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

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

Farm families that consume milk, eggs and beef they raise themselves face an increased risk of cancer if their fields were ...

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

Faced with a silent but widespread threat to public health, environmental groups applauded the Biden administration for ...

Last week, there was significant news in the PFAS realm when the EPA announced its long-awaited draft risk assessment with ...

There’s a new environmentally charged uproar in Brunswick, and potentially toxic wastewater sludge is right at the center of ...

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

So far, tests have revealed 82 farms have varying levels of contamination with the "forever chemicals." But one state ...

Sewer Sludge Is Dangerous to Health, EPA Says of Biosolids and PFAS By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Sewer sludge from wastewater treatment plants ...

Farmer on a tractor with a sprayer makes fertilizer for young vegetables Sewer sludge can expose people to harmful levels of PFAS “forever chemicals” PFAS chemicals get into the sludge through ...

This sludge -- which is sometimes applied to farmland as fertilizer -- can contain high levels of chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, the EPA concluded in its review.