Chemicals that can be found in sewage sludge used as fertilizer may pose a risk to human health, according to a new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report. The EPA detailed its findings in a ...

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 Environmental Protection Agency warned Tuesday in a first-of-its-kind study that “forever chemicals” in sewage sludge that’s used as fertilizer on farms across the country poses health ...

A U.S. government study warning of potentially dangerous levels of “forever chemicals” in sewage sludge sold as fertilizer is raising concern among some experts in Canada, who say more needs ...

Fertilizers that contain treated sewage ... higher than suspected and could pose risks to human health. Called “forever chemicals” because they don’t break down in the environment, PFAS ...

have limited or banned the use of PFAS-contaminated fertilizers made from sewage. The EPA said officials monitor the food supply to protect people from exposure to forever chemicals.

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

A small number of states including Maine and Connecticut have limited or banned the use of PFAS-contaminated fertilizers made from sewage. The EPA said officials monitor the food supply to protect ...

Officials at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago have known their sludge fertilizer is contaminated with forever chemicals since at least 2011, the Chicago Tribune ...

The contaminated waste is at the root of recent concerns over the “forever chemicals” that have been found in fertilizer made from sewage sludge, which is a byproduct of wastewater treatment.

Environmental regulators and health officials in New Mexico are warning hunters that harmful chemicals known to cause cancer ...