{"id":123395,"date":"2022-11-07T20:58:46","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T20:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/2022\/11\/07\/new-evidence-shows-pesticides-contain-pfas-and-the-scale-of-contamination-is-unknown\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T20:58:46","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T20:58:46","slug":"new-evidence-shows-pesticides-contain-pfas-and-the-scale-of-contamination-is-unknown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/new-evidence-shows-pesticides-contain-pfas-and-the-scale-of-contamination-is-unknown\/","title":{"rendered":"New Evidence Shows Pesticides Contain PFAS, and the Scale of Contamination Is Unknown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>The EPA knows that plastic containers are leaching toxic \u2018forever chemicals\u2019 into pesticides. But PFAS are also ending up in pesticides from other sources\u2014in much higher quantities.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Once a year, researchers, agrichemical company representatives, and government officials get together at a conference dedicated to what they call pesticide stewardship. By their definition, stewardship includes improving the safety of pesticides, from manufacture to use to disposal.<\/p>\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/tpsalliance.org\/2022-annual-conference\/\">the most recent event<\/a> last February, Ed Messina, director of the Office of Pesticide Programs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), spoke to the virtual crowd. After running through at least a dozen other topics, he turned to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS\u2014\u201cforever chemicals\u201d that companies have used for decades in products including non-stick pans, <a href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/2021\/06\/03\/will-the-u-s-ban-pfas-in-food-packaging\/\">takeout containers<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/cosmetics\/cosmetic-ingredients\/and-polyfluoroalkyl-substances-pfas-cosmetics\">cosmetics<\/a>\u2014causing long-term damage to the environment and human health.<\/p>\n<p>Recent tests had detected PFAS in pesticides, Messina told the group.<\/p>\n<p>The agency planned to release the results of more thorough tests done to determine whether PFAS were leaching from plastic containers into the pesticides, he added. \u201cThe data does indicate that the amount of PFAS entering the environment [via pesticides] is extremely small,\u201d he assured attendees, \u201cbut we do want to get a handle on where the PFAS is coming from.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, the EPA has released the results of the study on leaching, which confirmed the issue. 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