This is a public service announcement to any farmer who either has fertilized their crops with sewage sludge or is ...

Phosphorus is a necessary nutrient required for all life. However, it is only found in limited quantities in nature. In a new ...

High levels of toxic PFAS, or forever chemicals, were accumulating in sewage sludge used as fertilizer on U.S. farmland.

How to understand the E.P.A.’s new warning about PFAS levels in sewage sludge. By Hiroko Tabuchi (Editors note: We are continuing to cover the Los Angeles fires. Scroll down for more on the latest.) ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its Draft Sewage Sludge Risk Assessment on January 14, 2025, for Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS). The ...

As New York regulators consider a plan to increase the amount of human sewage sludge used on farm fields as fertilizer, another state has banned the practice altogether. When tests in the state of ...

When the trucks don’t arrive in time at a sewage plant near Cutler Bay, the smell from 350 tons of tarry black muck leftover ...

In a study published Tuesday, the EPA acknowledged that sludge containing PFAS could present a danger to human health.

Leslie Smith, better known as Skip, no longer drinks the water from his well. The 69-year-old retired veteran says he can’t after tests found dangerous contaminants in it that he says came from the ...

Farmers stopping sewage sludge deliveries from water companies could pressure Treasury ministers to address inheritance tax ...

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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 ...