Our Safer, Not Sicker campaign released a series of comprehensive issue briefs tailored to community health:
Jeremy Symons, Senior Advisor with EPN, spoke on Fox 5 DC about the impact of microplastics and chemicals on men’s health. Peter Murchie, Senior Director of Policy at the Environmental Protection Network, spoke with ABC News about the environmental impact of a chemical tank explosion in Washington State. Maria Doa, former Director of EPA’s Science Policy Division, and Bob Sussman, former Deputy Administrator of EPA and former Senior Policy Counsel to the EPA Administrator, spoke with ProPublica about the importance of EPA’s IRIS program.
Toxics in the News
Men Focusing More on Fertility Health
Chemical spill cleanup raises safety concerns in Washington
“A Huge Setback”: New EPA Directive Could Weaken Hundreds of Chemical Regulations
Michelle Roos, Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Network, was quoted in Nation of Change about the importance of protecting our air and water and the negative impact of the Trump administration’s rollbacks. Joe Goffman, former Assistant Administrator of EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation, spoke with Hunterbrook about the dangers of ethylene oxide and the importance of the Clean Air Act. Chris Frey, former Assistant Administrator of EPA’s Office of Research and Development, spoke with ABC 11 about the environmental benefits of cleaner technology in newer vehicles.
Air in the News
Zeldin’s EPA rollbacks and PFAS limits
POISONED USA: MEDICAL STERILIZER EXPOSED THOUSANDS TO CANCER-CAUSING CHEMICAL
NC car owners will save on inspections if request to eliminate emission tests approved by EPA
Judith Enck, former EPA Regional Administrator for Region 2, spoke with The Los Angeles Times about the importance of testing water for particles and microplastics. Anthony Nicome, Senior Community Outreach Associate for Region 3 at EPN, authored an article for Civil Eats about the dangers AI data centers pose to local food and water systems. Tracey Woodruff, former senior scientist and policy advisor in EPA’s Office of Policy Director, spoke with The Chicago Tribune about the changing causes of diseases due to increasing chemical and plastic production.
Water in the News
After bold pledge, EPA shelves microplastics testing in U.S. drinking water
Op-ed: AI Data Centers Are a Threat to Local Food Systems
As plastics clog the Great Lakes, industry presses to make more and downplays dangers, Tribune analysis finds
EPN volunteers were quoted in additional articles about the changes being made to EPA and the importance of EPN’s work.
Chitra Kumar, former Director of the Office of Policy, Partnerships and Program Development in EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights (OEJECR), co-authored an article for the Union of Concerned Scientists’ Blog about the consequences of the Trump administration’s closing of OEJECR. Mustafa Santiago Ali, former Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization at EPA, spoke with Fierce about EPA’s rollbacks on ‘forever chemicals’ protections and how they impact vulnerable communities. Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, former Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science in EPA’s Office of Research and Development, and Bob Sussman, former Deputy Administrator of EPA and former Senior Policy Counsel to the Administrator, spoke with Inside EPA about the implications of EPA rejecting the Integrated Risk Information System.
President Trump Abandoned Environmental Justice Communities. Scientists Can Fill the Void.
Drinking Water Threatened in Black Communities by Rollbacks on ‘Forever Chemicals’
EPA’s IRIS Rejection Could Ease, Delay Superfund Cleanups, Critics Say
Read all recent EPN in the News items here.
