This fertilizer is poisoning farms across America and putting our food at risk
For years, companies sold farmers fertilizer tainted with toxic chemicals called PFAS. We need to stand with farmers and hold these companies accountable.
Toxic threats
It’s up to us to protect our ecosystems and communities from toxic chemicals.
Most of the 80,000 chemicals on the market in the United States have been put into use without testing long-term consequences for the environment, or their impacts on our health. We should make sure that any chemical in use is safe, eliminate those we know are dangerous, and stop using any that are damaging healthy ecosystems. And if an industry makes a toxic mess, we should know right away, and they should be the ones to pay for cleaning it up.
The Latest on Toxic threats
How Home Depot can protect bees from deadly pesticides
Statement: EPA tells power plants to clean up their act
Updates
Ending mercury pollution should be a no-brainer
State AGs take action on PFAS
Chemical train derailment highlights need for stronger safety rules to protect the environment
What You Can Do
Tell your U.S. senators: Hold polluters responsible for the contamination of farmland with PFAS-tainted fertilizer
Featured Resources
Accidents Waiting to Happen
Accidents Waiting to Happen: Hazardous Materials by Rail
Accidents Waiting to Happen: Oil Pipelines
Protect Connecticut families from dangerous PFAS chemicals
The Latest
Type
Statement: New rule will aid PFAS clean-ups
EPA lists two toxic PFAS chemicals under Superfund law
Event highlights role of states in stopping industries from dumping toxic PFAS
On Wednesday, experts from PIRG, Environment America and Southern Environmental Law Center discussed what states can do to stop contamination of PFAS from industrial sources.
Updated 2023 mid-hurricane season resource guide: data, resources & interview opportunities
The Atlantic hurricane season lasts from June 1 through November 30. This resource guide can help members of the media cover it more thoroughly and accurately.
STATEMENT: President Biden protects Grand Canyon from uranium mining
Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument will protect critical watershed, wildlife habitat and cultural sites