Farm families that consume milk, eggs and beef they raise themselves face an increased risk of cancer if their fields were fertilized with PFAS-laced sewage sludge, the EPA reported this week. The ...

Biosolids could fertilize crops if we can safely manage PFAS and get over the “ick factor,” learn about biosolids fertilizer pros & cons. For farmers and growers, the macronutrient nitrogen has ...

The clash was probably predictable. Take a more than 125-year-old, 122-acre farm increasingly isolated among new Columbus area homes and subdivisions, including a country club and a metro park. Add in ...

This month, for the 2024 growing season, the Nazareth Borough Municipal Authority had hoped to begin spreading sewage sludge called biosolids as fertilizer on a Plainfield Township farm it purchased ...

Sewage being treated at the San Antonio Water System's Steven M. Clouse Water Recycling Center in San Antonio on Aug. 23, 2024. Credit: Chris Stokes for The Texas Tribune The U.S. Environmental ...

The Environment Protection Agency released a report that finds chemicals in sewage sludge fertilizer can cause cancer. People at risk are those who eat or drink goods that contain these harmful ...

BALTIMORE, Maryland, February 23, 2024 (ENS) – A product liability lawsuit has been filed against a major manufacturer of biosolids-based fertilizer produced from sewage sludge. The lawsuit seeks ...

Environmental group Save Carbon County is hoping to raise awareness about the use of sewer sludge, known as biosolids, as fertilizer. "We personally feel that sewage sludge does not belong on farm ...

New Scotland Town Supervisor and eighth-generation dairy farmer Douglas LaGrange speaks before County Executive Daniel P. McCoy, left, signs an executive order placing a moratorium on the use of ...

Harmful chemicals in sewage sludge that is spread on pasture land as fertilizer are causing cancer, the Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday. The risk is highest for people who regularly ...