Olga Naidenko, Ph.D.

Before the pandemic, chemicals that may harm the immune system’s defense against infection or cancer did not receive sufficient attention from public health agencies. To protect public health, this must change.

This is an important step toward protecting the health and well-being of Americans, since perchlorate has been linked to a range of serious health problems.

By requiring the EPA to use its authority to limit perchlorate levels in tap water, the court has ruled the agency must put public health over the interests of the defense industry.

The EPA proposal to allow chlormequat to be sprayed on crops that ultimately become the main ingredients in foods we eat, like cereals, is a serious mistake that puts the health and safety of the American public, especially children, at risk.

This new paper shows that PFAS pollution is affecting even more Americans than we previously estimated. PFAS are likely detectable in all major water supplies in the U.S., almost certainly in all that use surface water

The EPA must follow the science and not the demands of the pesticide industry and ban the use of aldicarb on Florida’s citrus crops.

The EPA should put the health and well-being of the public over the narrow, profit-fueled interests of the pesticide industry and big agribusiness operations.