Tom Perkins
Tue 23 Jul 2024 06.00 EDT
Toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” are widely added to pesticides, and are
increasingly used in the products in recent years, new research finds, a
practice that creates a health threat by spreading the dangerous compounds
directly into the US’s food and water supply.
The analysis of active and inert ingredients that the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) has approved for use in pesticides proves recent
agency claims that the chemicals aren’t used in pesticides are false.
The researchers also obtained documents that suggest the EPA hid some
findings that show PFAS in pesticides.
About 14% of all active ingredients in the country’s pesticides are PFAS, a
figure that has doubled to more than 30% of all ingredients approved during
the last 10 years.
The increased PFAS use in pesticides is “disturbing”, said Kyla Bennett, a
former EPA official now with the Public Employees for Environmental
Responsibility non-profit, and a study co-author.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/23/pfas-pesticides-epa-research