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PFAS pesticide residues found on 37% of conventionally grown California produce

by PEER | March 11, 2026
Independent testing results released in a separate analysis this week by the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) found multiple PFAS chemicals in the weed killer Indaziflam (sold as Rejuvra), which is applied to farm fields to control invasive grasses. The ...

EPA accused of misleading public about ongoing production of harmful PFAS

by PEER | October 29, 2025
The complaint, filed October 29 by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) under the Information Quality Act, calls the EPA’s claims that perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is no longer produced or imported by the US “inaccurate, incomplete, and misleading.” PEER demands ...

Trump administration acts on majority of industry wish list

by PEER | October 9, 2025
Tim Whitehouse, the executive director at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), said the moves by the EPA show who the agency is serving. “The whole chemical industry has had a stranglehold for a long time on the EPA,” he said. Read the PEER Story… ...

Court dismisses lawsuit alleging EPA failed to protect farmers from PFAS in fertilizer

by PEER | October 1, 2025
“We disagree,” Laura Dumais, staff counsel at PEER, said. “We think a timeline should be inferred from the statute. It’s just really heartbreaking for the ranching families that are plaintiffs in this case and for farmers all across the country whose land has been contaminated from ...

EPA denies duty to regulate PFAS in sewage sludge spread on farmland

by PEER | September 11, 2024
US regulators claim they are not legally required to regulate toxic PFAS chemicals in sewage sludge spread on farmland across the country, according to a court filing the government made this week in response to a lawsuit from an environmental watchdog group. In its Sept. 9 filing, the ...