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

Last week, there was significant news in the PFAS realm when the EPA announced its long-awaited draft risk assessment with respect to PFOA and PFOS in sewer sludge from two popular methods of ...

Levels of PFAS in sewage sludge used as fertilizer can pose risks that sometimes exceed safety thresholds “by several orders ...

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

Chemicals found in sewage sludge that some farmers use to fertilize fields and pastures can pose a threat to human and animal ...

The E.P.A.’s report follows a growing body of research that has found that sludge can be contaminated with human-made ...

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

As part of the agency’s efforts to regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the EPA released a draft risk assessment for use of ...

Fertilizers that contain treated sewage tainted with toxic PFAS chemicals can be spread on farmland and pose a health risk to ...

The solids need to be disposed of and can make a nutrient-rich sludge often spread on farm fields. The agency now says those solids often contain toxic, lasting PFAS that treatment plants cannot ...

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