public health

Director of Science Policy; Northeast & Mid-Atlantic Director

Kyla first became involved with PEER in the mid-1990s when she became a whistleblower herself. She previously worked at the United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 for 10 years as a wetland permit reviewer and as the Region’s Wetlands Enforcement Coordinator. Kyla’s familiarity with science, the law, and the inner workings of state and federal governmental agencies enable her to assist public environmental employees throughout New England. She has a Ph.D. in ecology from the University of Connecticut and a law degree from Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon.

Get Forever Chemicals Out of Our Food Chain

by PEER | August 13, 2025
MAHA Commission Pressed to Take Concrete Action on Toxic PFAS ...

FDA Ignores CT Scan Misdiagnosis Risks

by PEER | August 7, 2025
Complaint Faults FDA Failure to Address Post-Market Warnings ...

EPA Putting Lab Animals Up for Adoption

by PEER | July 1, 2025
Research Cuts and Lab Closures Create Surplus of Experimental Subjects ...

COMMENTARY | Trump’s Attack on Science Will Leave Us All Sicker

by Tim Whitehouse | June 23, 2025
The Trump administration’s evisceration of the federal agencies that protect our health and environment is a full-throttled attack on science that will set our nation back for years, if not decades to come ...

COMMENTARY | EPA’s Disgraceful Forever Chemicals Retreat

by Kyla Bennett | May 22, 2025
EPA’s retreat on PFAS not only betrays the agency’s mission but makes a mockery of the Trump Administration’s self-proclaimed pledge to Make America Healthy Again ...
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