shipments of PFAS waste between 2018 and 2023 to renew its call for the agency to craft strict “hazardous waste” rules for such waste, ...
NIH integrity plan is ‘like a car without an engine’
Draft lacks rules to prevent suppression of research, says Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility group The National Institutes of Health’s draft scientific integrity policy is “like a car without an engine”, according to a not-for-profit that encourages government ...
“Forever Chemicals” Disposal is Creating a Health Nightmare
EPA is Failing to Control Spreading Web of PFAS Waste ...