A Baltimore County company that makes fertilizer using residual material from wastewater treatment plants has been sued by several Texas residents, who allege its products contaminated their farmland with dangerous “forever chemicals.” A Maryland-based nonprofit, called Public ...

DESCRIPTION: Written comments to FWS regarding proposed rulemaking and policy updates for the National Wildlife Refuge System TO: Fish and Wildlife Service FROM: PEER; Wilderness Watch; Alliance for the Wild Rockies; Animals Are Sentient Beings, Inc.; Californians for Western Wilderness; ...

A Texas county has launched a first-of-its-kind criminal investigation into the waste management giant Synagro over PFAS-contaminated sewage sludge it is selling to Texas farmers as a cheap alternative to fertilizer. Two small Texas ranches at the center of that case have also filed a ...

DESCRIPTION: Written comments to EPA regarding candidates under consideration for appointment to the Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC) TO: Environmental Protection Agency FROM: PEER, The Concerned Citizens of St. John, Earthjustice, Environmental Defense Fund, Moms Clean Air ...

Colorado legislators want to close loopholes in a ban on “forever chemicals” in many consumer products that was passed in 2022, saying the cost to filter out PFAS is overwhelming water treatment agencies and other states have moved faster in regulation. About 21,000 industrial sites in ...