"Va. Communities Resist Sewage Sludge On Farm Land As PFAS Concerns Grow
"As worry mounts about health risks from exposure to ‘forever chemicals,’ Virginia communities push for testing and limits for biosolids"
Source: Virginia Mercury, 11/26/2025
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"Trump Exempts Coal Used In Steelmaking From Clean Air Act Rule"
"President Trump is exempting coal used in steelmaking from Biden-era Clean Air Act regulations for two years."
Source: The Hill, 11/26/2025
PFAS And Other Contaminants Surged In French Broad River After Helene: Study
"Fifteen days after Tropical Storm Helene sent debris, runoff and a cocktail of toxins — including raw sewage and pharmaceuticals — pouring into the French Broad River in the fall of 2024, Shea Tuberty set out to investigate the damage."
Source: NC Health News, 11/25/2025
"EPA Sees “Greater Uncertainty” With Paraquat Risk Factor, Seeks More Data"
"New data is adding to regulatory concerns about potential human health risks from the weed killer paraquat, leading the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to seek more information from manufacturers of the pesticide."
Source: The New Lede, 11/21/2025
Calif. Child Farmworkers: Exhausted, Underpaid and Toiling in Toxic Fields
"State officials are failing to protect the health and safety of thousands of young field laborers, an investigation has found."
Source: Capital & Main, 11/21/2025
"Calif. Farms Applied Millions Of Pounds Of Pfas To Key Crops, Study Finds"
"California farms applied an average of 2.5m lb of Pfas “forever chemicals” per year on cropland from 2018 to 2023, or a total of about 15m lb, a new review of state records shows."
Source: Guardian, 11/20/2025
"Recycling Lead for U.S. Car Batteries Is Poisoning People"
"Poisonous dust falls from the sky over the town of Ogijo, near Lagos, Nigeria. It coats kitchen floors, vegetable gardens, churchyards and schoolyards. The toxic soot billows from crude factories that recycle lead for American companies."
Source: NYTimes, 11/19/2025
"2,500+ EPA Employees Take Trump’s Resignation Offer"
"Nearly a fifth of EPA’s workforce has opted into President Donald Trump’s mass resignation plan as he pushes to reduce the federal government’s payroll."
Source: E&E News, 11/18/2025
"Fresh Warnings As A Maryland Community’s PFAS Crisis Continues"
"A PFAS contamination crisis is continuing to plague a Maryland community as a plume of contaminated groundwater moves through the area, residents and their attorneys said this week."
Source: The New Lede, 11/17/2025
EPA Panel Warns Plastics Threaten Kids’ Health. Bayer Says Evidence Lacking
"A committee of expert advisers is calling for stronger environmental regulations to protect children from plastics and other harmful chemicals, despite a dissenting industry position claiming there is little evidence that plastic is toxic to children."
Source: The New Lede, 11/17/2025
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