pesticides

Staff Counsel

Laura has represented nonprofit organizations and individual clients as an attorney at Earthjustice and at PEER. Her practice has included lawsuits under the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Freedom of Information Act, and the Whistleblower Protection Act. Before becoming a litigator and policy advocate, Laura clerked for the Vermont Superior Court’s Environmental Division, a court specializing in environmental and land use law. She deeply values the expertise and perspective that employees of government agencies bring to the work of protecting public health and the environment. Laura graduated first in her class from Vermont Law School in 2012. She holds an MS in Aquatics from the University of Michigan and a BA from the University of Notre Dame.

PFAS Endangering Our Food Supply

by Laura Dumais | November 4, 2024
PEER is engaged in several efforts to prevent toxic PFAS from contaminating our food chain. Unfortunately, EPA is being more of a hindrance than a help ...

PEERMail | Take Action Now, Sign Our Petitions!

by PEER | August 6, 2024
Support our work by signing and sharing these important petitions! Each one comes from an issue or concern brought to us by public employees ...

PETITION | Tell EPA To Get PFAS Out of Pesticides

by PEER | July 30, 2024
Petition telling the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to ban the distribution of all pesticides containing PFAS ...

EPA’s Effort to Misrepresent Pesticide Tests Backfires

by Kyla Bennett | July 5, 2024
EPA’s Effort to Misrepresent Pesticide Tests Backfires This commentary was originally published in the Summer 2024 edition of PEEReview. In a misguided effort to protect its reputation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) knowingly issued false statements that pesticides it ...

Webinar | Guardians of the Garden

by PEER | June 5, 2024
Coffee Talk Webinar Series, Episode 5: Dive deep into the vital world of pollinators. Watch the Video ...