Dr. Kyla Bennett, PEER

Environmentalist. Scientist. Lawyer. Antispecist. Vegan. Defender of those with no voice. Tweets are my personal views. Covid is not over.

[Dr. Kyla Bennett, PEER @bennettpeer]

@SenWhitehouse And the chemical/pesticide industry...

[Dr. Kyla Bennett, PEER @bennettpeer]

Thanks to Doug and Patti for having me on their show to talk about the dismantling of #EPA and how we may be able to get out of this mess.

https://t.co/E5KWIpGWAS

[Robert D. Bullard @DrBobBullard]

US garbage incinerators are failing to eliminate ‘forever chemical’ air pollution, experts warn | US news | The Guardian https://t.co/T5V1IcrdXZ

[Dr. Kyla Bennett, PEER @bennettpeer]

And it's just going to get worse due to the fertilizer shortage. More and more farms will use "biosolids" (sewage sludge) on their farms.🤬

EPA is failing us.

[Zephyr Zoidis @zephzoid]

This case of "forever chemicals" contamination on a ranch shows their hiding corruption in plain sight...

[julie k. brown @jkbjournalist]

What the Meat Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know https://t.co/BAJ0bq11jJ via @NYTOpinion

[Mary Anne Landers @Mary_Anne_L]

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[Dr. Kyla Bennett, PEER @bennettpeer]

@mmpadellan I am so, so sorry for your loss. Devastating. 💔

[Dr. Kyla Bennett, PEER @bennettpeer]

@rabbitholebot They are BOTH the fucking problem

[Dr. Kyla Bennett, PEER @bennettpeer]

@JamesMoir10 @royalacademy Beautiful!

[Dr. Kyla Bennett, PEER @bennettpeer]

This is our lawsuit at PEER. The Coleman’s actually lost 80 cows, all their fish, and birds.

And Trump’s @EPA is rescinding #PFAS regulations in drinking water.

Heartbreaking for the farmers. Despicable cruelty from EPA.

[Zephyr Zoidis @zephzoid]

This could just be one of the consequential cases in recent American history.

Texas ranchers Tony and Karen Coleman watched 64 of their cattle die from toxic "forever chemicals” PFAS contamination which can all be traced to EPA-approved sewage sludge spread on a neighbor's land.

The family ranch banded together with other farmers in a lawsuit against the EPA with two simple asks:
1. Have the EPA identify 18 specific PFAS found in biosolids that may cause harm to the environment
2. Force the EPA to regulate 11 that they had already identified but had not yet been regulated

In simple terms, plaintiffs argued that identifying pollutants and regulating them within a reasonable timeframe was a duty not optional for the EPA.

But unfortunately, the case Farmer v. EPA was dismissed last year by a federal judge.

The precedent this sets is concerning considering the Coleman case is not merely an isolated story about two ranchers and 64 dead cattle, making other ranchers fear the worst is yet to come…

According to the EPA itself, 60% of all sewage sludge produced by U.S. wastewater treatment plants is spread on farm fields each year.

In the future, 70 million acres of U.S. farmland could be contaminated with PFAS from sewage sludge.

For the Farmers pursuing regenerative and organic certification, this creates a profound threat.

They never asked for it, but are paying the consequences of our Government’s incompetence giving all the more reason ranchers need your support directly.

The system is not fair and it never will be, but what we will always have is the vote of our dollar.

[Friends of Animals @FoAorg]

Perhaps Trump’s abominable proposal to open 95% of wildlife refuges to hunting, is his wedding present to Don Jr., a grand gesture for missing his son’s wedding in the Bahamas last weekend. Don Jr. loves killing animals. https://t.co/OuoGpyhi0y

[Dr. Kyla Bennett, PEER @bennettpeer]

@WheeledEscape You're an idiot. You are part of the problem.

I did answer the questions.

[Dr. Kyla Bennett, PEER @bennettpeer]

@WheeledEscape Long-term shifts in temperature and weather patterns.
NASA has ice core data for 800,000 years (CO2 measurements)
It's not a belief - humans are driving climate change. It is a fact.

[Dr. Kyla Bennett, PEER @bennettpeer]

@ryokofae Same. Can't sleep. Horrifying. It hurts

[The New Lede @thenewledenews]

Vermont becomes 1st US state to ban the toxic weed killer paraquat, which is linked to Parkinson’s disease.

@RayDorseyMD said Vermont’s action was “another step toward preventing this largely man-made disease.”
https://t.co/ogZuanjAKX

[Dr. Kyla Bennett, PEER @bennettpeer]

@American7555 ☺️

[Dr. Kyla Bennett, PEER @bennettpeer]

You're vegan, then? Good for you!

[Amelia 🇺🇸 @amelia_tweetz]

Somebody asked me why I don't eat octopus. I told them that I do not eat any animals that are more intelligent than the current president.

[Dr. Kyla Bennett, PEER @bennettpeer]

@American7555 It was a joke...she said, "I do not eat any animals that are more intelligent than the current president." I was saying that *all* animals are smarter than the president...

[Dr. Kyla Bennett, PEER @bennettpeer]

@JoelMCurzon Yup. And...the Commonwealth of Massachusetts encourages the shooting of coyotes and bear...WTAF

[Dr. Kyla Bennett, PEER @bennettpeer]

@PlantBasedNews Both my dogs are vegan and have been for years! They eat black beans, quinoa, spinach, tofu, oatmeal, bananas, blueberries, applesauce, peas, corn, canola oil, peanut butter, and a supplement powder.