A group of five Texas farmers and ranchers sued the EPA on Thursday for its alleged failure to properly regulate PFAS in fertilizer.
“EPA is avoiding its longstanding legal responsibility to protect our health and environment from PFAS in biosolids,” Kyla Bennett, science policy director for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which is representing the plaintiffs, said in a statement. “It is unconscionable that EPA has allowed these toxic chemicals to threaten our nation’s food and water supply.”