(Beyond Pesticides, September 14, 2022) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is confirming that PFAS (per and polyfluorinated alykyl substances) forever chemicals leach into pesticides from ...

A coalition of food safety and agricultural groups are asking the Environmental Protection Agency to ban the use of fluorinated high density polyethylene and polypropylene containers in pesticide ...

Amid an ongoing investigation and in an effort “to help prevent unintended PFAS contamination,” EPA told plastic barrel manufacturers that they may be violating the Toxic Substances Control Act. The ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) notified the fluorinated high-density polyethylene (HDPE) industry (manufacturers, processors, distributors, users and so-called disposers of fluorinated ...

ALBANY — The state Department of Environmental Conservation is blocking the use of a popular pesticide for mosquito control upstate and in New York City following the revelation that the chemicals' ...

John Jemison, soil and water specialist at the University of Maine, discusses some of his 25 years of potato industry research findings at the 2023 Crop Health Conference in Presque Isle, Monday.

Triple rinsed plastic pesticide containers can be returned for recycling thanks to a program run by local Extension with assistance from Culpeper County, CFC Farm and Home and County Farm Service. We ...

Frederick County farmers will be able to drop off used plastic pesticide containers at designated recycling sites on certain days from June through September. The state agriculture department ...