NASEM Panel Aims To Help USDA Respond To PFAS On Agricultural Land

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) are preparing to launch a study to help the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) understand whether Farm Bill conservation practices affect PFAS contamination on agricultural land, part of a growing national focus on PFAS issues in agriculture. “The purpose of this study is to review what is known about the effects of conservation practices on [per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)] contamination of agricultural land,” NASEM say in a call for committee...