The strategy behind Maine lawsuits against chemical giants

Maine lawsuits have added to the thousands nationwide against 3M, DuPont and 18 more companies that made PFAS or sold ...

Oklahoma lawmakers can no longer afford to ignore the risks associated with sewage spread

For decades, farmers across America have been encouraged by the federal government and state officials to spread municipal ...
Baltimore Brew

Amid worsening odor from the Back River plant, reports that sewage sludge has been backing up again

Community members are concerned biosolids are being stored on the ground and washing into the river. Documents show the plant stopped processing the material onsite months ago.
WSLS 10

Sewage sludge can find a second life on farm fields. Here's how it's made

What goes down your toilet can end up on farm fields across the United States. Biosolids, or sewage sludge, are the solid byproducts of the wastewater treatment process. Rich in nutrients, they can be ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Sewage sludge chemicals pose risk

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

Sewage sludge can end up as fertilizer on farm fields. Here's what to know about biosolids.

WASHINGTON — What goes down your toilet can end up on farm fields across the United States. Biosolids, or sewage sludge, are the solid byproducts of the wastewater treatment process. Rich in nutrients ...

Maryland knows PFAS are dangerous — so why allow them on farmland? | GUEST COMMENTARY

Opinion: Maryland lawmakers know of the danger of forever chemicals such as PFAS. Now they need to move past temporary fixes ...
PBS

Can New York keep sewage sludge out of our food system?

NY sludge fertilizer ban dies in Assembly amid PFAS fears, industry pushback, and rural concerns. A New York Senate bill to ban sewage sludge as farm fertilizer, citing PFAS contamination risks, ...