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City Debates Replacing Aging Turf Fields, Hears Testimony on Health and Environmental Harms

by PEER | October 22, 2022
Dr. Kyla Bennett, director of science policy at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility – a group that supports public employees who report improper actions within their agencies and work to improve regulations that protect the environment and human health – took part in the ...

Forever Chemicals in Breast Milk at toxic levels

by PEER | October 21, 2022
“We know PFOS is a carcinogen, we know it’s a deadly chemical and there’s no safe level in drinking water,” said Kyla Bennett, a former EPA official and science policy director with the non-profit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), which issued a press ...

AFGE Local Seeks Docs From EPA On Remote Work Policy

by PEER |
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency violated the Freedom of Information Act by not responding in a timely manner to a request by an American Federation of Government Employees local seeking documents… Read the PEER Story… ...

Bryce Canyon National Park Releases Air Tour Management Plan

by PEER | October 20, 2022
However, outside groups such as Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, have criticized the NPS and FAA for avoiding environmental reviews called for by the National Environmental Policy Act in designing the management plans. According to PEER, the agencies are claiming “ ...

US firms exploiting Trump-era loophole over toxic ‘forever chemicals’

by PEER | October 12, 2022
Chemical companies are dodging a federal law designed to track how many PFAS “forever chemicals” their plants are discharging into the environment by exploiting a loophole created in the Trump administration’s final months, a new analysis of federal records has found. Read the PEER ...

Chemical investigators push EPA on refinery safety

by PEER |
Concerns around HF have endured for years. In early 2019, CSB similarly appealed to EPA to scrutinize the chemical following repeated incidents at refineries (Greenwire, April 24, 2019). That same year, months after the PES incident, EPA rejected a petition from Public Employees for ...
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