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. Exposure to ...

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. Sludge, ...

A state study found PFAS in sewage sludge, soil and water across North Carolina. Despite widespread use on farmland, there are no limits or required testing for the chemicals.

The Times dug into the widespread use of sewage sludge as fertilizer, which is sometimes heavily contaminated by “forever chemicals.” By Hiroko Tabuchi For decades, the government has encouraged ...

The Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant is a pollution success story. Over the last several decades, it transformed Boston Harbor from a nationally embarrassing cesspool into a swimmable bay. The ...

Levels of PFAS in sewage sludge used as fertilizer can pose risks that sometimes exceed safety thresholds “by several orders of magnitude,” the agency said. By Hiroko Tabuchi For the first time, the ...

For years, farmers across South Carolina have used sludge from factories and sewage plants to fertilize the fields where crops grow and cattle graze. Applied to thousands of acres since the 1990s, the ...

Given that previous studies have neglected the potential mechanism of the difference in aluminum content affecting the activated sludge system, the research team from Wuhan University of Technology ...

Companies like Merrell Bros. turn Florida’s sewage into fertilizer. Director of Florida Operations Charles “Red” Vancura stands inside one of the company’s greenhouses in Spring Hill, Florida, on Nov.