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Updated coal ash standards will clean up hundreds of contaminated sites
After nearly ten years, EPA has updated its standards regulating the management of coal ash, the toxics-laden waste that is left behind after coal is burned. PSR welcomes this long-overdue standard.
EPA enacts life-saving pollution limits for Mercury and Air Toxics from electricity generation
Having finalized a suite of new standards to regulate power plants, EPA has updated its Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS).
Letter to Congress on FY25 ATSDR Funding
Letter to Congress signed by PSR and other health groups, opposing a proposed cut in the Fiscal Year 2025 Federal Budget to the the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s…
Letter to Congress on FY25 Environmental Health Funding
Letter to Congress signed by PSR and other health groups, in support of increased funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Environmental Health, which would…
Fracking with “Forever Chemicals” in West Virginia
Information unearthed and analyzed by PSR shows that since 2013, oil and gas companies have hydraulically fractured or “fracked” some West Virginia natural gas wells with a class of extremely toxic and persistent chemicals known as PFAS.
Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking and Associated Gas and Oil Infrastructure
The ninth edition of the fracking “Compendium,” a collection of some 2,000 abstracts of and links to medical, scientific and investigative reports about the consequences of oil and gas drilling, fracking, and infrastructure.
Fracking with “Forever Chemicals” in Pennsylvania
The new report from PSR details the risks from injecting PFAS into Pennsylvania’s oil and gas wells, as well as risks from the disposal of millions of tons of liquid and solid waste associated with the wells.
Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit
This toolkit is an easy-to-use reference guide for health providers on preventing exposures to toxic chemicals and other substances that affect infant and child health.
