When Money Talks, Public Health Walks: How Industry Lobbying Gutted California’s PFAS Pesticide Ban
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In a state that produces more than half of America’s fruits and vegetables, an ambitious legislative effort to protect the nation’s food supply from toxic "forever chemicals" has been reduced to a shadow of its former self. Assembly Bill 1603, originally designed to implement sweeping bans on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)…
