The Biden administration warned of "forever chemicals" exposure via farm fertilizer. The lack of federal action has spawned a ...

Oregon lawmakers approve funding for a study on PFAS contamination in agricultural fields fertilized with treated sewage sludge. The $800,000 study will examine PFAS levels in biosolids, soil, and ...

The Waterkeeper Alliance report found levels of 'forever chemicals' were higher below sewer plants and sludge fields ...

Similarly, samples taken on a field where sludge was spread around Dragoon Creek near Spokane, Washington, had an over 5,100% increase (106.51 ppt) in PFAS levels.

Levels of PFAS in sewage sludge used as fertilizer can pose risks that sometimes exceed safety thresholds “by several orders of magnitude,” the agency said. Skip to content Skip to site index.

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.

PFAS leach from sludge and into our soil and groundwater. They can be absorbed by the plants we eat. And they travel from contaminated feed to dairy cows and their milk. Farms throughout the country ...

More than two-thirds of the sewage sludge produced in Florida ends up on lands in the St. Johns River Basin. This disparity ...

Treatment plants don’t remove PFAS from wastewater or sludge, and there’s no easy or cost-effective way to do it, Orlando said. It’s also not their job.

But when PFAS turns up in sludge used as fertilizer, it can become a problem. PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, have been linked to developmental delays in children, reproductive ...

If PFAS are in sludge applied to farmland, the chemicals can leach into public and private wells. There is effectively no safe level of exposure to the most widely studied PFAS in drinking water, ...

Landfill operators say they need the extra trash to manage Maine’s sludge—but conservationists are pushing back.