Read the full article by Elizabeth Walztoni (Bangor Daily News)
“The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over its lack of regulations for the ‘forever chemicals’ that contaminate fields in the state.
MOFGA and a Texas county outside Dallas-Fort Worth allege the federal agency is failing to control the chemicals as it should under a 1987 provision of the Clean Water Act. That law requires the EPA to identify and regulate toxic pollutants in biosolids every two years.
Fifty-nine Maine farms had confirmed contamination from perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly known as PFAS, at the beginning of 2024. They are not alone. MOFGA joined a lawsuit filed in June by Johnson County, Texas, where agricultural land and water has also been affected by spreading sludge containing the chemicals.”…