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U.S – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has hit a milestone in its mission of safeguarding the nation’s drinking water by releasing the first dataset gathered under the fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 5). This initiative aims to enhance the EPA’s comprehension of the prevalence and concentration of 29 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and lithium in U.S.…
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U.S – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has requested to register new uses for the pesticide chlormequat chloride on food crops; a move that if finalized would mark the first-ever approval for using the pesticide on U.S. food. In greenhouse- and nursery-grown ornamentals, chlormequat chloride is currently approved for use as a plant growth regulator (PGR). The EPA must…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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