Johnson County is seeking federal assistance, saying its farmland has become dangerously contaminated with “forever chemicals ...
For decades, the biosolids industry has recycled human and industrial waste into organic fertilizer for large-scale ...
Farmers in Middle Georgia use free biosolids from the Macon Water Authority as fertilizer, but the EPA warns this practice ...
A new EPA report warns that PFAS in biosolids may contaminate water and food. In NC, past use as fertilizer threatens ...
This sludge -- which is sometimes applied to farmland as fertilizer -- can contain high ... and their neighbors could be at risk if 10 dry metric tons of sludge per hectare has been applied ...
This is a public service announcement to any farmer who either has fertilized their crops with sewage sludge or is ...
FILE-Cilantro grows on farmland near SLO Regional Airport that has been irrigated with well water contaminated with high levels of PFAS chemicals from firefighting foam that for years was used in ...
Some commercially available products are made from biosolids, an industry term for sewage sludge from wastewater treatment plants that is used as fertilizer. The Environmental Protection Agency ...
WASHINGTON — 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 ...