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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Environment
Tom Perkins

PFAS widely added to US pesticides despite EPA denial, study finds

person wearing white top, jeans and black shoes holds yellow and black machine above grass as smoke billows
A person sprays pesticide in Miami Beach, Florida, in 2016. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” are widely added to pesticides, and are increasingly used in the products in recent years, new research finds, a practice that creates a health threat by spreading the dangerous compounds directly into the US’s food and water supply.

The analysis of active and inert ingredients that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved for use in pesticides proves recent agency claims that the chemicals aren’t used in pesticides are false.

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