PEERMail | Don’t Miss This: Saving Farmlands in Texas and Beyond!

by PEER | September 18, 2024
The latest updates on our lawsuit against EPA on behalf of Texas farmers and ranchers impacted by toxic PFAS contamination in biosolids ...

EPA says it has no obligation to regulate PFAS in biosolids in federal lawsuit

by PEER | September 16, 2024
The group of farmers are represented by advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility in a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in June. It comes after the constable in Johnson County, Texas, partnered with scientists at PEER to ...

Devastation on the Ranch: PFAS in Biosolids

by PEER | September 12, 2024
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency faces a federal lawsuit over its failure to prevent toxic per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in biosolid fertilizers from contaminating farmlands, livestock, crops, and water supplies. Hear from James Farmer and Robin Alessi, two ranchers ...

EPA Seeks To Dismiss Suit On Biosolids Rules For PFAS, Citing Discretion

by PEER | September 11, 2024
EPA is urging a federal court to dismiss litigation brought by farmers who allege the agency has failed to meet Clean Water Act (CWA) requirements to regulate PFAS in biosolids, arguing the law gives the agency discretion on whether to identify and regulate toxic pollutants in sewage ...

‘Forever’ Pesticides Threaten Worse Environmental Harms Than DDT

by PEER |
When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ended most uses of the notorious pesticide DDT back in 1972, it wasn’t just because of the poison’s then suspected links to cancer and serious reproductive effects in humans. Evidence also suggested that the chemical would bioaccumulate in ...
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