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PEER Petitions EPA To Walk Back Claims That PFOA Has Been Phased Out

by PEER | October 29, 2025
“It is the height of hypocrisy for EPA to pretend these chemicals are no longer being manufactured when they are permeating our chain of commerce,” said Kyla Bennett, science policy director at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), in an Oct. 29 press release ...

Environmental group cites Inhance containers in challenge to EPA PFAS claims

by PEER |
The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility submitted a formal complaint to the EPA Oct. 29, challenging what it said was EPA claims of progress on PFAS compounds. It argues the agency’s statements that domestic production of PFOA, or perfluorooctanoic acid, have been ...

EPA accused of misleading public about ongoing production of harmful PFAS

by PEER |
The complaint, filed October 29 by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) under the Information Quality Act, calls the EPA’s claims that perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is no longer produced or imported by the US “inaccurate, incomplete, and misleading.” PEER demands ...

Trump says he’s no king, but he lives like one

by Michelle Shaffer | October 27, 2025
The group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility tallied several of Trump’s extravagances four months into his current term. They include nearly half a billion dollars for “vanity projects,” including his military parade, a statuary garden, upgrades on Air Force One, and ...

Trump EPA seeks to weaken scrutiny for some of US’s most toxic chemicals

by PEER | October 21, 2025
If implemented, the new rule would shorten the time it takes to review chemicals, and alter the methodology used to assess their dangers. It would also prohibit states from banning or restricting dangerous chemicals, and could invalidate hundreds of state-level protections. “This is a ...

With more grant cuts coming, local energy programs face ‘chaos and confusion’

by PEER | October 17, 2025
“There’s so much chaos and confusion,” said Kyla Bennett, who speaks regularly with employees of the federal Environmental Protection Agency in her role as director of science policy for nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. Many EPA employees have continued to ...
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