EPN Comments on EPA’s Interim PFAS Destruction and Disposal Guidance
EPN Comments on EPA’S Proposed Registration of New Active Ingredient, Glycerol Formate, in Ecolab’s Product, “DuoGuard RTU”
Environmental Protection Network Applauds Emergency Suspension of the Pesticide Dacthal
EPN Comments on New Registration Applications for the Pesticide Dicamba
EPN Comments on the Draft Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment for Formaldehyde and Paraformaldehyde
EPN Comments on Asbestos Part 2 Supplemental Evaluation; Draft Risk Evaluation Under TSCA
EPN Comments on EPA’s Draft Risk Evaluation for Formaldehyde
Environmental Protection Network Welcomes EPA’s Designation of PFOA and PFOS as Hazardous Substances Under Superfund
EPN Sends Letter to Congressional Committees on PFAS Exemptions from CERCLA
EPN IN THE NEWS RELATED TO Toxic Substances
Here’s the Real Concern When It Comes to Black Plastic
Tracey Woodruff, former EPA Senior Scientist and Policy Advisor, was quoted in The Washington Post about black plastic being unsafe when consumed at any level, despite EPA’s claims of safety at higher levels.
The Los Angeles Wildfires Are Finally Contained, But Californians Still Aren’t Safe
Judith Enck and Heather McTeer Toney co-wrote an op-ed in The Hill about the houses burned in the Los Angeles wildfires and the burned plastic that will leave toxic pollution in the drinking water, air, and soil for generations.
As EPA Considers Cancer Links to Nitrates in Drinking Water, Industry Downplays the Risks
Betsy Southerland, former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in U.S. Right to Know about the prevalence of nitrate and nitrite contaminated drinking water and how the Trump administration will likely slow down or derail updated assessments for the chemicals.
House Democrat Floats PFAS ‘Essentiality Framework’ For TSCA Reform
Betsy Southerland, former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in Inside EPA about how regulating PFAS compounds as a class can still leave room for essential uses and remove the need for individually reviewing each compound.