- Around 20 million acres of U.S. cropland may have been contaminated with the "forever chemicals" known as PFAS because sewage sludge was used as a fertilizer, said the Environmental Working Group. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/08/us-cropland-may-be-contaminated-forever-chemicals-study 49 comments environment
- ‘Forever chemicals’ may have polluted 20m acres of US cropland, study says | PFAS-tainted sewage sludge is used as fertilizer in fields and report finds that about 20m acres of cropland could be contaminated https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/08/us-cropland-may-be-contaminated-forever-chemicals-study 17 comments environment
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- More than 3,000 potentially harmful chemicals found in food packaging | Food safety | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/19/more-than-3000-potentially-harmful-chemicals-food-packaging-report-shows 952 comments
- Texas farmers claim company sold them PFAS-contaminated sludge that killed livestock | PFAS | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/01/texas-farmers-pfas-killed-livestock 91 comments
- Maine plans removal of PFAS from sewage sludge used as fertilizer | PFAS | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/23/maine-pfas-removal-sewage-sludge 2 comments
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- Michigan beef found to contain dangerous levels of ‘forever chemicals’ | PFAS | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/11/michigan-beef-dangerous-levels-forever-chemicals 78 comments
- ‘I don’t know how we’ll survive’: the farmers facing ruin in America’s ‘forever chemicals’ crisis | Maine | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/22/i-dont-know-how-well-survive-the-farmers-facing-ruin-in-americas-forever-chemicals-crisis 3 comments
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