EPA considers approving fruit pesticide despite risks to children, records show
by The Guardian | November 21, 2023
Kyla Bennett, a former EPA scientist who now works with the watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said the emails provide more evidence that the EPA needs an overhaul and that it is steeped in an “industry-beholden culture” that persists regardless of which ...
US industry disposed of at least 60m pounds of PFAS waste in last five years
by The Guardian | November 17, 2023
The 60m pounds estimate is likely to be a “dramatic” undercount because PFAS waste is unregulated in the US and companies are not required to record its disposal, the paper’s author, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (Peer), wrote. Still, the findings “depict a vast ...
Forever chemicals at former Nasa lab are leaking into LA River, say watchdogs
by The Guardian | September 28, 2023
“California’s pollution control agencies are not just asleep at the switch but appear to be in a coma,” said Jeff Ruch, Pacific director of the non-profit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (Peer), which has filed a lawsuit over the site’s cleanup. PFAS are a class ...
In our blood: how the US allowed toxic chemicals to seep into our lives
by The Guardian | September 13, 2023
But others say the numbers tell the story. Kyla Bennett, a former EPA employee and current director of science policy at the non-profit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, told the Examination that at recent rates of review, it would take thousands of years to assess all 86 ...
US government is funding kills of endangered animals, activists say
by The Guardian | August 31, 2023
But the coalition said the interior department’s statement is misleading. Federal money cannot be used to purchase bullets or guns for the hunts, which are paid for with state money, said Jeff Ruch, an attorney with the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (Peer) non-profit ...
