By Pat Rizzuto 2024-07-23T07:00:03000-04:00
Citizen groups are petitioning the EPA to revise pesticide regulations to prohibit PFAS and plastic containers that release the chemicals into stored pesticides, the latest move in an effort to force a ban of “forever chemicals” and technologies that produce them.
A 10-member nonprofit coalition led by the Center for Food Safety asked the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday to amend its Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) regulations to ban per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from pesticides.
Other requested regulations the coalition will announce on Tuesday include asking the EPA to adopt a broad regulatory definition of PFAS and prohibit pesticides being stored or transported in fluorinated
high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and polypropylene containers.
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