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EPA announces draft biosolids risk-reduction guidance
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EPA announcement dated July 1, 2026 invites comment on draft PFOA and PFOS guidance.
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Producer: United States Environmental Protection Agency Source class: Primary record or first-party statement. What it supports: EPA announcement dated July 1, 2026 invites comment on draft PFOA and PFOS guidance. Limitations: The announcement concerns voluntary recommendations under development. It does not itself ban biosolids land application nationally. Date: 2026-07-01. Reviewed September 19, 2026.
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- EPA announces draft biosolids guidance for public comment
The July 1, 2026 agency announcement concerns PFOA and PFOS risk-reduction recommendations. It is not a national land-application ban.
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