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PFAS contamination in mosquito control products emerged as a public health issue when a product similar to one used in Maryland was tested in Massachusetts and found to have high levels of PFAS, prompting Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and Maryland Pesticide Education ...

THE WHISTLEBLOWERS WHO have alleged systemic corruption in the Environmental Protection Agency’s New Chemicals Division have refrained from releasing the names of the managers and other agency officials who they say have repeatedly interfered with the chemical assessment process. But now ...

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and other conservation advocates are instead urging executive branch agencies leading the “America the Beautiful” program to institute strict parameters and exclude areas with only temporary prohibitions on activities like ...

After E&E News reported that Biden officials said America the Beautiful includes all lands, “from synthetic turf to new wilderness,” Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) sued to investigate if fake grass companies are trying to greenwash their image. “The suit ...

Bills that have cleared their House and Senate committee hearings without opposition would block the state from setting or enforcing cleanups for hazardous “PFAS” chemicals that are used in household items like stain-resistant carpets. Response — But a national environmental group ...

But a 2018 lawsuit led by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) with co-counsel Atchafalaya Basinkeeper said the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service used “false assumptions and shoddy science” to make its decision for removal. It contends the bears still need ...