The E.P.A.’s report follows a growing body of research that has found that sludge can be contaminated with human-made ...

Fertilizers that contain treated sewage tainted with toxic PFAS chemicals can be spread on farmland and pose a health risk to ...

Farmers who use sewage sludge as fertilizer and their neighbors face higher risks of cancer and other diseases, according to ...

Harmful chemicals in sewage sludge that is spread on pasture land as fertilizer are causing cancer, the Environmental ...

Chemicals found in sewage sludge that some farmers use to fertilize fields and pastures can pose a threat to human and animal ...

The fertilizer is often used to treat fields on farms, posing a particular risk to those who regularly consume beef and milk.

The proposed legislation would require companies that manufacture fertilizer from treated sewage sludge to reduce concentrations of certain forever chemicals and test the products monthly before ...

The proposed legislation would require companies that manufacture fertilizer from treated sewage sludge to reduce concentrations of certain forever chemicals and test the products monthly before they ...

Harmful and persistent forever ... the chemicals in their manufacturing process, leaking landfills, wastewater treatment plant discharges, and runoff from nearby farms that applied sewage sludge ...