PFAS Roundup: Minnesota PFAS regulation said to be the strictest

by PEER | September 27, 2024
The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) are currently in a legal dispute about sewage sludge used in farm fertilizer. According to PEER, the Clean Water Act (CWA) requires that the EPA must regulate these contaminants, but ...

The Grudge Match Over Maine’s Plans for Offshore Wind

by PEER | September 25, 2024
Now that this longstanding conflict has become intertwined with the cause of carbon reduction, it is pitting an older generation of eco-warriors against a younger breed of climate activists, as well as local unions eager to get in on energy transition jobs. Unfortunately for Maine ...

Webinar | Saving Farmland: Battling Toxic PFAS in Biosolids in Texas and Beyond

by PEER | September 24, 2024
Learn how millions of tons of sewage sludge (or biosolids) are contaminating American farmland with toxic PFAS chemicals ...

Why PFAS in Biosolids Threatens Our Food Supply and Farming Communities Throughout the United States

by PEER | September 20, 2024
Every year, millions of tons of PFAS-contaminated sewage sludge, or biosolids, are applied to land as fertilizer on farms. Learn how these toxic chemicals are threatening our health and food supply, and what PEER is doing about it ...
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