“A decision by Maryland to switch mosquito sprays due to “forever chemicals” reveals choices that states and companies are quickly making as they and the EPA tackle a quandary: PFAS in pesticides.
Maryland’s Department of Agriculture is pausing plans to use Bayer CropScience LP’s Permanone 30-30 in its truck and plane spraying program, department spokesman Jason D. Schellhardt said Thursday. It will substitute Clarke’s Biomist 30+30 as it awaits guidance from the Environmental Protection Agency, he said.”
