(Center for Biological Diversity) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday approved the highly persistent pesticide cyclobutrifluram for golf courses, lawns, cotton, soybeans and lettuce. The pesticide is a "forever chemical" — one of a group called PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

This is the first final approval of a PFAS pesticide under President Donald Trump. It comes just two days after the agency made its fifth proposal to approve a PFAS pesticide since Trump took office.