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Proposed ban of forever chemicals for California farms nixed by state lawmakers
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Set us as preferredCalifornia lawmakers rejected legislation that would have banned pesticides with so-called “forever” chemicals from use on California’s farms, a restriction strongly opposed by the state’s billion-dollar agriculture community.
“I’m disappointed,” Schultz said in an interview with the Times, adding that he intends to still push to phase out PFAS chemicals.
Gavin Newsom last year vetoed a bill that would have prohibited the sale and distribution of popular consumer products, including cookware, dental floss and cleaning products, that contain PFAS chemicals.
At the same time, the state has passed various laws intended to protect people from PFAS, including banning them in food packaging and firefighting foam.
Representatives for agriculture groups said at hearings last month that they don’t object to the state flagging PFAS chemicals in the state database.