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December 20, 2024
Molly Taft
One State’s War on Forever Chemicals in Milk
After some shocking discoveries a few years back, Maine has led the charge in banning the use of sewage-based fertilizers, which have been found to contaminate farmlands with PFAS. Getting national policies on the books, however, may prove much harder.
May 14, 2024
Liza Featherstone
Artificial Turf Is Tearing Towns Apart
The PFAS in playing fields—and the open question of what they might do to kids—is turning into a culture war.
May 4, 2024
Heather Souvaine Horn
Companies Legally Use Poison to Make Your Decaf Coffee
And they are fighting every effort to ban it.
August 8, 2018
Emily Atkin
Is the U.S. preparing to house migrant kids on contaminated sites?
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