Contaminants Compass” is a monthly newsletter that provides updates, legal observations and actionable tips to navigate the evolving legal ...

Mira Rojanasakul’s piece for The New York Times paints an overarching, albeit grim, picture of the homeowners landscape. The ...

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

A widely praised novel several years ago foretold some of what we’re witnessing today—but got the political response very, ...

Exposure to food from farms that use the sewage sludge can raise a person’s risk of developing cancer or other health ...

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

Washington, DC – On Tuesday, EPA released a long-awaited draft report demonstrating that toxic "forever chemicals" in sewage ...

This risk assessment is not independently enforceable and, once final, will inform EPA’s future actions to reduce risk from PFOA and PFOS in biosolids. Public comments on the draft risk assessment ...

The findings are particularly relevant for northeast Illinois, where more than 777,000 tons of sludge from Chicago and Cook ...

Environmental advocates are calling for a ban the use of sewage sludge as fertilizer. An EPA draft report found that there ...

Bobbie Lamb, 57, of the 4000 block of Grant Street, signed a plea deal filed Sept. 24 for level 1 felony child molesting. He faced 20 to 40 years. Court records show it happened at a Gary home between ...

Fertilizers that contain treated sewage tainted with toxic PFAS chemicals can pose a health risk to people who consume milk, ...