Public Health

Massachusetts PFAS Plan Good Start, But Too Limited

by | February 28, 2020
Sets Limits too High, Omits Thousands of PFAS and Fails to Address Sources ...

BLOG: Weak Industrial Accident Emissions Rule Final But Not Effective

by | February 19, 2020
After more than 20 years of delay and a successful lawsuit by PEER and chemical safety advocacy groups, the Chemical Safety Board (CSB) dashed hopes that it would at long last issue a robust rule requiring the reporting of incidents involving the release of dangerous chemicals from oil ...

Artificial Turf’s Big Lie: Old Fields Not Recycled

by | January 30, 2020
No Recycling Facilities, So Tons of Plastic Carpet Dumped ...

Groups Petition EPA to Regulate PFAS Waste

by | January 16, 2020
Absence of any federal standards for tracking and managing wastes contaminated with toxic polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) poses a major and growing threat to our health, water, and soil ...

PEERMail: Exploding in a Neighborhood Near You

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America's industrial infrastructure suffers from aging pipes prone to corrosive leaks leading to ignition that have led to near-catastrophic accidents ...

Industrial Accident Emissions Reporting Plan Too Weak

by | January 14, 2020
CSB Proposal Would Not Produce Useful, Accurate, or Timely Information ...
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