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Chemicals in sewage sludge fertilizer pose cancer risk, EPA says
When people eat or drink foods containing “forever” chemicals, the compounds accumulate in the body and can cause kidney, prostate, and testicular cancer.
EPA Bans Two Cancer-Causing Chemicals: Check Your Products Now
The EPA's new ban on two dangerous chemicals affects products you might be using right now. Learn how these cancer-causing substances in cleaning products and dry cleaning could impact your family's health and what alternatives are safe to use.
‘Forever chemicals’ in sludge used to fertilize farms can pose a health risk to people, EPA says
Chemicals found in sewage sludge that some farmers use to fertilize fields and pastures can pose a threat to human and animal health, the US Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday.
Forever chemicals in sludge fertilizer pose cancer risk, EPA says
Draft findings published Tuesday echo what Maine has been saying since 2022, when it became the first state to ban the use of sludge as fertilizer because of high concentrations of harmful PFAS.
In a First, the E.P.A. Warns of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Sludge Fertilizer
Levels of PFAS in sewage sludge used as fertilizer can pose risks that sometimes exceed safety thresholds “by several orders of magnitude,” the agency said.
Food from farms contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’ may pose human health risks: EPA
Food produced on farms whose land was contaminated with toxic “forever chemicals” may pose a risk to human health, according to a new draft report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The report from the EPA is focused on risks to those who live near impacted farms or who otherwise rely primarily on their
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EPA proposal aims to crack down on cancer-causing emissions
The plan carves out a new pollution source category titled “chemical manufacturing with ethylene oxide” and requires ...
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EPA restricts use of chemicals used in dry cleaning, brake cleaners
The Environmental Protection Agency has banned the use of perchloroethylene in dry cleaning processes. The chemical will be phased out over a 10-year period. The EPA has banned all uses of ...
Nonstick cookware industry sues over law banning cancer-causing chemicals
Not everyone is celebrating, of course. The Cookware Sustainability Alliance (CSA), a group advocating for the cookware ...
EPA finalizes rule banning TCE, PCE chemicals
The agency will phase out degreasing substance trichloroethylene and dry cleaning solvent perchloroethylene to protect ...
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EPA: Formaldehyde is a danger to human health
The determination that the commonly used chemical poses "unreasonable risk" sets in motion efforts to ban or restrict ...
EPA Report Finds That Formaldehyde Presents an “Unreasonable Risk” to Public Health
The report was published weeks after a ProPublica investigation found that the chemical causes more cancer than any other ...
EPA plans to phase out two common solvents, one that helped in the Space Race
The feds plan to ban two common solvents: one that cleansed NASA rockets, the other our clothes. Both fueled cancer fears in Brevard and elsewhere.
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Vermont welcomes new EPA ban on dry cleaning chemicals as cleanup continues
The cancer-causing chemicals TCE and PCE have been found at dozens of sites in Vermont that were home to dry cleaning ...
EPA steps in, demands action on toxic chemical in NC drinking water
The EPA is pressuring North Carolina to restore limits on 1,4-dioxane discharges, a toxic chemical threatening drinking water ...