Texas County Declares an Emergency Over Toxic Fertilizer

www.nytimes.com Texas County Declares an Emergency Over Toxic Fertilizer

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.

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www.nytimes.com /2025/02/14/climate/forever-chemicals-sewage-sludge-fertilizer-texas.html

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There is your problem, Texas! Get rid of those damn investigators and the problem resolves itself!

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.

If only there was some kind of organization or set of rules that could keep this from happening... Oh well, I'm sure trump won't gut it or anything.

While President Trump has been hostile to regulations, he also spoke on the campaign trail of “getting dangerous chemicals out of our environment.” And concerns about PFAS contamination have reached some deeply red states and counties, like Johnson County, which voted overwhelmingly for Mr. Trump

How do you get dangerous chemicals out of our environment without regulations and an organization to enforce those regulations on corporations? I'm sure trump's billionaires filled administration will figure that one out.