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Scientific Integrity Policy

Date: July 26, 2022

 

Environmental Protection Agency Activity

Webinar | DOGE and Climate Change: What’s Really Happening at NOAA and EPA, and Why It Matters

Join experts to explore how changes at EPA and NOAA will weaken efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and ...

EPA Environmental Justice Staff Seeks Return to Work

“EJ” Employees’ Class Action Pursues Reassignment and Escape from Limbo

Biosolid Fertilizer Maker Confirms PFAS in Product

Company Has Not Published Supposedly Exonerating “Independent” Study

Big Brother Beckons EPA’s Workforce

Agency Offers Free Wi-Fi Connectivity to Employees’ Personal Devices

Comment – ANPRM for 6PPD-quinone – Regulatory Investigation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act

Comments on ANPRM for 6PPD-quinone - Regulatory Investigation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act

Comment – EPA petition seeking rulemaking to modify labeling requirements for pesticides and devices

Comments on the Environmental Protection Agency petition seeking rulemaking to modify labeling requirements for ...

Letter to Representatives – EPA Disabled Mailroom Workers

Letter to Senator Whitehouse, Senator Van Hollen, Congresswoman Norton, Congressman Raskin, and Congressman ...

EPA Emails Ordered Stripped to Bare Minimum

Employee Sign-offs Limited to Name, Rank, Location, and Phone Number

Texas County Seeks Federal Aid for PFAS Contamination

Johnson County Commissioners Pass Resolution for Emergency Declaration

PEERMail | Battling the Musk-Trump Confederacy

We are working around the clock to keep up with the challenges public employees are facing and to challenge the ...

Letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin – Musk Access to EPA Databases

Letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin regarding Elon Musk's Access to EPA Databases

EPA’s Zeldin Must Reveal Musk Ties

PEER calls on Zeldin to Protect Confidential Data

COMMENTARY | Anonymous Activism and Whistleblowing in the Age of Trump

PEER anticipates a flood of requests for our legal services during Trump 2.0. Here's an overview of our approach ...

EPA’s Scientific Integrity Policy Too Little Too Late

Rhetoric Alone No Meaningful Check on Trump's Reign of "Alternative Facts"

COMMENTARY | Three Things You May Have Missed About Project 2025

With the election behind him, Trump is now embracing the people and ideas behind Project 2025, a conservative plan ...

Don’t Cede Chemical Safety to Chemical Manufacturers

EPA Nominee Should Keep Corporate Foxes Out of Regulatory Henhouse

PEERMail | Starting the New Year Strong

Victories for federal employees and public health, and a thank you for your generosity during our end-of-year ...

EPA Takes Steps to Require Waste Incinerators to Report Toxic Output

Chemical Releases Will Be Included in EPA Toxics Release Inventory

COMMENTARY | The Federal Workforce Isn’t So Bloated

In a climate where the size of government can trigger political outrage, it is essential to note that many ...

GOP Sees Scientific Integrity Policies as Anti-Trump

House Chair Says EPA Scientific Integrity Program Will “Usurp” Agenda

COMMENTARY | PFAS Endangering Our Food Supply

PEER is engaged in several efforts to prevent toxic PFAS from contaminating our food chain. Unfortunately, EPA is ...

COMMENTARY | Perils of Public Service: Oklahoma City Bombing Omens Gathering Again

As in the mid-90s, anti-government sentiments are running rampant. But today, these paranoid fantasies are fed by ...

Feds Should Stifle Heritage Foundation Witch Hunt

Right-Wing Group’s Fleet of FOIAs Seeks Employee Personal Information

PEERMail | EPA’s Retaliation Against Scientists Exposed

The U.S. EPA Inspector General found that the agency retaliated against scientists for protesting when EPA ...

Webinar | Saving Farmland: Battling Toxic PFAS in Biosolids in Texas and Beyond

Learn how millions of tons of sewage sludge (or biosolids) are contaminating American farmland with toxic PFAS chemicals.

EPA Scientists Punished for Identifying Chemical Risks

IG Report Identifies Problems In Approval of New Chemicals

PEERMail | Don’t Miss This: Saving Farmlands in Texas and Beyond!

The latest updates on our lawsuit against EPA on behalf of Texas farmers and ranchers impacted by toxic PFAS ...

EPA Flees PFAS Biosolids Contamination Crisis

EPA Ducks Responsibility to Regulate Toxic Sewage Sludge Fertilizer

Colorado Air Pollution Data Stays in the Dark

EPA Caves in Colorado Suit to Block Pollution Transparency

Comment – Steering Committee Report Beyond 2025 Draft Report

Written comments to Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) Beyond 2025 Steering Committee regarding Steering Committee ...

PEERMail | Important Advocacy Updates: Driving Change Together

We've joined forces with our partners to champion several critical causes and address key concerns brought to us ...

New Suit Targets EPA Inaction on PFOA in Plastic Containers

EPA Sued for Failure to Implement TSCA Directive to Prevent Significant and Serious or Widespread Risks to Health

Webinar | Hidden Hazards: Whistleblowers, Industry Influence, and the Fight Against Toxics

PEER and Government Accountability Project present a webinar on the role whistleblowers have played in the East ...

PEERMail | Energy in the Air

We've had an active and exciting month - EPA responded to our concerns over the presence of PFAS in plastic ...

New Study Finds Alarming Rise in Persistent ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Pesticides

PFAS From Pesticide Products Detected in Rivers, Streams Throughout United States

Lawsuit to Prevent PFAS in Biosolid Fertilizer Expands

MOFGA and Johnson County, TX to join lawsuit against EPA seeking to limit PFAS levels in sewage sludge spread on ...

COMMENTARY | EPA Lacks a PFAS Containment Strategy

To stop the forever chemical crisis, EPA must interrupt the flow of PFAS reaching our water, soil, and food chain ...

COMMENTARY | EPA’s Effort to Misrepresent Pesticide Tests Backfires

EPA’s Effort to Misrepresent Pesticide Tests Backfires This commentary was originally published in the Summer ...

IG Blasts EPA’s Lack of Scientific Integrity Procedures

Still No Rules for Addressing Political Interference Tainting Agency Science

PEERMail | We’re Suing to Protect Farmers

EPA must stop dithering and move quickly to protect America’s farmers and our food supply from these toxic chemicals.

Industry’s Untraceable Backchannel Into EPA

Erased Agency-Issued Cell Phones May Mask Improper Ex Parte Contacts

COMMENTARY | New White House Carbon Offsetting ‘Principles’ Lack Teeth

The administration should find the courage to reverse course and acknowledge that carbon offsets are a dangerous ...

PETITION | Save America’s Farms from Toxic Contamination

Petition to the Environmental Protection Agency to take immediate action to save American farms from being ...

EPA Sued to Remove PFAS from Biosolid Fertilizers

EPA Neglects Duty to Keep Toxic Forever Chemicals Out of Food and Water

EPA Union Wins Stronger Scientific Integrity Safeguards

Political Interference with Science Now Becomes an Unfair Labor Practice

PEERMail | We’re Calling Out Agency Neglect

Our analysis of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's land health records reveals a systemic neglect of land ...

Comment – EPA Proposed ICR

DESCRIPTION: Written comments to EPA regarding proposed ICR (Information Collection Request) for the POTW ...

EPA Must Retract Fraudulent PFAS Report

Bogus Pesticide Finding Spotlights EPA’s Scientific Bankruptcy

Letter to Representatives Thompson and Scott – Remove Sections of FFNSA

DESCRIPTION: Letter to the House Committee on Agriculture's Chair and Ranking Member to remove sections of the ...

Legal Action Filed to Halt Carcinogenic PFAS in Fluorinated Containers

Citizen Groups File Notice of Intent to Sue EPA

COMMENTARY | Countdown for PEER’s Regulatory Petitions

Read the latest updates on eleven of the regulatory petitions we've worked on this year. With an election just ...

LAUSD Faces Federal, State, & County Pesticide Violations

School District Hobbles Independent Pesticide Oversight Committee Function

Maine’s Sears Island Causeway Permit Probed

Possible Missing Culvert Could Be a Permit Violation

COMMENTARY | New Integrity Policies Exhibit Old Problems

Biden directed all federal agencies to strengthen their scientific integrity policies. Three years later, no new ...

COMMENTARY | EPA’s Seresto Decision is Harmful to Your Pet

EPA approved Seresto pet collars to control fleas, ticks, mosquitoes, and other pests. Almost immediately, they ...

Public Health Groups File Petition to Compel EPA to Remove PFAS Immediately from Fluorinated Plastic Containers

Citizen Petition Urges EPA to Act on Findings of Unreasonable Risk after Court Decision Wrongly Blocks EPA Orders

New PFAS Drinking Water Rule Good First Step, but Still Far to Go

PFAS Must Be Treated as a Class; Chemical-By-Chemical Approach is Futile

Comment – EPA Proposed Rule on PFAS

DESCRIPTION: Written comments to EPA regarding proposed rule listing only certain PFAS as hazardous ...

Maine Poised to Repeat Eco-Mistakes on Sears Island

Prior Wetland Violations Haunt Plans to Develop a New Wind-Farm Port

Flawed Fifth Circuit Decision Leaves Public Exposed to Toxic PFAS

Environmental Groups Vow to Fight On

COMMENTARY | Vital Safety Net for Pollinators in Peril

The EPA's 1984 eco-mistake led to the overuse of pesticides, the wholesale loss of pollinators, and widespread ...

Comment – Candidates for SACC

DESCRIPTION: Written comments to EPA regarding candidates under consideration for appointment to the Science ...

PETITION | Support EPA reforms for Bee and Bird Killing Pesticides

Petition to the U.S. EPA Office of Pesticide Programs to protect wildlife and waterways by implementing stricter ...

Remove Forever Chemicals from Biosolid Fertilizers

PFAS Absorbed in Plants Are Major Exposure Pathway into our Food Chain

EPA Fears Empowering Its Own Scientists

Management Avoids Any Rules to Enforce Scientific Integrity Principles

PFAS in Biosolids Fertilizer Sparks Damages Lawsuit

Suit Charges Fertilizer Maker Synagro with Poisoning Farms and Livestock

EPA Conceals PFAS Health Info as Trade Secret

Lawsuit Demands Release of Data on PFAS in Fluorinated Containers

Comment – EPA Requirements for Treated Seeds

DESCRIPTION: Written comments regarding EPA requirements for treated seeds TO: Environmental Protection ...

Comment – EPA Proposed Lead and Copper Rule Improvements

DESCRIPTION: Written comments regarding proposed lead and copper rule improvements TO: Environmental Protection ...

New Integrity Rules Differ on Allowable Scientist Speech 

Agencies Range from Bans on Policy Discussion to “Open Discourse” Pledges

Op-Ed | Why is EPA Considering Lethal Pesticides for Florida Citrus?

Few pesticides have raised more red flags across the world in recent years than an insecticide called aldicarb.

EPA’s Latest Scientific Integrity Plan – Big Hat, No Cattle

No Implementing Rules to Enforce or Administer Lofty Rhetorical Standards

COMMENTARY | Rooting PFAS Out of Our Food Chain

Culminating three years of legal and advocacy work, the EPA issued an order prohibiting Inhance Technologies from ...

PEER and CEH Applaud EPA’s Decision to Protect People from PFAS that Leach from Plastic Containers

EPA Orders Inhance Technologies to Stop Exposing Millions of Americans to Dangerous PFAS in Fluorinated Plastic ...

COMMENTARY | Artificial Turf – A Plague on the Earth

Like a nasty rash, artificial turf has spread beyond sports fields to urban lawns, schoolyards, and parks.

“Forever Chemicals” Disposal is Creating a Health Nightmare

EPA is Failing to Control Spreading Web of PFAS Waste

Colorado’s Air Pollution Program Broken and Adrift

State’s Air Quality Worsens While Cosmetic Changes Ignore Core Problems

Lawsuit Probes Oak Ridge Clean Water Waiver

What Did EPA Administrator Regan Know When He Overruled His Experts?

Petition to EPA – NO2 and SO2-NAAQS – 10-04-2023 (PDF)

DESCRIPTION: Petition for Rulemaking to Establish Increments for the 1-hour Nitrogen Dioxide and Sulfur Dioxide ...

PEERMail | Holding Polluters Accountable

It takes constant oversight by advocacy groups to make sure the government holds polluters accountable.

More Oil and Gas Wells Illegally Permitted in Colorado

Conservation groups petition EPA to step in and protect air quality

STATEMENT | IG Report Finds EPA New Chemical Review Process Badly Broken

EPA has not complied with applicable record keeping and quality assurance requirements when implementing its New ...

EPA Plays Political Shell Game on PFAS Definition

No Sound Scientific Basis Available for Any of the Changing Definitions

EPA Criminal Enforcement Sputters Back to Life

FY 23 Uptick After Enforcement Levels Hit Generational Lows Under Biden

Navy Refuses to Probe Hunters Point Toxic Disinformation

Navy IG Won’t Review False Statements on Sr-90 Levels in “Clean” Parcel

PEER and CEH Ask Court to Immediately Stop Unlawful PFAS Formation

Motion seeks to stop violations of federal law that are exposing millions of Americans to dangerous PFAS in ...

PEERMail | A Tempered Victory for Clean Air

EPA rejects a Trump-era proposal that would have lifted Clean Air Act regulations on two types of plastic recycling.

EPA Must Remove PFAS from Plastic Containers

New Analysis Demonstrates Health Risks to Millions of Americans Using Plastic Containers

STATEMENT | DOJ Falls Short on Protecting the Public from Unsafe Exposure to PFAS Chemicals

In their request for a declaratory judgement against Inhance, the DOJ failed to seek an injunction to stop ...

Pressure Mounts on EPA to Curb Bee-Killing Pesticides

New Reports and Findings Strip Away Agency’s Leeway for Further Evasion

PEERMail | Pesticide Problems Grow

Pesticides have devastating effects on wildlife, human health, and many rural economies

High Levels of Dangerous ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found in California’s Most-Used Insecticide

40% of Tested Agricultural Pesticide Products Contain PFAS

EPA Needs a Transparent Public Process for Inhance PFAS SNUNS

Unclear comment and review deadlines, heavy redactions, and disorganized files are blocking meaningful comments on ...

Gold Mine Expansion OK Shows Broken Air Permit Process

Colorado Refuses to Fix Major Underlying Flaws in Approving New Permit

PFAS Fluorinated Container Citizens’ Suit Dismissed Without Prejudice

Groups Plan Intervention in EPA Lawsuit Against Inhance Technologies

Hunters Point Festering Radiation Waste Woes

Navy Statements Mask Seriousness of Remaining Parcel G Contamination

Waste Incinerators’ Toxic Output Should Be Reported

Incinerator Chemical Releases Not Included in EPA Toxics Release Inventory

COMMENTARY | Letter to the EPA: Take Action on “Devil’s Bargain” Pesticides

The environment needs protection from neonic-coated seeds, which are by far the broadest pesticide/insecticide ...

Organizations Push to Get PFAS out of Plastic Containers

EPA must ban fluorination process that creates PFAS in plastics
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