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REPORT | Toxic PFAS Chemicals Measured in Nashville Fertilizer – 08-09-2022 (PDF) 

by PEER | August 15, 2022
Executive Summary Many home gardeners buy compost or commercial soil amendments to enhance soil nutrition. But new tests reveal concerning levels of toxic per- and poly- fluoroalkyl substances(PFAS) chemicals in a popular garden fertilizer. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility ...

Florida’s Waters Awash in Sewage Spills

by PEER | July 20, 2022
Under DeSantis, More Inspections, More Pollution but Less Enforcement ...

EPA Validates Colorado Air Whistleblowers’ Charge

by PEER | July 15, 2022
State Directed to Fix Illegal Permits and Cease Enabling Pollution Evasions ...

Op-Ed | An alarm is raised, little is done, and employees flee

by Chandra Rosenthal | July 13, 2022
Fed up with the state’s failure to regulate air permits, three state employees came forward about a year ago, but little has changed ...

REPORT | 2021 Florida Enforcement Report

by PEER | July 12, 2022
Report on Enforcement Efforts by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection – Calendar Year 2021 ...

Opinion: An alarm is raised, little is done, and employees flee

by Chandra Rosenthal | July 8, 2022
Fed up with the state’s failure to regulate air permits and after years of quietly watching the quality of Colorado’s air decline, about a year ago three state employees bravely came forward. The whistleblowers called out the state Air Pollution Control Division for rubber-stamping ...