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Environmental Protection Agency issues draft on proposed maximum levels for PFAs in drinking water

Mar 19, 2023Mar 19, 2023

U.S – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to regulate several different forms of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as contaminants, setting new maximum levels for six PFAS in drinking water, according to a pre-publication draft of a final rule. In March 2021, EPA issued a determination to regulate perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) as contaminants…

U.S agricultural groups seek court order to overturn EPA ban on chlorpyrifos

Feb 16, 2022Feb 16, 2022

U.S – Agricultural groups are seeking a court directive against the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) August 2021 ban on chlorpyrifos, a pesticide associated with neurodevelopmental problems and impaired brain function in children. The groups representing thousands of farmers and farmer-owned cooperatives that say they will be harmed by the EPA’s ruling to revoke all tolerances of chlorpyrifos are taking legal…

US Environmental Protection Agency to ban use of chlorpyrifos over safety concerns

Aug 22, 2021Aug 23, 2021

U.S – The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is set to reverse one of the Trump administration’s most fraught public health decisions on the application of chlorpyrifos pesticide on fruits and vegetables as it is linked to neurological damage in children. The EPA was prompted to act by a scathing federal court decision in April that blasted the Trump administration’s…