EPA approves pesticides that may be considered ‘forever chemicals,’ though it disputes that label
The approvals expand PFAS pesticide use on staple crops as critics warn the chemicals can persist in water and break down into TFA.
- On Tuesday, the Trump Environmental Protection Agency finalized approval for two PFAS pesticides, diflufenican and epyrifenacil, on corn and soybeans, while also expanding bifenthrin use and greenlighting chlormequat's first food registration.
- The EPA classifies these compounds as safe based on its narrow definition excluding single-fluorinated-carbon molecules, but the Center for Biological Diversity argues they meet the broader PFAS definition endorsed by more than 150 researchers and used by nearly every US state.
- Research links these pesticides to reproductive toxicity and persistent water contamination; chlormequat is found in the bodies of 90% of Americans, while diflufenican degrades into trifluoroacetic acid , a contaminant banned in Denmark.
- The clearances arrived five days after the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in Monsanto Co. v. Durnell, limiting the public's ability to sue pesticide makers, prompting Nathan Donley, environmental health science director at the CBD, to call the approvals a 'national outrage.'
- This marks the fifth PFAS pesticide approval under Donald Trump in less than two years, leaving Congress and the Make America Healthy Again movement to determine whether these regulatory decisions will reshape what appears on American dinner plates for a generation.
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EPA Approves More “Forever Chemical” Pesticides for Food Crops
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EPA approves pesticides that may be considered 'forever chemicals,' though it disputes that label
The Trump administration has approved three new pesticides that may be considered “forever chemicals” under an international definition, though the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is disputing the characterization.
EPA approves pesticides that may be considered ‘forever chemicals,’ though it disputes that label
The EPA has approved three new pesticides that contain molecules with carbon-fluorine bonds, which are considered "forever chemicals" under an international definition.
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ecotopical.comTrump Approves Toxic Cancer-Linked Forever Chemical Pesticides On Major Food Crops Never Before Used In America
The Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency has cleared two fluorinated pesticides never before sprayed on American soil for use on the country's two biggest food crops, corn and soybeans. The approvals of diflufenican and epyrifenacil were announced by the Center for Biological Diversity on 30 June 2026, alongside expanded food uses for a third fluorinated insecticide, bifenthrin, and the first US food registration of the plant r…
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