Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which has filed lawsuits over PFAS contamination in biosolids, is urging the EPA to take a more hands-on approach that reflects its first draft risk assessment. Kyla Bennett, director of science policy at PEER, said during the EPA’s listening session that the new guidance “offers no alternative to [land application] other than shifting the burden to consumers and farmers themselves, which is ridiculous.”
She also called the American Farm Bureau Federation “shortsighted,” noting farmers have had to close their farms in Maine and Texas due to contamination.