Pesticides and insecticides could be another vector for PFAS chemicals into the environment and water supplies, in addition to firefighting foam. A new study warns that many common insecticides used on foods contain potentially toxic and cancer causing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “forever chemicals”, since they are known to build up […]
A legislative committee is recommending that the state delay new reporting requirements for manufacturers of products that contain PFAS, the so-called “forever chemicals” are at the center of growing health concerns. Companies were supposed to start filing reports with the state in January about any products that contain PFAS under a new law that put […]
WASHINGTON— California’s most-used insecticide, along with two other pesticides, is contaminated with potentially dangerous levels of PFAS “forever chemicals,” according to test results released today by the Center for Biological Diversity and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. Intrepid 2F is the most widely applied insecticide product in the state of California and the second most widely used pesticide product […]
The possibility of pesticides spreading PFAS across Minnesota and permeating soil, water and food has captured the attention of DFLers who control the state Legislature. And it’s behind a new effort to regulate the products. The potential for tougher action on PFAS in pesticides — and other DFL efforts to restrict pesticide use — drew […]
PFAS are present at ‘potentially dangerous’ levels in widely used chemicals sprayed on food crops destined for Americans’ plates Some of the United States’ most widely used food pesticides are contaminated with “potentially dangerous” levels of toxic PFAS “forever chemicals”, new testing of the products finds. The Environmental Protection Agency has previously been silent on PFAS in food pesticides, […]
Top senators on a key environmental panel are in negotiations toward legislation to address liability fears from farmers and water treatment agencies following EPA’s proposal to regulate two forever chemicals under Superfund law. Negotiations between Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) and ranking member Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) have involved addressing […]
The agency must treat PFAS as a class of chemicals regulated in the same manner as the European Union and other countries. To great applause, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last month proposed “maximum contamination levels” in drinking water for six per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) chemicals. This was the first such action that EPA had taken in more […]
In last year’s update, we provided an overview of federal and California regulatory actions designed to protect public health and the environment from the impacts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). These actions affected a wide variety of stakeholders within the regulated community, including owners of PFAS-contaminated properties, water purveyors, sellers of products containing PFAS, […]
ABSTRACT: A suite of analytical techniques was used to obtain acomprehensive picture of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) inselected Canadian food packaging used for fast foods (n = 42). Particle-induced gamma ray emission spectroscopy revealed that 55% of thesamples contained A suite of analytical techniques was used to obtain a comprehensive picture of per- and […]
Warnings that a large-scale plastics recycling plant planned along a floodplain in Central Pennsylvania could flush toxic PFAS into the Susquehanna River, a major source of drinking water for millions, are stirring a budding opposition movement. The Houston-based startup company Encina, which proposes to build the $1.1 billion advanced recycling plant in Northumberland County, says […]