Researchers: There's evidence that PFAS end up in crops and livestock, but Illinois doesn't require testing for the chemicals in sludge used for fertilizer.
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Echoing statements from industry lobbyists, Lee said the solution is to keep forever chemicals out of sewers in the first place. “What we should be doing right now is getting rid of sources and then regulating nonessential uses of PFAS out of the marketplace,” she said. An MWRD researcher serves on an advisory committee organized by Pepper. At the local official’s request, an association of Illinois sewage treatment agencies chipped in $5,000 for the professor’s study.
“Public utilities across the country didn’t create this problem, but they’re forced to deal with it in ways that put the screws to all of us,” said Davis, who coordinated efforts to restore and protect the Great Lakes during the Obama administration. “I know two things for sure: Protecting public health comes first, and manufacturers need to be held accountable instead of taxpayers.
Adam Nordell, Johanna Davis and their son at Songbird Farm in Unity, Maine, on March 22, 2022. The couple bought their farm seven years ago, but suspended operations in late 2021 after discovering their land and water is contaminated with high levels of forever chemicals, also known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS.. The first parcel Nordell and Davis bought in 2014 already was an organic farm.
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