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House panels review ‘startling’ allegations at Bureau of Indian Education university

by Government Executive | July 25, 2024
Members of two U.S. House panels examined allegations of sexual assault, bullying and retaliation at the U.S. Bureau of Indian Education-operated Haskell Indian Nations University during a hearing this week. Haskell, a Lawrence, Kansas, school that is the only four-year college operated by ...

PFAS increasingly added to pesticides, study finds

by The New Lede | July 24, 2024
In 2021, the EPA announced its PFAS Strategic Roadmap, which outlined a strategy for cleaning up PFAS contamination and curbing the further spread of the toxic chemicals into the environment. This spring, the agency set enforceable limits for six PFAS chemicals in drinking water. Earlier ...

Study Finds ‘Forever Chemicals’ Are Increasingly Common in Pesticides

by Civil Eats |
More and more pesticides approved for use on U.S. farm fields qualify as “forever chemicals,” new research shows, raising questions around their long-term environmental and public health consequences. The new analysis, published today in Environmental Health Perspectives, represents ...

New study finds PFAS increasingly being added to U.S. pesticide products

A peer-reviewed study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives has found that per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), known as ‘forever chemicals’, are increasingly being added to U.S. pesticide products, contaminating waterways and posing potential threats to ...

Forever chemicals flourishing in pesticides, warns study

Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly known as forever chemicals, are increasingly being added to pesticide products, contaminating waterways and increasing health risk for humans. A team of researchers from the Centre for Biological Diversity, Environmental Working Group, ...

‘Forever chemicals’ use in pesticide jumps — study

by E&E News |
“Forever chemicals” are increasingly becoming more common in ingredients in pesticides, a finding that has environmental health advocates concerned about unknown toxic effects and calling for a regulatory clampdown. A new study, published Wednesday in the peer-reviewed journal ...
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