These so-called “forever chemicals” don’t break down in ... Her concern stems from a newly released EPA Draft Sewage Sludge Risk Assessment, which found that PFAS chemicals, particularly ...

Johnson County is seeking federal assistance, saying its farmland has become dangerously contaminated with “forever chemicals” from the use of fertilizer made from sewage sludge. By Hiroko ...

The state tapped its PFAS relief fund to spend $333,000 to buy a Palermo hay field where sewage sludge was once spread as ...

Your plants might love fertilizers containing nutrient-rich sewage sludge, but treating your garden or lawn with these products could be exposing you to “forever chemicals.” Some commercially ...

Watermen are asking state agencies to pause the practice of using sewage sludge as fertilizer. They worry that toxic “forever ...

A new EPA report warns that PFAS in biosolids may contaminate water and food. In NC, past use as fertilizer threatens drinking water in the Triangle, leaving communities without clear solutions. A ...

Despite the lack of guidance from EPA on how to handle PFAS in sewage sludge, Michigan implemented an interim strategy to ...

Canada will designate most PFAS chemicals as toxic, a major step in a years-long effort to reduce the use of the so-called ...

Michigan's use of biosolids as fertilizer poses contamination risks from forever chemicals, highlighting safety and research ...

alleging the agency failed to regulate forever chemicals. The farmers are also suing Synagro Technologies Inc. and its Texas subsidiary, which manufactures fertilizer made from sewage sludge.

The proposed three-part regulatory process for per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) will take years and could include exemptions ...