Industry Interests Spent Big Money to Stop California From Banning PFAS Pesticides

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By By Liza GrossSep 9, 2026, 9:19 pm109 ptsTrending
After an aggressive lobbying campaign against a bill to ban “forever pesticides,” what passed instead “is a shell of what we set out to do,” its author said. By Liza Gross An ambitious bill to keep toxic “forever chemicals” off California produce lost its teeth after the chemical and agricultural…

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