# @centerforbiodiv on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DQrmIirEVzw
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/36599305-centerforbiodiv-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/b7d7a22e1c.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-11-05T16:17:38.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Center for Biological Diversity (@CenterForBioDiv) — https://gondola.cc/CenterForBioDiv

## Caption

Breaking news 🚨 

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed approving the dangerously persistent pesticide epyrifenacil on canola, corn, soybean and wheat.

This marks the fifth proposed approval of a PFAS pesticide since Trump took office. The pesticide is a “forever chemical” — one of a group called PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

It comes more than a month into a federal government shutdown where food stamp benefits have been delayed and are only expected to be paid at 50% of the normal rate. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers are not receiving paychecks and millions of people across the nation are seeing increased disruptions to their daily lives — from air travel to securing home loans.

[Image description: A field filled with low, green plants and a blue sky dotted with clouds above. White text in a black box is overlaid on the image and contains a quote from Nathan Donley, our Environmental Health Science Director: "While this administration uses the government shutdown as an excuse to deny food to hungry people, it’s moving at lightning speed to pollute our water with PFAS pesticides."]

#Shutdown #FoodJustice #ForeverChemicals #PFAS #Pesticides

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## Tags

foodjustice, pesticides, pfas, foreverchemicals, shutdown

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