The EPA just approved a new pesticide that creates forever chemicals—despite overwhelming evidence of its risk to children, pollinators, and wildlife.

Isocycloseram, now greenlit for use on lawns, food crops, and golf courses, breaks down into PFAS compounds that do not degrade in nature, build up in human bodies, and remain in soil and water for decades. These chemicals are linked to reproductive harm, immune disruption, cancer, and organ damage.

And the EPA knew this.

Internal models show that young children would be exposed to the highest levels of this chemical through food. Yet the agency declined to apply child safety buffers that are required under federal law. That’s not just negligence—it’s a betrayal of public trust.

It gets worse: the EPA’s own review shows that bees could be exposed to 1,500 times the lethal dose after visiting plants treated with isocycloseram.

Honeybees, native bees, butterflies, and moths—already in decline—could face catastrophic die-offs, destabilizing entire ecosystems and food systems that depend on pollination.

Despite these clear risks, the EPA approved the pesticide anyway.

We demand that the Environmental Protection Agency immediately revoke its approval of isocycloseram and ban all future pesticides that generate PFAS.

We also call for a full review of the agency’s pesticide approval process and a legally binding moratorium on PFAS-based pesticide registrations.

This isn’t a hypothetical threat. PFAS is already polluting drinking water in thousands of U.S. communities. It’s accumulating in wildlife, from deer to fish to marine mammals. And now, with this approval, the EPA has added a new source of irreversible contamination—directly into our food supply and our ecosystems.

Protect children. Protect pollinators. Protect the planet. Ban isocycloseram now.