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
Environmental Protection Network is Encouraged by EPA’s Restrictions on PFAS in Drinking Water and Urges Continued Focus on Polluters
Environmental Protection Network Commends EPA on Chemical Plant Emission Rule
Environmental Protection Network Applauds EPA’s Warning about DCPA and Urges Further Action
EPN Comments on Listing of Specific PFAS as Hazardous Constituents
EPN IN THE NEWS RELATED TO Toxic Substances
Green Group Calls on Feds to Research, Regulate Bioplastics
Judith Enck, former Regional Administrator for EPA Region 2 and founder of Beyond Plastics, was quoted in Politico about a recent Beyond Plastics report that finds plastic terminology confusing to consumers and calls on EPA to research how bioplastics affect the environment.
Conodoguinet Creek the Focus of New Citizen Science Project
Betsy Southerland, former Director of the Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in StateImpact Pennsylvania about EPN’s technical assistance program and the assistance she provided to Move Past Plastic, a PA group working to determine pollution sources along the Conodoguinet Creek.
Consumer Groups Urge NHTSA to Get Toxic Flame Retardant Chemicals Out of Cars
Linda Birnbaum, former Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the National Toxicology Program (NTP), was quoted in CollisionWeek calling on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to reevaluate the standards of harmful chemical flame retardants added to vehicle interiors.
Appeals Court Rejects Local Groups’ PFAS Testing Petition in 2-1 Ruling
Bob Sussman, former EPA Deputy Administrator and Senior Policy Counsel to the EPA Administrator, was quoted in the Port City Daily after a federal appeals court rejected an EPA petition filed by Cape Fear River Watch, Clean Cape Fear, Toxic Free NC, and other environmental groups for extensive PFAS testing in North Carolina.