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Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics
Coverage of Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics in the Nexus archive.
- Forest Service pressed over heavy metal content in aerial fire retardant
A nonprofit group of U.S. Forest Service employees sued the agency, claiming it violated the Endangered Species Act by failing to analyze toxic heavy metals in aerial fire retardants. The court case challenges whether the Forest Service adequately assessed ecological impacts, with a 2024 study highlighting metals like vanadium and arsenic in the retardants.