Harmful chemicals in sewage sludge that is spread on pasture land as fertilizer are causing cancer, the Environmental ...

Chemicals known as PFOA and PFOS that can be found in sewage sludge used as fertilizer may pose a risk to human health, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says.

Sewage sludge has been used as fertilizer for many ... monitor the food supply to protect people from exposure to forever chemicals.

In a recent report, the Environmental Protection Agency says “forever chemicals” are present in sewage sludge.

modeled scenarios where sewage sludge containing as little as 1 part per billion of PFOA or PFOS — two of the most widely used forever chemicals — was spread on land. In certain scenarios ...

Sewage sludge has been used as fertilizer for many years ... The EPA said officials monitor the food supply to protect people from exposure to forever chemicals. The Associated Press receives support ...

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

By Hiroko Tabuchi For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday warned that “forever chemicals” present in sewage sludge that is used as fertilizer can pose human health ...

Sewer sludge from wastewater treatment plants appears to expose farmers and nearby neighbors to toxic "forever" chemicals, a ...