US navy accused of cover-up over dangerous plutonium in San Francisco
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PEER | November 27, 2025
The navy is trying to avoid spending several billion dollars to do a proper clean up, said Jeff Ruch, senior counsel with the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility nonprofit, which is involved in litigation at the site. “It’s been one thing after another after another,” ...
Trump EPA seeks to weaken scrutiny for some of US’s most toxic chemicals
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PEER | October 21, 2025
If implemented, the new rule would shorten the time it takes to review chemicals, and alter the methodology used to assess their dangers. It would also prohibit states from banning or restricting dangerous chemicals, and could invalidate hundreds of state-level protections. “This is a ...
The unlikely alliance pressing Trump to regulate Pfas on US farms: ‘This is a basic human right’
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PEER | August 27, 2025
In Massachusetts, Bennett, the scientist, who is now with the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (Peer) non-profit, has been frustrated with the Biden and Trump administrations’ policies on sludge, and has sued the EPA under the Clean Water Act to force the agency to ...
Trump administration yanks $15m in research into PFAS on US farms: ‘not just stupid, it’s evil’
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PEER | July 11, 2025
The administration’s move is “not just stupid, it’s evil”, said Kyla Bennett, science director with Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (Peer), and a former EPA attorney. “Cutting funding into research on how these toxic chemicals get into our food will doom us to ...
EPA to launch program that lets people adopt its lab animals amid Trump cuts
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PEER | July 3, 2025
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 ...