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Texas county declares disaster after "shocking" water contamination test

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PFAS levels hundreds of times the safe limit established by the federal environment agency were discovered at some well water sites.

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Texas County Declares an Emergency Over Toxic Fertilizer - Overpasses For America

A Texas county is taking steps to declare a state of emergency and seek federal assistance over farmland contaminated with harmful “forever chemicals,” as concerns grow over the safety of fertilizer made from sewage. Johnson County, south of Fort Worth, has been roiled since county investigators found high levels of chemicals called PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, at two cattle ranches in the county in 2023. The county says the PFA…

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Texas county declares disaster after "shocking" water contamination test

PFAS levels hundreds of times the safe limit established by the federal environment agency were discovered at some well water sites.

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Texas County Declares an Emergency Over Toxic Fertilizer

(New York Times) – Johnson County is seeking federal assistance, saying its farmland has become dangerously contaminated with “forever chemicals” from the use of fertilizer made from sewage sludge. A Texas county is taking steps to declare a state of emergency and seek federal assistance over farmland contaminated with harmful “forever chemicals,” as concerns grow over the safety of fertilizer made from sewage. Johnson County, south of Fort Wort…

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