EPA has failed to tackle cancer-linked pesticide pollution, lawsuit alleges

Suit alleges EPA has for decades failed under the Clean Water Act to address surface-water atrazine pollution A new lawsuit asks a federal judge to order the Trump administration to address widespread pollution from the hormone-disrupting pesticide atrazine – which has regularly been found at levels that threaten wildlife and human health.

The cancer-linked chemical is now contaminating nearly 25%, or about 860,000 miles, of all continental US rivers, according…