Tell Your Representative: Adopt the Relief for Farmers Hit by PFAS Act!
The Relief for Farmers Hit With PFAS Act (S. 5070/H.R. 9186) is bipartisan legislation that is designed to create a federally funded safety net for farmers thrown into chaos by the impacts of 'forever chemicals.' This bill would offer grant funding to states who have identified unsafe levels of PFAS in agricultural soil and irrigation water. States could then help mitigate those impacts and protect farmers and the safety of the food supply.
The Relief for Farmers Hit with PFAS Act would support impacted farmers through the short- and long- term economic impacts of discovering contamination including temporary income replacement for farmers thrown out of production, infrastructural investments to help farms pivot to safe production systems, medical monitoring for farmers, farm workers & family members who have been directly exposed to PFAS and options for relocation for severely impacted farms.
PFAS contamination is emerging as a pressing concern to the whole agricultural community and to the safety of our national food supply. It is time that we say enough is enough. We are urging the House Agriculture Committee to adopt the Relief for Farmers Hit by PFAS Act into the 2023 Farm Bill.
See our letter to the House and Senate Agriculture Committees here.