EPN Submits Third Set of Comments on Draft Risk Evaluation of PV29, Urging Further Testing and a Revision of the Review Process
EPN Members Testify on Draft Risk Evaluation of PV29 at Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC)
The Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program
EPN Submits Comments a Second Time on Draft Risk Evaluation of PV29 After EPA Releases 24 Previously Withheld Studies
EPN Comments on Amendments to NESHAP for HCl Production and the Ethylene Oxide Health Risk Factor
EPN Comments on Draft Toxicity Assessment of GenX Chemicals and PFBS
EPN Submits Comments on Draft Risk Evaluation of PV29, a Toxic Chemical Used to Color Products
EPN Comments on EPA’s Draft Guidance Document “Application of Systematic Review in TSCA Risk Evaluation”
EPN Comments on Draft Problem Formulations for Asbestos, HBCD and Carbon Tetrachloride
EPN IN THE NEWS RELATED TO Chemicals & Pesticides
A New Mexico farmer is dumping 12,000 gallons of milk a day. Here’s why
EPN member Betsy Southerland, former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, is quoted and interviewed in CNN’s broadcast about Americans’ tap water being contaminated with PFAS or “forever chemicals,” which don’t easily break down in the environment or the human body. The piece also ran on WHNT TV.
Expert says toxic contamination goes beyond ‘Don’t eat the fish or play in the soil’ strategy
Janet McCabe, former EPA Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, was quoted in this article about the fear of exposure to lead and mercury air pollution from a proposed steel-dust recycling facility by many Muncie, Indiana, residents, and in the WebMD article about several Metro Atlanta communities moving forward with plans to test air around two sterilizing facilities amid public pressure and concern about the release of toxic pollution.
Region Leaders Join Chorus For Better Child Lead-Poisoning Standards In Indiana
EPN member Janet McCabe, former EPA Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, was quoted in this article about Indiana’s lead exposure issues and a recent petition urging the state health agency to lower its threshold triggering aid for children suffering from lead poisoning.
Cancer Testing Revamp Races On, Worrying Greens And Industry
EPN members Penny Fenner-Crisp, former Senior Science Advisor to the Director, EPA Office of Pesticide Programs, and Bernard Goldstein, former chair, EPA Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee, and former EPA Assistant Administrator for Research and Development, were quoted in this article about the rushed and haphazard process EPA used to develop its updates to the carcinogen and non-cancer risk assessment guidelines, sidelining the scientific input of two advisory committees.