agriculture

Why PFAS in Biosolids Threatens Our Food Supply and Farming Communities Throughout the United States

by | September 20, 2024
Every year, millions of tons of PFAS-contaminated sewage sludge, or biosolids, are applied to land as fertilizer on farms. Learn how these toxic chemicals are threatening our health and food supply, and what PEER is doing about it ...

Devastation on the Ranch: PFAS in Biosolids

by | September 12, 2024
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency faces a federal lawsuit over its failure to prevent toxic per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in biosolid fertilizers from contaminating farmlands, livestock, crops, and water supplies. Hear from James Farmer and Robin Alessi, two ranchers ...

EPA Flees PFAS Biosolids Contamination Crisis

by | September 11, 2024
EPA Ducks Responsibility to Regulate Toxic Sewage Sludge Fertilizer ...

PEERMail | Take Action Now, Sign Our Petitions!

by | August 6, 2024
Support our work by signing and sharing these important petitions! Each one comes from an issue or concern brought to us by public employees ...

PETITION | Save America’s Farms from Toxic Contamination

by | June 7, 2024
Petition to the Environmental Protection Agency to take immediate action to save American farms from being contaminated with toxic PFAS ...
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