Forever chemicals plan ignores farming and pesticides, groups say

Tractor sprays fertilizer and water on a green fields of East Sussex, UK - stock photo

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On Monday, environment minister Emma Hardy announced the government’s PFAS (Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances) Plan would help reduce their harmful effects and transition to safer alternatives

The UK’s first-ever ‘forever chemicals’ plan has been criticised as “completely lacking” for its failure to deal with farming and the use of pesticides.

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