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This Will Be a Big Year in Shaping the Future of Chemical Recycling

March 4, 2024 / by

Ben Seal /

Environmental Health News

Judith Enck, former EPA Regional Administrator, Region 2, was quoted in Environmental Health News about chemical recycling plants proposed across the country and how state laws allow these facilities to evade environmental oversight and be recognized as manufacturing plants.

Are You Putting PFAS in your Armpits?

February 28, 2024 / by

EHN Editors /

Environmental Health News

Linda Birnbaum, former Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Toxicology Program, was quoted in Environmental Health News about a new report released by Mamavation that found evidence of PFAS in six deodorants.

EPA Conceals PFAS Health Info as Trade Secret

February 15, 2024 / by

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility /

Common Dreams

Bob Sussman, former Deputy Administrator and Senior Policy Counsel to the Administrator, was quoted in Common Dreams about EPA withholding important test data regarding the presence of PFOA and PFAS in plastic containers.

FDA’s Plan to Ban Hair Relaxer Chemical Called Too Little, Too Late

February 8, 2024 / by

Ronnie Cohen /

KFF Health News

Lynn Goldman, former Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances, and Linda Birnbaum, former EPA scientist and Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Toxicology Program, were quoted in KFF Health News about FDA’s recent classification of formaldehyde as a human carcinogen and its concerning usage in hair products.

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