EPN Comments on National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper: Improvements
EPN Provides Oral Comments on EPA’s Proposed Lead and Copper Rule Improvements
Former EPA Director of Science and Technology Responds to Proposed LCR Improvements
EPN Writes Letter to National Drinking Water Advisory Council re: PFAS Water Rule
EPN Comments on EPA’s Proposed PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation
EPN Expresses Scientific Concerns about WHO Draft Provisional Drinking Water Guidelines for PFOA, PFOS, and Total PFAS
EPN Submits Comments on WHO Draft Guidelines for PFOA, PFOS, and Total PFAS in Drinking Water
EPN and Other Environmental Groups Advocate for Equity in Lead Service Line Replacement
EPN Comments on EPA’s Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities
EPN IN THE NEWS RELATED TO Drinking Water
Feds Could Restrict Withdrawals From Wells for Hyundai Site Near Savannah, Experts Say
Stan Meiburg, former EPA Deputy Regional Administrator in Region 4 and Region 6 and Acting EPA Deputy Administrator, was quoted in Savannah Morning News about the Army Corps of Engineers reconsidering a permit approval for Hyundai’s Motor company to extract 6.6 million gallons of water a day from a Bryan County, GA, aquifer.
Scientists Tied to Chemical Industry Plan to Derail PFAS Rule on Drinking Water
Penny Fenner-Crisp, former Senior Science Advisor to the Director, EPA Office of Pesticide Programs, and Betsy Southerland, former Director of the Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, were quoted in The Guardian about the NGO run by Michael Dourson, a controversial former EPA staffer turned industry scientist, who is developing peer-reviewed science for chemical companies to use against EPA’s PFAS drinking water standards.
Fluoride and IQ
Linda Birnbaum, former Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the National Toxicology Program (NTP), was quoted in NPR about a study from the National Institutes of Health that associates high fluoride consumption from drinking water with lower IQ in children.
Chicago has 400,000 lead pipes. Will EPA let it off the hook?
Ronnie Levin, former Senior Scientist, EPA Region 1, was quoted in E&E News about the role EPA is playing in Chicago’s water policy.