PFAS

Executive Director
@TimWhitehouseUS

Tim Whitehouse

Tim Whitehouse has more than 25 years of experience working on a wide range of environmental issues with governments, businesses, nonprofit organizations and community groups. Tim was a senior attorney at the United States Environmental Protection Agency for 10 years, where he specialized in enforcement of the Clean Water Act and in hazardous waste compliance issues. He was also head of the Law and Policy Program at the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation in Montreal, Canada for 5 years. He has worked as a consultant for companies on environmental compliance issues, and with non-profit organizations focusing on clean energy issues. Most recently, he was executive director of Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility, a health advocacy group working to address climate change, toxics pollution, and nuclear disarmament issues in Maryland. He holds a JD and BA from Emory University and an MA from New York University.

REPORT | “Forever Chemicals” Disposal Is Creating a Health Nightmare (PDF)

by | November 9, 2023
New data compiled by EPA depicts a vast, uncontrolled, and spreading web of unregulated disposal of PFAS waste ...

Water Board Still in Dark About Santa Susana Discharges

by | October 18, 2023
Staff Withholding Documents on PCB Poisoning of LA River on Eve of Vote ...

PEERMail | An Epic Journey You Won’t Want to Miss

by | October 3, 2023
Bloomberg Businessweek featured an epic quest by our Science Policy Director to uncover why her town’s drinking water was contaminated with PFAS ...

COMMENTARY | Why the Chilling Fight Behind Climate Change?

by | September 28, 2023
This country cannot be locked into a new generation of toxic refrigerants, many of which have significant global warming potential ...
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