Jan 14, 2025 · Fertilizers that contain treated sewage tainted with toxic PFAS chemicals can be spread on farmland and pose a health risk to people who consume milk, eggs and beef, the agency says.

Jan 14, 2025 · But for the first time, the E.P.A. said on Tuesday that the “forever chemicals” in sewage sludge can pose human health risks. Its extensive draft risk assessment found that, while the general ...

Jan 14, 2025 · For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday warned that “forever chemicals” present in sewage sludge that is used as fertilizer can pose human health risks.

Jan 14, 2025 · 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.

Jan 16, 2025 · The chemicals – per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – contaminate wastewater treatment plant sludge that for decades, at EPA's urging, has been applied as cheap fertilizer to many millions of acres of pasture and cropland.

Jan 15, 2025 · Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been manufactured and used by a broad range of industries since the 1940s, and there are estimated to be thousands of PFAS present in the global marketplace that are used in many consumer, commercial and industrial products. Multiple activities still result in PFAS being released to wastewater treatment plants.

Jan 14, 2025 · Nearly 70 million acres of U.S. farmland could be contaminated by the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, according to estimates from biosolids industry groups. This contamination stems from the widespread use of sewage sludge as fertilizer.

2 days ago · For the first time, the EPA acknowledged risks posed by “forever chemicals” in biosolids, or treated sewage sludge. On Jan. 14, shortly before Trump’s inauguration, the EPA issued a risk assessment concluding that “there may be human health risks associated with exposure to the ‘forever chemicals’” in biosolids.

Jan 19, 2025 · Chemicals known as PFOA and PFOS that can be found in sewage sludge used as fertilizer may pose a risk to human health, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says.

Jan 14, 2025 · Sewage sludge, a byproduct of the wastewater treatment process, has been found to contaminate farmland and its products with "forever chemicals,” the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says in a draft risk assessment released Tuesday.