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‘Contamination Crisis’: US Pesticides Contain PFAS, Endangering Food and Water

by Common Dreams | July 24, 2024
Pesticides used on crops in the United States are increasingly laced with “forever chemicals,” making it likely that they are being spread in common foods and waterways, according to a study published Wednesday. The study authors themselves have been critical of the EPA. Public ...

New Study Finds Alarming Rise In Persistent ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Pesticides

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

New study finds alarming rise in persistent forever chemicals in pesticides

A new study has found that per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), known as ‘forever chemicals’, are increasingly being added to US pesticide products. Researchers at the Center for Biological Diversity, Environmental Working Group and Public Employees for Environmental ...

Pesticides may contain an alarming amount of ‘forever chemicals’: Study

by The Hill |
Toxic “forever chemicals” are increasingly appearing in U.S. pesticides — contaminating waterways and posing a possible threat to human health, a new study has found. The researchers — from the Center for Biological Diversity, the Environmental Working Group and Public Employees ...

Stone-Manning says BLM trying to reduce FOIA backlog

by E&E News |
The head of the Bureau of Land Management acknowledged in a recent letter to a conservation group that the agency has a problem responding to open records requests, but said officials are taking substantive steps to resolve the issue. BLM Director Tracy Stone-Manning, in a letter sent last ...

Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in pesticides used on food, in homes and on pets, study finds

by CNN |
In April, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced historic rules designed to strictly control levels of five of the most studied PFAS in the nation’s drinking water, one of the routes of human exposure. Contamination can also come from the presence of PFAS in food packaging, ...
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