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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.
EPA: Chemicals in sewage sludge fertilizer are causing cancer–here's who is most at risk
Chemicals in sewage sludge that is spread on pasture land as fertilizer are causing cancer, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Chemicals in sewage sludge fertilizer pose cancer risk, EPA says
Harmful chemicals in sewage sludge spread on pasture as fertilizer pose a risk to people who regularly consume milk, beef and other products from those farms, in some cases raising cancer risk “several orders of magnitude” above what the Environmental Protection Agency considers acceptable,
EPA Report Reveals Health Impacts of Toxic 'Forever Chemicals' in Sewage Sludge
Washington, DC – On Tuesday, EPA released a long-awaited draft report demonstrating that toxic "forever chemicals" in sewage sludge applied to farmland can cause cancer and other diseases in people who live near farm fields where the sludge is applied, or consume tainted milk, beef or other foods from these farms.
‘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.
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 toxic air pollutant and can trigger asthma, miscarriages and fertility problems.
Use of PFAS-tainted sludge as fertilizer raises cancer risk on farms, EPA says
Farm families that consume milk, eggs and beef they raise themselves face an increased risk of cancer if their fields were fertilized with PFAS-laced sewage sludge, the EPA reported this week. The results do not suggest that the broader food supply is contaminated.
EPA finds possible health risks associated with PFAS in sewage sludge
Environmental advocates are calling for a ban the use of sewage sludge as fertilizer. An EPA draft report found that there may be health risks associated with exposure to PFAS "forever chemicals" in the sludge,
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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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 ...
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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 ...
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EPA ban on toxic chemicals found in Camp Lejeune water takes effect this week
A final rule from the US Environmental Protection Agency banning a toxic chemical found in Camp Lejeune’s drinking water is ...