The E.P.A.’s report follows a growing body of research that has found that sludge can be contaminated with human-made ...

The EPA said the findings of the report underscore the need to remove PFAS at the source, before the toxic chemicals would end up in the sewage sludge. Some ways to eliminate forever chemicals would ...

Farmers who use sewage sludge as fertilizer and their neighbors face higher risks of cancer and other diseases, according to a new federal analysis that pins the blame on toxic forever chemicals. The ...

By Hiroko Tabuchi 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 ...

The findings are particularly relevant for northeast Illinois, where more than 777,000 tons of sludge from Chicago and Cook ...

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.

In a recent report, the Environmental Protection Agency says “forever chemicals” are present in sewage sludge.

Brunswick resident Sandra Carslick said she and her neighbors have been living in a “bad dream” for the five months since ...

Sewer sludge from wastewater treatment plants appears to expose farmers and nearby neighbors to toxic "forever" chemicals, a ...

The EPA said the findings of the report underscore the need to remove PFAS at the source, before the toxic chemicals would end up in the sewage sludge. Some ways to eliminate forever chemicals ...

CHICAGO — Farmers who use sewage sludge as fertilizer ... according to a new federal analysis that pins the blame on toxic forever chemicals. The findings are particularly relevant for northeast ...

The EPA said the findings of the report underscore the need to remove PFAS at the source, before the toxic chemicals would end up in the sewage sludge. Some ways to eliminate forever chemicals ...