Cattle from a small south-east Michigan farm that sold beef to schools and at farmers’ markets in the state have been found to contain dangerous levels of PFAS, so-called “forever chemicals” that can pose a serious risk to human health. “There’s a health risk in water at very, very small levels of exposure, so why would food be different?” she asked. But consumer groups say the limited testing process leaves huge blind spots, and is guided by arbitrary health risk standards. A spokesperson said the agency is waiting on the EPA to develop health risk standards, and called EGLE’s biosolids program “a good interim step”. Already some farmers with high levels of the chemical in soil and water around their fields won’t let EGLE test cows.

Source: The Guardian February 12, 2022 09:37 UTC