As part of the agency’s efforts to regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the EPA released a draft risk assessment for use of ...
Last week, there was significant news in the PFAS realm when the EPA announced its long-awaited draft risk assessment with respect to PFOA and PFOS in sewer sludge from two popular methods of ...
The Rundown EPA releases draft health risk assessment for two PFAS in biosolids. EPA publishes final toxicity review for ...
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Quick summary • 3M marketed its firefighting foams as safe and biodegradable for decades, despite knowing they contained toxic PFAS chemicals that persist in the environment. E ...
Sewer sludge from wastewater treatment plants appears to expose farmers and nearby neighbors to toxic “forever” chemic ...
Exposure to food from farms that use the sewage sludge can raise a person’s risk of developing cancer or other health ...
Farm families that consume milk, eggs and beef they raise themselves face an increased risk of cancer if their fields were ...
Washington, DC – On Tuesday, EPA released a long-awaited draft report demonstrating that toxic "forever chemicals" in sewage ...
Per- and polyfluoroalkylated substances are synthetic chemicals that are widely used in our daily lives and in industrial ...
Environmental advocates are calling for a ban the use of sewage sludge as fertilizer. An EPA draft report found that there ...
With their multiyear investigation not yet halfway complete, Maine state inspectors have identified more than 100 Maine farms and 500 residential properties contaminated by the harmful forever ...