The EPA is asking pesticide makers to analyze their products for PFAS and remove those that are contaminated from the market.
“Relying on industry to self-report is problematic,” says Kyla Bennett, Director of Science Policy at the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a watchdog group that raised the alarm about PFAS in pesticides in 2020. “Given the potential for harm, EPA should be doing more,” Bennett says.
The agency should require companies to test their products for PFAS and submit results, and it should ban the use of fluorinated containers, especially for food products and pesticides sprayed on food, she adds.
