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.
Coronavirus
In response to the novel coronavirus, 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
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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
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to Lapse at Month’s End
No Reauthorization Bill Introduced to Extend Oil Excise Tax for Cleanup Funds
Low Priority Toxic Sites Go to Head of Florida’s Cleanup Line
Rural Residents at Greater Risk from Leaving the Most Hazardous Sites Unabated
Lawsuit to Require Chemical Accident Emission Reports
Hurricane Harvey Chemical Explosions Spotlight Neglected Clean Air Act Mandate
Florida’s Toxic Cleanup Trust Funds Looted
Quarter Billion Dollar Diversion Compounded by Plummeting Penalty Revenue
Many Floridians Unknowingly Drink Contaminated Water
No Notice to Residents at Thousands of Sites Polluted by Leaking Petroleum Tanks
Pruitt’s EPA Strategic Plan Is a Cynical Joke
Plan Makes a Mockery of EPA Mission; Goals Undercut by Pruitt’s Actions
Pruitt’s EPA: Learning to Love Radiation
Public Told “No Harmful Health Effects” from Significant Radiation Exposure
Lawsuit to Ground Excessive National Park Overflights
FAA Faulted for Failure to Implement 2000 Law for Management of Park Air Tours
EPA Criminal Pollution Enforcement Withering Away
Number of Criminal Investigators, Cases Opened, and Convictions Nosediving
Pruitt Moves to Politicize Superfund Cleanups
New Policy Enables Administrator to Bypass Staff and Dispense Favors to Industry
Trump Tsunami Warning Cuts Truly Scary
Thousands Put at Risk by Eliminating Seismic and Water Monitors
Bear Mauling Does Not Deter Park Ok of New Trail Run
Valles Caldera Minimizes Safety and Wildlife Impacts in Greenlighting Another Race
EPA Lead Paint Inspections Faulted
Special Counsel Orders Probe of Lead-Safe Renovations of Older Housing
Fig Leaves No Cover for Drinking Water Radiation Rollback
Final Approval for Radical Radiation Rise in Water Supplies after Nuclear Release
Radical Drinking Water Radiation Rise Confirmed in EPA Plan
EPA Hid Planned Exposure Levels 1,000s of Times Safe Drinking Water Act Limits
