From: Union of Concerned Scientists
โn addition to reductions in staff focused on pollution prevention, it also means reductions in staff for those who work on environmental cleanup, such as at Superfund sites. There is also a critically low number of criminal investigators working for the EPA. Even though the law requires the agency to have at least 200 โspecial agents,โ there are only 140 on staff, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.”