The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over its lack of regulations for the “forever chemicals” that contaminate fields in the state.
MOFGA and a Texas county outside Dallas-Fort Worth allege the federal agency is failing to control the chemicals as it should under a 1987 provision of the Clean Water Act. That law requires the EPA to identify and regulate toxic pollutants in biosolids every two years.
Both plaintiffs are represented by the nonprofit legal group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.
