"It can run into the groundwater, go back into people." Researchers ignored after making 'startling discovery' about widely ...

PFAS could be the rare environmental issue that gets addressed this term.

Even if our state did work to protect our farmland, as in Maine and Vermont, we New Yorkers are still drinking milk from other states and eating produce from other states. Cows that graze on land ...

AUGUSTA, Maine — Lawmakers in Augusta are considering a bill to establish limits for PFAS chemicals in produce grown by Maine ...

What does the new EPA warning about PFAS-laden sludge in fertilizer mean for home gardeners? Here’s what you need to know.

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

More states are considering policies this year to tackle "forever chemicals," which can last for thousands of years in the ...

Farmers in Middle Georgia use free biosolids from the Macon Water Authority as fertilizer, but the EPA warns this practice ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its Draft Sewage Sludge Risk Assessment on January 14, 2025, for ...

Columnist Shannon Brennan writes that farm families in the Lynchburg area are at risk of getting sick from forever chemicals ...

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

Vermont and at least 31 other states will consider more than 340 policies addressing toxic chemicals and plastics, with policies that both prevent and manage harm to public health.