Toxic Chemicals, Whistleblowers, and the Need for Reform EPA | PEER-Partner Webinar

Risk assessments for new toxic chemicals have been improperly altered to completely eliminate or minimize risk calculations, according to U.S. EPA scientists in a recent whistleblower complaint filed by PEER to Congress.

Video chapters:
1:10 How broken is EPA's Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)? – Kyla Bennett, PEER
9:14 What is the solution? – Kyla Bennett, PEER
13:20 Clean water in peril – Liz Moran, NY PIRG
23:10 EPA's chemical program as a black box – Richard Denison, EDF
30:51 EPA must reform new chemicals review – Richard Denison, EDF
37:10 Comments from Tim Whitehouse, Executive Director of PEER
43:20 Q&A

Panelists:
► Elizabeth Shogren (Moderator), Senior Reporter and Producer at Reveal, from the Center for Investigative Reporting
► Kyla Bennett, Science Policy Director at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)
► Liz Moran, Environmental Policy Director, NY PIRG (New York Public Interest Research Group)
► Richard Denison, a Lead Senior Scientist at Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
► Tim Whitehouse, Executive Director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)

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