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California Bill Aims to Keep Toxic PFAS off Its Crops

Inside Climate News · By Liza Gross · last updated
The nation’s top agricultural producer could ban pesticides with PFAS after researchers found the “forever chemicals” on 40 percent of the conventional produce grown in the state.

By Liza Gross

California Assemblymember Nick Schultz is leading an effort to phase out the use of pesticides containing toxic “forever chemicals” to safeguard the nation’s produce.