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Media: a few recent national stories on new PFAS drinking water standard 4/24AFPhttps://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240410-us-announces-tough-tap-water-standards-for-forever-chemicalsPeople https://people.com/us-limits-forever-chemicals-in-drinking-water-for-first-time-8629345Timehttps://time.com/6965377/forever-chemicals-drinking-water-epa/CNNhttps://www.cnn.com/2024/04/10/health/pfas-drinking-water-standard/index.htmlNYTimes reference to peer-reviewed paper https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/10/climate/epa-pfas-drinking-water.htmlNYTimes, PFAS around globehttps://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/08/climate/pfas-forever-chemicals-water.html...What are natural flavors, really? -CNN Healthhttp://www.cnn.com/2015/01/14/health/feat-natural-flavors-explained/index.htmlScientist-Turned-CEO Touts Safer Approach To Straighten Hair - Forbeshttp://www.forbes.com/sites/johnfarrell/2015/01/16/scientist-turned-ceo-touts-safer-approach-to-straighten-hair/‘Yoga mat’ chemical azodicarbonamide found in nearly 500 grocery store food items: report -NY Daily Newshttp://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/yoga-mat-chemical-found-500-grocery-items-report-article-1.1706644What's worse: bug bites or bug repellent? - USA Todayhttp://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/17/bug-bites-repellent-ingredients/2518799/Sunscreen Labels and Skin Cancer - NPR Diane Rehm Showhttp://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2011-06-16/suncreen-labels-and-skin-cancerSunscreen Takes Some Heat: New Dangers, New Rules - NPR On Pointhttp://onpoint.wbur.org/2011/06/16/sunscreenFDA slaps new regulations on sunscreen - NPR Living on Earthhttp://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=11-P13-00024&segmentID=2EPA chemical reform - NY Times / Greenwirehttp://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/02/16/16greenwire-poor-management-of-oil-and-gas-puts-interior-o-54195.html?pagewanted=allFront page story in The Washington Post - U.S. regulators lack data on health risks of most chemicalshttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/01/AR2010080103469.htmlFront page story in The Washington Post Use of potentially harmful chemicals kept secret under lawhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/03/AR2010010302110.htmlRecent Projects:http://www.ewg.org/foodscores/content/natural-vs-artificial-flavorshttp://www.ewg.org/foodscoreshttp://www.ewg.org/2014sunscreen/Why EWG Opposes The Chemical Safety Improvement Acthttp://www.ewg.org/enviroblog/2013/06/why-ewg-opposes-chemical-safety-improvement-act

Listed skills include Environmental Science, Environmental Policy, Research, Environmental Awareness, and 12 others.

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  Senior Scientist

  Environmental Working Group

  2008 - Present

  I am using my background in chemistry and nanotechnology research to investigate environmental health issues. My work focuses on finding ways to change national environmental regulations and government policies to protect public health. During the past six years at EWG I have developed comprehensive knowledge of the regulatory processes affecting industrial chemicals, consumer products, cosmetics and nanomaterials. I have conducted more than 100 media interviews on various public health issues and frequently deals with federal agencies and legislative offices. Recently work has included collaborations on designing and building EWG’s consumer databases, highlighting the overuse of confidentiality claims submitted to EPA and organizing a conference for a federal initiative to set priorities for nanotechnology research.