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> replace the fertilizer with something else for a while and see if that changes the PFAS levels. If it does, sure ban the paper products from being used as fertilizer.

Or, just ban things with high levels of pfas being used as fertilizer, and test the paper slurry?

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That would be a valid solution, yes. But it sounds a bit too simple? My concern here is - wouldn't someone have already tested the slurry and made the determination that's it's suitable/unsuitable? This article doesn't really go into the details there

PFAS testing is still not a common thing, except in areas where it has already caused health issues to people.

PFAS contamination wasn't really a thing on anyone's radar until relatively recently.

For all we know, the the critera being used for "is this suitable as fertilizer" did not go beyond "has it got what plants crave", and "and also doesn't contain poison" didn't make the list.

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