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

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

Harmful chemicals in sewage sludge that is spread on pasture land as fertilizer are causing cancer, the Environmental ...

Chemicals found in sewage sludge that some farmers use to fertilize fields and pastures can pose a threat to human and animal ...

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

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 ...

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 ...