On November 14, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) determined that 1,4-dioxane presents an unreasonable risk of injury to ...

A thoughtful and educated approach to chemical safety must include a risk/benefit analysis. Minimizing risk while optimizing benefits should continue throughout investigation, development, marketing, ...

Findings show human health risks may be associated with exposure to PFAS from sewage sludge disposal methods, including ...

The risk assessment focuses on those living near impacted farms, or those that rely primarily on their products, and doesn’t ...

On January 14, 2025, the EPA released for public comment a risk assessment report evaluating the potential risks associated with land application ...

Fertilizers that contain treated sewage tainted with toxic PFAS chemicals can be spread on ... Protection Agency published a long-awaited risk assessment Tuesday on the presence of PFAS in sewage ...

Farmers could be at risk due to the chemicals leaching into food and water, the agency said in its draft risk assessment, which is now open for comment. EPA noted plans to focus enforcement upstream ...

Harmful chemicals in sewage sludge spread on pasture as fertilizer pose a risk to people who regularly consume milk, beef and other products from those farms, in some cases raising ...