Public Health

Devastation on the Ranch: PFAS in Biosolids

by | September 12, 2024
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency faces a federal lawsuit over its failure to prevent toxic per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in biosolid fertilizers from contaminating farmlands, livestock, crops, and water supplies. Hear from James Farmer and Robin Alessi, two ranchers ...

EPA Flees PFAS Biosolids Contamination Crisis

by | September 11, 2024
EPA Ducks Responsibility to Regulate Toxic Sewage Sludge Fertilizer ...

Colorado Air Pollution Data Stays in the Dark

by | September 6, 2024
EPA Caves in Colorado Suit to Block Pollution Transparency ...

VIDEO | PFAS in Our Waste with Kyla Bennett

by | August 15, 2024
In this one-on-one 30-minute virtual conversation Just Zero’s Senior Scientist, Laura Orlando, is joined by Kyla Bennett, Director of Science Policy at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Together, Orlando and Bennett discuss the PFAS, also known as “ ...

VIDEO | PEER Stands Up for Communities

by | August 7, 2024
PEER board member Ewell Hopkins shares the story of PEER's role in protecting his community from the influence of the artificial turf industry ...

PETITION | Tell EPA To Get PFAS Out of Pesticides

by | July 30, 2024
Petition telling the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to ban the distribution of all pesticides containing PFAS ...
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