Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (Peer) nonprofit obtained and revealed an EPA document announcing the adoption program. The document announced adoptions for zebrafish and rats from an EPA lab in North Carolina.
It states: “Adopt love. Save a life. Our adoption program has been approved. Would you like to adopt?”
The move is part of the fallout from broad EPA cuts targeting toxicological and other basic research work that is largely being done by the agency’s office of research and development.