A fertilizer used for decades by U.S. farms contains toxic chemicals that are being blamed for halting agricultural operations, killing animals, and endangering our food supply. Across the United ...

The General Assembly is zeroing in on industrial sludge regulations with discussions on a cross-filed bill that would require a permit for its storage and use. The Industrial Sludge Utilization Permit ...

Darlington County’s Robbie O’Neal has been outspoken about how unsuspecting farmers who used sludge as fertilizer later ...

A tractor applies biosolids to a field next to the Wakarusa Wastewater Treatment Plant on February 22, 2025. In Lawrence, officials don’t think there’s much risk of harmful chemicals getting into the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

A group representing organic farmers in Maine has announced it will sue the Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Water Act for the agency’s failure to protect their land, crops, and ...

The organization obtained records that it said show effluent and solid waste produced by wastewater treatment plants contain hazardous manmade chemicals A Capital Region sewer treatment plant. The ...

GRANBY -- About a year after Blair Powell built his dream home in the southwest Missouri Ozarks, a noxious smell wafting from the farm next door ruined his son's wedding reception in their backyard.

Synagro, a waste recycling company owned by Goldman Sachs, is lobbying Congress to shield the sludge manufacturer from being subjected to lawsuits over synthetic chemicals contaminating farmlands. In ...