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.
PFAS
The EPA is failing to protect the public from the health risks of this new class of chemicals.
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
Sick Schools
Contaminated soil, air born pollutants and toxic building materials should have no place in our schools.
Toxic Cleanups
EPA and state governments often fail to clean up some of the most dangerous toxic sites.
Refinery Explosions
Refinery explosions and dangerous chemicals threaten large populations centers.
Coal Combustion Waste
Toxic coal ash is in a growing stream of consumer, agricultural and commercial products without oversight
NEWS FROM PEER
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Tele-Press Conference on EPA Failure to Prevent Future Flint Crises
Retired EPA Experts Discuss Lack of Early Warning System to Avert Lead Drinking Water Tragedies
EPA Has Done Little to Prevent Future Flint Crises
Agency Still Lacks Early Warning System to Avert Lead Drinking Water Tragedies
Suit for Suppressed EPA Formaldehyde Assessment
Furious Industry Lobbying Has Kept Significant Public Health Report Under Wraps
Federal Lab Dumps Fish Pathogens into Lake Washington
Six-Month High-Risk Bio-Breach Prompted No State Action as Recurrences Loom
Navy Sprinkles Pixie Dust Across Hunters Point
Bizarre Retesting Plan Claims 80% of Contaminated Soil Samples Are Clean
EPA Promises Steps to Prevent Child-Lead Dust Exposure
Whistleblower Disclosure Forces Grudging Progress in Housing Renovation Program
SF-Owned Hunters Point Parcels Soil Testing Falsified
EPA Finds 93% of Soil Samples Unreliable on Parcels Transferred to City in 2015
Hunters Point Radiation Problems Worsen
Navy Says Tetra Tech Building Radiation Survey Data Are Also Bogus
EPA’s New Scientific Transparency Exempts Pesticides
Industry Pesticide Registration Data Hidden from Public and Outside Pruitt Plan
Radiation Problems Multiply For San Francisco’s Hunters Point
Nearly All U.S. Navy Radiation Samples Were Falsified, Fraudulent or Unreliable
