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Texas County Declares an Emergency Over Toxic Fertilizer

Johnson County is seeking federal assistance, saying its farmland has become dangerously contaminated with β€œforever chemicals” from the use of fertilizer made from sewage sludge.

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Johnson County, south of Fort Worth, has been roiled since investigators found high levels of PFAS at two cattle ranches that came from contaminated fertilizer.

E.P.A. Demotes Career Employees Overseeing Science, Enforcement and More

A spokeswoman for the agency said the change was β€œcommon practice.” Others said it injects partisanship into jobs that have always been neutral.

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Research on PFAS, a family of toxic compounds known as forever chemicals, at an Environmental Protection Agency lab in Cincinnati.

Texas County Declares an Emergency Over Toxic Fertilizer

Johnson County is seeking federal assistance, saying its farmland has become dangerously contaminated with β€œforever chemicals” from the use of fertilizer made from sewage sludge.

Β© Jordan Vonderhaar for The New York Times

Johnson County, south of Fort Worth, has been roiled since investigators found high levels of PFAS at two cattle ranches that came from contaminated fertilizer.

California’s Scary Product Warning Labels Might Be Working, Study Says

Products must state if they contain chemicals tied to cancer or other risks. As a result, manufacturers have pulled back from using the chemicals, researchers found.

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California’s right-to-know law requires companies to warn of certain chemicals in their products.
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