Public Health

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

by | 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 ...

EPA Scientists Punished for Identifying Chemical Risks

by | September 18, 2024
IG Report Identifies Problems In Approval of New Chemicals ...

Devastation on the Ranch: PFAS in Biosolids

by | 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 Flees PFAS Biosolids Contamination Crisis

by | September 11, 2024
EPA Ducks Responsibility to Regulate Toxic Sewage Sludge Fertilizer ...

Colorado Air Pollution Data Stays in the Dark

by | September 6, 2024
EPA Caves in Colorado Suit to Block Pollution Transparency ...

VIDEO | PFAS in Our Waste with Kyla Bennett

by | August 15, 2024
In this one-on-one 30-minute virtual conversation Just Zero’s Senior Scientist, Laura Orlando, is joined by Kyla Bennett, Director of Science Policy at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Together, Orlando and Bennett discuss the PFAS, also known as “ ...
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