Showing 1-15 of 90
-
NMED to clean up PFAS-contaminated groundwater at dairies
News
12 Mar 2026 | Santa Fe Reporter
Highland Dairy, a family-run farm near Clovis in Curry County, was compelled to euthanize more than 3,600 dairy cows contaminated with PFAS from Cannon Air Force Base.
-
USDA has “sufficient opportunities” to respond to PFAS crisis on farmland, report finds
News
23 Feb 2026 | TNL
Federal regulators have a range of solutions available to tackle the widespread contamination of farmland with toxic chemicals, according to a new report by US academics.
-
Farm use of PFAS-laden sludge raises health concerns. But, some ask, where else can it go?
News
17 Feb 2026 | New Hampshire Bulletin
“In New Hampshire, we have not yet had to come to terms with the damage that has been done and is still being done,” Jumper said. “This bill is necessary to start the process of dealing with the problem.”
-
Guidance for federal conservation programs on PFAS on agricultural lands offered in new report
Policy
13 Feb 2026
The report examines the scope of PFAS challenges in agriculture and identifies steps these agencies could take to reduce impacts on natural resources and agricultural productivity.
-
Dead livestock, lost farms and PFAS: Why pressure is mounting to rein in toxic sludge
News
22 Jan 2026 | The National News Desk
“This should have been taken care of decades ago," said attorney Laura Dumais, as she explained to me some of the nuanced language being used by the EPA to shield itself from responsibility for regulating PFAS.
-
Maine was first to ban spreading PFAS-contaminated sludge on farmland. Now sludge is filling up landfills.
News
28 Nov 2025 | Sentient Health
“When we think about policy change around PFAS in commercial products and our waste stream, we tend to focus on economic impacts,” said Adam Nordell, a farmer who had to close his operations a few years ago over high PFAS contamination and who now advocates about farmland contamination risks. “But at the end of the day, it’s a story about human health.”
-
Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination in dairy: A global perspective.
Science
17 Nov 2025 | Sci Total Environ
PFOS, PFOA, and other PFAS may contaminate milk and dairy products through polluted water, PFAS-treated feed, food-contact packaging, and fluoropolymer-coated equipment, raising concern for infant and population-wide exposure and underscoring the need for stronger global monitoring and regulatory alignment given highly variable and sometimes inconsistent contamination data.
-
NASDA Endorses Federal Recommendations to Address PFAS Contamination of Farmland
News
18 Sep 2025 | Food Safety Magazine
At their 2025, Annual Meeting the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture’s (NASDA’s) outlined five recommendations on how the US federal government should address PFAS contamination of agricultural land.
-
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in agricultural systems: Human dietary exposure via beef raised on corn stover from a field with contaminated biosolids
Science
9 Sep 2025 | J Environ Qual
Cattle fed contaminated corn stover can accumulate harmful levels of PFAS in their meat and liver, creating health risks, especially for young children who eat more relative to their body weight.
-
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination in agriculture and its potential conflict with circular economy
Science
8 Sep 2025 | Environmental Pollution
Efforts to promote a circular economy in agriculture, such as reusing biosolids and treated wastewater, risk reintroducing PFAS into soils and food chains, highlighting the need for stricter controls and safer alternatives.
-
EPA Approves Four New Pesticides That Qualify as PFAS
Policy
8 Sep 2025
Despite MAHA promises to reduce chemical exposures, experts warn the Trump administration is approving a wave of ‘frightening’ pesticides.
-
The unlikely alliance pressing Trump to regulate PFAS on US farms: ‘This is a basic human right’
News
2 Sep 2025 | The Guardian
An unlikely alliance of farmers, bikers, truckers, a detective and scientists from across the political spectrum are working to pressure the Trump administration and Republican leadership to rein in the use of toxic sewage sludge as fertilizer on the nation’s farmland.
-
PFAS contamination and its rising toll on food security: A hidden global threat
Science
11 Aug 2025 | Food Control
Widespread PFAS contamination from industrial, agricultural, and packaging sources has been found to accumulate in global food systems, compromising food safety, disrupting ecosystems, and posing significant long-term health risks.
-
Getting PFAS out of biosolids isn’t easy. Some companies are trying
News
22 Jul 2025 | C&EN
State regulations and litigation drive market for PFAS-destruction technologies targeting sewage sludge.
-
Oregon Legislature approves study of PFAS in sewage sludge used as fertilizer
Policy
20 Jun 2025
“When companies manufacture and use PFAS, they become part of our world,” she said. “We owe it to Oregon farmers, rural communities, and consumers to fully understand what ends up in our water and soils.”