September 29, 2025
A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Monday tossed Texas farmers and ranchers' lawsuit alleging that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency failed to stop "forever chemicals" from contaminating their farmland and that they've suffered medical problems from the exposure.
September 19, 2024
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency told a Washington, D.C., federal judge that it had no duty to regulate PFAS compounds that a group of farmers claimed were contained in agency-approved biosolid sludge spread on farmland as fertilizer.
June 18, 2024
A lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency brought by a group of farmers over federally approved biosolids containing a group of chemicals known as PFAS could mark the start of a new wave of land contamination cases.
June 07, 2024
Five Texas farmers have told a D.C. federal court that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should have done more to stop "forever chemicals" from contaminating their farmland, claiming that they've suffered medical problems from the exposure.