A company that manufactures fertilizer from sewage sludge issued results from a study March 18 showing its product was not ...
The source of the stench is biosolids: organic, nutrient-rich fertilizer created from waste products like sewage sludge. In Alabama and elsewhere, the product is marketed and sold as a cheap and ...
This all-formats package holds state and federal regulators accountable for doing little or nothing to address rising concerns that sewage sludge, used as cheap farm fertilizer, is contaminating food ...
Charlotte Water “is closely monitoring” a new federal report on potential health risks of sewage sludge spread on farmland as fertilizer — a practice the utility has used for years.
NAGOYA--Sludge generated through sewage treatment is set to be marketed by city officials here as the perfect fertilizer rich in nitrogen and phosphorus. Nitrogen is an indispensable ingredient ...
Watermen are asking state agencies to pause the practice of using sewage sludge as fertilizer. They worry that toxic “forever chemicals” may accumulate in oysters, crabs, clams and fish.
Harmful chemicals in sewage sludge that is spread on pasture land as fertilizer are causing cancer, the Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday. The risk is highest for people who regularly ...
Tougher disposal rules on those remnants — the black muck known as “sludge” or “biosolids” that farms have commonly used as fertilizer ... when left to dry, making the Cutler Bay ...
A new report is highlighting the potential health risks of using sewage sludge as farmland fertilizer. According to the Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Water is now monitoring the EPA report that ...
They believe those issues are connected to biosolids fertilizer, made from Fort Worth’s sewage sludge, that was applied to nearby farmland. Now, commissioners say the 200,000-resident county ...
The recovery is part of Tokyo's effort to transform a large portion of the sewage sludge generated in one of the largest cities in the world into vegetable fertilizer. The aim is reducing Japan ...