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

Farmers who use sewage sludge as fertilizer, and their neighbors, face higher risks of cancer and other diseases, according to a new federal analysis that blames toxic forever chemicals.

(CNN) — 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 ...

Biosolids applied to a farm in Mitchells, Virginia, on June 6, 2007. An EPA assessment found that sewage sludge used as fertilizer contains "forever chemicals" that create human health risks.

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives want to block any action to protect farms, dairies, and ranches from exposure to toxic PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) contained within ...

Water flows down the Sandusky River between farms, Aug. 26, 2024, in Fremont, Ohio. Harmful chemicals in sewage sludge spread on pasture as fertilizer pose a risk to people who regularly consume ...

(CNN) — 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.

The findings are particularly relevant for northeast Illinois, where more than 777,000 tons of sludge from Chicago and Cook County have been spread on farmland during the past eight years.

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — 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 ...

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — 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 ...