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 ... It is plentiful — wastewater treatment plants produce millions of tons of it — but the EPA said that less than 1% ...

Brunswick resident Sandra Carslick said she and her neighbors have been living in a “bad dream” for the five months since ...

The contaminated waste is at the root of recent concerns over the “forever chemicals” that have been found in fertilizer made from sewage sludge, which is a byproduct of wastewater treatment.

The chemicals, which are linked ... which represents wastewater treatment plants across the country, said the findings reinforced that sludge fertilizer was not a risk to the public food supply.

Harmful chemicals in sewage sludge that is spread on pasture land ... The agency now says those solids often contain toxic, lasting PFAS that treatment plants cannot effectively remove.

Chemicals found in sewage sludge that some farmers use to fertilize fields and pastures can pose a threat to human and animal health, the US Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday.