Agricultural Chemicals
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Guidance for Federal Conservation Programs on PFAS on Agricultural Lands Offered in New Report
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A new report examines the scope of PFAS challenges in agriculture and identifies steps that land conservation agencies at the U.S. Department of Agriculture could take to reduce the impacts of these “forever chemicals” on natural resources and agricultural productivity.
