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2 weeks ago

Israel accused of spraying cancer-linked herbicide on farms in southern Lebanon

Lebanon has accused Israel of spraying a herbicide linked to cancer on farmland in the south of the country as a health crime that would threaten food security and farmers' livelihoods. The country's president, Joseph Aoun, condemned what he called an environmental and health crime and a violation of Lebanese sovereignty, and he vowed to take all necessary legal and diplomatic measures to confront this aggression.
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3 months ago

California farms applied millions of pounds of PFAS to key crops, study finds

California farms applied about 15 million pounds of PFAS to cropland from 2018–2023, contaminating food, water, soil and increasing risks to farmworker health.
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