‘Forever chemicals’ found in fertilizer raise concerns
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PEER | May 22, 2023
DC Water, the utility that operates Blue Plains, sells it under the brand name, Bloom. Farmers in Maryland, DC, Virginia and Pennsylvania can buy it by the ton, while homeowners can purchase 25-pound bags at some home and garden stores. “When I saw … these astronomically high levels of ...
NPS, FAA propose crackdown on air tours
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PEER | May 19, 2023
The goal is to bring the agencies in compliance with the National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000. “It has taken more than 20 years and no small amount of litigation to finally force the FAA and park service to implement the National Air Tour Management Act of 2000,” said Paula ...
Communities Rise Up to Resist Becoming “Sacrifice Zones”
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PEER | May 18, 2023
While some might be inclined to point a finger at the Trump regime for handing over the EPA’s keys to Big Polluters from 2017-20, Kyla Bennet, Director of Science Policy with Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility says it’s not so simple. “The problems at OCSPP are not due ...
Reduction of air tours over Hawaii national parks is proposed
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PEER | May 16, 2023
Ruling in 2020, the court ordered the FAA and NPS to adopt limits on air tours over 23 national parks, including Haleakala and Hawai ‘i Volcanoes national parks. The order came in response to a lawsuit by Hawaii Island Coalition Malama Pono and Public Employees for Environmental ...
PFAS Chemicals Found in Commonly Used Pesticides, Study Finds
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PEER | May 12, 2023
A new study warns that many common insecticides used on foods contain potentially toxic and cancer causing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “forever chemicals”, since they are known to build up in the environment and human body, posing a number of health risks ...
US food pesticides contaminated with toxic ‘forever chemicals’ testing finds
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PEER | May 7, 2023
The fertilizers are also probably polluting water with PFAS. The level of PFOA, one kind of PFAS compound, found in Malathion 5EC was over 100,000 times higher than the level the EPA considers safe in drinking water, though no limit has been set for PFAS in pesticides. “There is no ...