The Guardian

Revealed: more than 120,000 US sites feared to handle harmful PFAS ‘forever’ chemicals

by Elizabeth Duan | October 17, 2021
“The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has identified more than 120,000 locations around the US where people may be exposed to a class of toxic “forever chemicals” associated with various cancers and other health problems that is a frightening tally four times larger than ...

‘The harm to children is irreparable’: Ruth Etzel speaks out ahead of EPA whistleblower hearing

by PEER | September 12, 2021
” Paula Dinerstein, a lawyer with the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which is representing Etzel, said the EPA still has not taken action to implement the lead protection strategy, and has acknowledged the “libelous claims” against Etzel were not ...

EPA is falsifying risk assessments for dangerous chemicals, say whistleblowers

by PEER | August 27, 2021
““The depth of it is pretty horrifying,” said Kyla Bennett, New England director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), a non-profit whose attorneys are representing the four scientists. “I don’t sleep at night knowing what I know from the whistleblowers ...

Water on Chesapeake Bay military bases contains toxic PFAS ‘forever chemicals’

by PEER | August 11, 2021
“A 2020 study conducted in the same area by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) found PFAS levels in striped bass at more than 23,000 ppt, crab meat at about 6,000 ppt and oysters at more than 2,000 ppt. Though the federal government has failed to set limits ...

He opposed public lands and wildlife protections. Trump gave him a top environment job

by Elizabeth Duan | May 20, 2020
“Pendley has helped turn BLM into what one high-level employee, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals, called “a ghost ship” in which “suspicion”, “fear” and “low morale” abound, despite the best efforts of career civil servants to support each other. ...
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