Protecting Public Health
Environmental and health specialists are heartsick over the malfeasance of their agencies in failing to protect the health of children, workers and the public at large. We expose information about the effects of environmental toxins on public health, challenge industry capture of our regulatory agencies, and fight for an effective safety net to protect us from dangerous toxins.
Covid-19 Pandemic
In response to Covid-10 global pandemic, PEER is stepping up its efforts to ensure that public health experts have the capacity and the legal backing to speak truth to power and that government agencies continue their essential functions.
Artificial Turf
Human health risks from toxic chemicals and known carcinogens found in synthetic sports fields and playgrounds made from shredded tires remain largely unstudied
PFAS
The EPA is failing to protect the public from the health risks of this new class of chemicals.
Toxic Cleanups
EPA and state governments often fail to clean up some of the most dangerous toxic sites.
Chemical Safety
The US Chemical Safety Board is failing in its duty to monitor, investigate and report on chemical safety accidents in the U.S.
Sick Schools
Contaminated soil, air born pollutants and toxic building materials should have no place in our schools.
Coal Combustion Waste
Toxic coal ash is in a growing stream of consumer, agricultural and commercial products without oversight
NEWS FROM PEER
More PFAS Found in Maryland Water and Seafood
Maryland Must Set Health Standards for Toxic “Forever Chemical”
The U.S. Lags Way Behind Other Countries in Banning Harmful Pesticides
The U.S. needs to catch up on pesticide regulation, through updates to laws and a political commitment to getting rid of the worst offenders
More PFAS Found in Maryland Water and Seafood
Maryland Must Set Health Standards for Toxic “Forever Chemical”
COVID-19, Yellowstone, and the Company that puts the American Public at Risk
Winter snow guides in Yellowstone protest pandemic response in managed Yellowstone National Park, six guides were fired as a result.
BLOG | When Government is Run By A Gilded Few, Essential Workers Pay the Price
With the White House still pushing to “reopen” at all costs, essential workers will continue to pay the highest prices in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Alarming PFAS Levels in Delray Beach Drinking Water
Toxic “Forever Chemicals” May be Accumulating in Drinking Water Aquifer
Deregulation of Rad Waste Disposal Plows Ahead
Decommissioned Reactors OK-ed for Landfills in Big Gift to Nuclear Industry
Op-Ed | Should We Stop Spraying for Mosquitoes During the Pandemic?
Should we be using pesticides when spraying for mosquitoes that may compromise someone’s respiratory system during a pandemic?
NYC Schools Lack Ventilation to Stop COVID Spread
Teachers File Complaint Charging Unsafe Conditions in Re-Opened Schools
BLOG: EPA’s Embalmed Formaldehyde Report
The EPA’s Formaldehyde Report has still not seen the light of day, despite what the EPA says.
Nuclear Cleanup Scam on Supremely Contaminated Site
Historic Designation for Santa Susana Lab Excuses Remediation Obligations
BLOG: COVID-19 Pressure on FDA and CDC Accelerate as Election Nears
White House pressuring the FDA and CDC to ignore science and stick to political messaging on the COVID-19 pandemic
EPA Can’t Find Study Linking Formaldehyde to Leukemia
Agency Claims Decade-Long Formaldehyde Assessment Was Never Finished
BLOG: EPA’s Latest Toxic PFAS Whitewash Revealed
EPA delayed and continues to delay release of its interactive PFAS map, which shows local sources of PFAS, forever chemicals linked to cancer.
Graduate Student COVID Unrest at Texas A&M
Partying Undergrads Shun Masks and Risk Super-Spreader Events
BLOG: What is the EPA Hiding?
The EPA is crippling the Environmental Appeals Board, disempowering communities and enabling polluters.
Kyla Bennett talks to MWRA about PFAS
New England PEER Director, Kyla Bennett talks to Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) on the topic of PFAS.
Massachusetts Concedes Aerial Spraying Largely Ineffective
Half of Spray Events Kill Zero Mosquitos; No Proof of Disease Reduction
Cal/OSHA Inspectors AWOL During Pandemic
Growing Backlog of Workplace Complaints; Vacancies Remain Unfilled
PEERMail: Wrong Approach to Reopening
Federal agencies are under White House pressure to “reopen” by bringing federal workers back to their offices. This is the wrong approach to reopening!
BLOG: National Forests and COVID-19. What’s Happening?
National Forests receive less attention than parks during COVID-19, but overcrowding, lack of resources, and risk to gateway communities are the same.
