Republicans are quietly moving to kill proposed regulations for PFAS-contaminated sewage sludge that is spread on farmland as fertilizer, a practice that has sickened farmers across the country, destroyed their livelihoods and contaminated food and water supplies. … Republicans quietly slipped a rider into a House appropriations bill that would fund the EPA aims to derail the risk assessment process by cutting off funding. The rider also includes language that appears designed to permanently prohibit funding for the implementation of regulations for some PFAS in sludge. … Public health advocates and some Congress members are now mobilizing to kill the rider, which they say is likely illegal because it pre-empts the Clean Water Act. 

Other PFAS news:

• Environmental Working Group: Blog: 15 military Superfund sites claim no health risks – but PFAS in tap water tell a different story
• Earth Justice: Blog: Community members condemn EPA’s lack of drinking water protections
• IFL Science: There’s a forever chemical that’s in your water, food, and blood — and levels are “increasing irreversibly”