Did PFAS From Sewage Sludge Poison a Family Farm? - The New …
WEB6 days ago · Today, an increasing body of scientific evidence is showing that sludge fertilizer can be heavily contaminated by PFAS, synthetic chemicals that are used widely in nonstick cookware, raincoats ...
5 Takeaways From Our Reporting on Toxic Sludge Fertilizer
WEBAug 31, 2024 · For decades, the government has encouraged farmers across the United States to spread sewage sludge on their cropland and pastures. But now there’s a growing awareness that sludge fertilizer...
Something’s Poisoning America’s Land. Farmers Fear ‘Forever …
WEBAug 31, 2024 · The sludge that allegedly contaminated the Colemans’ farm came from the City of Fort Worth water district, which treats sewage from more than 1.2 million people, city records show.
EPA says it has no obligation to regulate PFAS in biosolids in …
WEBSep 16, 2024 · The U.S. EPA is pushing to dismiss a lawsuit that would compel the agency to identify and regulate several "forever chemicals" in sewage sludge under its Clean Water Act authority, per a filing from the federal case last week.
How Sewage Sludge Carries Toxic PFAS from Toilet to Table
WEBFeb 8, 2024 · Sludge, a byproduct of sewage treatment, is often spread on fields as fertilizer. But growing research shows that toxic chemicals like PFAS are lurking in the muck — and getting into our food. A few years ago, state testing at dozens of Maine farms uncovered alarming levels of toxic PFAS contamination.
Concerns grow over tainted sewage sludge spread on croplands
WEBSep 12, 2019 · Several states are examining sewage sludge for PFAS contamination and assessing potential dangers. Maine has enacted a nonbinding advisory level for PFAS in sludge and New Hampshire is working with the U.S. Geological Survey on a soil study whose results will help them set a standard.
Our sewage often becomes fertilizer. Problem is, it's tainted
WEBMar 30, 2023 · About half the wastewater sludge in the United States is turned into fertilizer. Some want to ban the practice because the sludge contains PFAS and can contaminate food crops.
Sewage sludge contaminated with toxic forever chemicals spread …
WEBJul 31, 2022 · The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District or MWRD, an independent, taxpayer-financed agency that manages sewage from Chicago and the rest of Cook County, has known for more than a decade that...
Sewage often becomes fertilizer, but the issue is it's tainted with ...
WEBApr 18, 2023 · DUEST: About 3 million gallons of sludge that spends about 22 days on site before it actually gets pumped to our pellet plant for conversion to a fertilizer.
Sludge News | News
WEBNews about community and public health concerns, environmental degradation, and other adverse effects of the disposal of sewage sludge on land are in the press everyday, for example: Fury over ‘forever chemicals’ as US states spread toxic sewage sludge, Tom Perkins, Guardian, September 19, 2022
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