Cooperating with Other Countries
Strengthening Pesticide Regulation
EPN Testifies on EPA’s Draft Risk Evaluation of Asbestos
EPN Submits Comments on EPA’s Draft Risk Evaluation of Asbestos
EPN Testifies on Draft Risk Evaluation of Perchloroethylene
EPN Comments on Scope Documents for 20 High-Priority Substances
EPN Submits Comments on EPA’s Draft Risk Evaluation of Perchloroethylene
EPN Requests to Extend the Comment Period for 20 Draft Risk Evaluations Under the Toxic Substances Control Act
EPN Requests an Extension of the Comment Period for 13 Draft Risk Evaluations Under the Toxic Substances Control Act
EPN IN THE NEWS RELATED TO Chemicals & Pesticides
Battered, Flooded and Submerged: Many Superfund Sites are Dangerously Threatened by Climate Change
EPN members Samuel Coleman (former Deputy Regional Administrator EPA Region 6), Judith Enck (former Regional Administrator for EPA Region 2), and Betsy Southerland (former Director of the Office of Science and Technology in EPA’s Office of Water) were quoted in this article on how superfund sites are being threatened by climate change. This article was reprinted by NBC News.
Environmentalists Raise New Concerns About Industrial Waste in Rensselaer
Judith Enck, EPN member and former Regional Administrator for EPA Region 2, was quoted in this article concerning industrial waste in the town of Rensselaer, New York.
Safe Catch Solves Mercury Problem in Seafood for Industry and Consumers
Linda Birnbaum, EPN member and former EPA federal scientist, was quoted in this article regarding new technology developed by Safe Catch that tests for mercury in seafood in under 60 seconds.
Do We All Need Respiratory Masks?
Daniel Costa, EPN member and former National Program Director, EPA Air, Climate, and Energy Research Program, Office of Research and Development, was quoted in this article about whether it is necessary for all people to have respiratory masks.