“A long-time EPA scientist with a history of whistleblowing claims is asking the agency’s Inspector General (IG) “to investigate and remedy misrepresentations” by EPA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the survival times on surfaces of the virus that causes COVID-19, saying the agencies’ guidance is based on flawed studies.
Jenkins and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), which often represents government whistleblowers, sued EPA in 2014 to require the agency to tighten corrosive dust limits under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and PEER also filed an administrative petition seeking such changes.”
