This fertilizer is poisoning farms 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
The chemicals used in everything from perfumes to cleaners to fertilizers should make our lives better — not harm our health or our environment.
There are more than 80,000 chemicals on the market in the United States, used in everything from perfumes and household cleaners to fertilizers and industrial solvents. Surprisingly, most chemicals go into use without testing their long-term impact on our health or the environment. We should make sure that any chemical in use is safe, eliminate any we know are dangerous, and when industries make a toxic mess, we should know right away, and they should pay to clean it up.
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This toxic pesticide is banned in 70 countries, but still legal in America
Paraquat, a pesticide linked to Parkinson’s, has killed thousands of people around the world. But American farmers are still exposed to it.
Toxic chemicals now found in ocean spray
One class of toxic chemicals, known as PFAS, have become so widespread that we even find them in ocean spray.
Are pesticides as dangerous to your health as smoking?
New research show how dangerous pesticides could be to our health and why stronger precautions should be taken.
Toxic “forever chemicals” are appearing on our food and in our bodies
PFAS, chemicals linked to cancer and reproductive disorders, are being sprayed directly onto food.
How bee-killing pesticides poisoned a community
An environmental disaster in a Nebraska town shows the dangers pesticide-coated seeds pose to both bees and people.