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EPA to allow new dicamba herbicides despite 2 court bans

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By Britt E. Erickson Verified
| Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) Verified
In a win for big agriculture, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to register three new dicamba herbicides for use on soybeans and cotton that are genetically modified to tolerate the weedkiller. The proposal, announced July 23, comes despite two court orders, in 2020 and 2024, to ban such uses because dicamba is prone to volatilizing and harming nontargeted plants on neighboring land.
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Getting PFAS out of biosolids isn't easy

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By Britt E. Erickson Verified
| Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) Verified
A dairy farm in Arundel, Maine, triggered an alarm in 2016 when high levels of perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) were detected on the property in a monitoring well for a public drinking-water system. The chemical hasn't been produced in the US since 2002 but is one of many per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), often called forever chemicals, that persist in the environment.
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Getting PFAS out of biosolids isn’t easy. Some companies are trying

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By Britt E. Erickson Verified
| pfascentral.org
By Britt E. Erickson | C&EN | July 22, 2025 Read the full article by Britt E. Erickson (C&EN) "A dairy farm in Arundel, Maine, triggered an alarm in 2016 when high levels of perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) were detected on the property in a monitoring well for a public drinking-water system. The chemical hasn’t been produced in the US since 2002 but is one of many per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), often called forever chemicals, that persist in the environment.
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