EPA DROPS VOLUNTARY PROGRAM FOR LEAD POISON PREVENTION
Agency Had Touted Its Voluntary Approach As Alternative to Regulation
Environmental Protection Agency
News Releases
TOP EPA OFFICIAL TESTIFIES AGAINST OWN AGENCY IN CRIMINAL TRIAL
Jimmy Palmer Sides With Developer Found Guilty of Water Pollution, Fraud and Conspiracy
EPA ON THRESHOLD OF BRAVE NEW WORLD OF HUMAN TESTING
EPA Invites Industry to Mimic Practices of Discontinued CHEERS Study
ATTORNEY GENERALS PROTEST EPA LEAD PAINT REVERSAL BY JOHNSON
Eliot Spitzer and Lisa Madigan Call for Action on Lead-Safe Remodeling Rule
EPA GRUDGINGLY PULLS PLUG ON QUESTIONABLE “CHEERS” STUDY
Other Human Pesticide Dosing Studies Without Safeguards Can Continue
EPA REFUSES TO RELEASE RESULTS OF SCIENTIST SURVEYS
Group Sues to Force Disclosure of Polls of Agency Scientists
EPA ABANDONS LEAD-BASED PAINT PROTECTIONS
1.4 Million Children and Thousands of Construction Workers Remain At Risk
EPA EMBRACES HUMAN PESTICIDE DOSING WITHOUT SAFEGUARDS
Ethical Rules “Non-Binding”— No Standards to Protect Infants and Fetuses
EPA STIFLES OBJECTIONS TO BUSH ROADLESS PLAN
Water Quality, Habitat and Other Concerns Cut from Comments to Forest Service
EPA SET TO ACCEPT HUMAN PESTICIDE DOSING STUDIES
"Senior Agency Officials" to Decide Ethical Concerns on "Case-By-Case Basis"
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Trading Thin Air — EPA's Plan to Allow Open Market Trading of Air Pollution Credits (June 2000) This report details the problems plaguing EPA plans for open market trading of air pollution credits and explains their consequences for public health and the environment. more >> |
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Murky Waters — An Inside Look at EPA's Implementation of the Clean Water Act (May 1999) An inside look at EPA's implementation of the Clean Water Act. This report contains a set of recommendations to remedy the deficiencies in the water quailty assesment for our nation's rivers and streams. more >> |
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Genetic Genie — The Premature Commercial Release of Genetically Engineered Bacteria (August 1995) The EPA is preparing to approve the first commercial release of genetically engineered bacteria for use in agriculture. EPA scientists charge that the agency has not adequately assessed the environmental or human health risks of releasing this new life form into the environment. more >> |
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2010 2010 EPA Criminal Investigation Division Agents Survey |
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2003 EPA Office of Criminal Enforcement,
Forensics & Training Survey |
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2003 2003 PEER Survey of EPA Region 8 Employees |
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1998 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 1 Survey |
| Other PEER Activities |
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PEER Campaign: EPA and Human Testing |
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PEER Opposition to the Confirmation of Donald Schregardus as Assistant Administrator for Enforcement & Compliance Assurance (OECA), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
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Read PEER's comments on the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC) proposed rulemaking |