EPN Testifies on EPA’s Final Draft Risk Evaluation for Asbestos, Part 1: Chrysotile Asbestos
EPN Submits Comments on Draft Scope Documents for the Chemicals DIDP and DINP
EPN Submits Comments on Revised Draft Risk Evaluation of PV29
EPN Submits Comments on 1,4-Dioxane Supplemental Analysis
EPN Raises Concerns about Final TSCA Risk Evaluation of Trichloroethylene
EPN Comments on Proposed Exemptions of Certain Genetically Modified Plant-Incorporated Protectants
EPN Requests a Comment Extension for Supplemental Analysis of 1,4-Dioxane
EPN Writes Letter of Support for TSCA Petition to Require PFAS Testing
EPN Member Testifies on Final Draft Risk Evaluation of the Chemical 1-Bromopropane
EPN IN THE NEWS RELATED TO Toxic Substances
Chemicals in Plastics Damage Babies’ Brains and Must be Banned Immediately, Expert Group Says
Linda Birnbaum, EPN member and former federal scientist at EPA, was quoted in this article regarding a recent study that provides additional evidence that phthalates are harmful to children’s brain development.
Firefighters Face Lies, ‘Phony’ Studies on PFAS Exposure
Linda Birnbaum, EPN member and former federal scientist at EPA, was quoted in this article concerning the continued use of PFAS in firefighters’ turnout gear.
EPA Dumps Trump-Era Chemical Analysis Approach After Rebuke
Tracey Woodruff (director of UCSF’s Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment, EPN member and former EPA senior scientist and policy advisor in the Office of Policy) was quoted in this article discussing EPA’s decision to abandon a Trump-era method to analyze chemicals.
Environmentalists Praise EPA Decision To Freeze Trump PFAS Proposal
EPN members Betsy Southerland, former Director, EPA Office of Science and Technology, Office of Water, and Tim Whitehouse, former Senior Attorney at EPA, were quoted and EPN was cited in this article regarding EPA’s decision not to publish the Trump administration’s advance notice of proposed rulemaking for PFAS.