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

Lawmakers in Albany say sewage sludge, or waste collected in homes and factories that's used as a fertilizer alternative, could permanently ruin New York farmland and harm human health.

State lawmakers nearly passed legislation that would have placed a five-year moratorium on the use of biosolids, which are ...

Environmental advocates are calling for a ban the use of sewage sludge as fertilizer. An EPA draft report found that there may be health risks associated with exposure to PFAS "forever chemicals ...

Oregon lawmakers have passed a bill funding a study of the "forever chemical" PFAS in agricultural fields fertilized with sewage sludge.

SIAAP (Greater Paris Sanitation Authority) and SUEZ have officially inaugurated a new state-of-the-art biogas production unit ...

In Westmoreland, a rural county in the Northern Neck, Synagro has reported applying sludge from 16 wastewater treatment plants in Maryland, all from facilities that have reported PFAS contamination.

In certain scenarios, the assessment found, even a single application of sewage sludge could result in human health risks surpassing EPA's cancer risk level of 1 in 100,000, meaning that for every ...

A product used on farms across New York, produced at a facility in Chateaugay, was nearly banned for use on agricultural land ...

Biosolids aren't tested for forever chemicals before being used as fertilizer in Florida. Testing requirements would help ...