“EPA PURSUING PESTICIDES’ PFAS PROBLEM: EPA on Friday said it has launched an investigation into the fluorinated containers that hold commonly used pesticides and other products after initial findings suggested that they are leaching PFOA and other PFAS into the products. The announcement comes after the independent watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility last fall found PFAS in the pesticide known as Anvil 10+10, raising concerns about contamination of food and the environment.
EPA said it has asked states to halt use of the mosquito product and is working with the Agriculture Department, the Food and Drug Administration and industry on the issue. In a statement, the agency said that it used all available tools to pursue the contamination associated with the containers, but noted that “the amount of PFAS that has entered the environment from the contamination in the containers the agency tested is extremely small.””
