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Maine was warned about toxins in sludge decades before PFAS crisis began
Maine’s PFAS crisis is often portrayed as a result of regulators and health officials not knowing about the chemicals that ...
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Maine sewage sludge crisis is ‘still under a clock’ even if landfill expands
Nearly all of the state’s sludge now goes to Juniper Ridge, shifting PFAS pollution from farmland to the Penobscot River.
PFAS contamination, biosolids land application and emerging chemicals like MCCPs are creating a circular system of pollution.
Rising costs to dispose of PFAS-contaminated sludge are driving sewer rate increases and capacity issues increase statewide, ...
Lara Beaven of Inside PFAS Policy reports that Maine farmers have joined litigation against the Environmental Protection Agency for not yet regulating the presence of PFAS in sewage sludge. The ...
On a warm July morning, Joe Suleyman — dressed in a neon vest, short sleeves and blue jeans — stood on a grassy hill in New Hanover County. White clouds drifted across a bright blue sky above a lush ...
New research suggests that sewage sludge and wastewater treatment plants are major sources of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) pollution. Waterkeeper Alliance, in partnership with local ...
The Sanford City Council is set to hear from residents about a proposed sludge treatment plant.
The Environment Protection Agency released a report that finds chemicals in sewage sludge fertilizer can cause cancer. People at risk are those who eat or drink goods that contain these harmful ...
A group representing organic farmers in Maine has announced it will sue the Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Water Act for the agency’s failure to protect their land, crops, and ...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland lawmakers are struggling to advance legislation aimed at limiting the presence of toxic "forever chemicals" in sewage sludge used as soil conditioner—a predominant source of ...
The Directorate General for Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DGCCRF) is unable to carry out ...
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