EPA’s Pesticide Approvals Prompt Fears of PFAS on Farms
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The agency’s actions come amid anger over a Supreme Court decision in a glyphosate case and an executive order over regenerative agriculture.

On June 30, regulators approved four new pesticides—three of which qualify as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “forever chemicals,” based on an international definition—and expanded the use of two other chemicals. The actions represented “the single biggest mass approval of pesticides I’ve ever seen,” said Nathan Donley, the environmental health science director […]

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