The solids need to be disposed of and can make a nutrient-rich sludge often spread on farm fields. The agency now says those solids often contain toxic, lasting PFAS that treatment plants cannot ...

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Municipal, Federal and Industrial Backlog and Pipeline of $1.8 Billion for Organic Waste Destruction ... substances (PFAS) chemicals in biosolids, also known as sewage sludge.

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The solids need to be disposed of and can make a nutrient-rich sludge often spread on farm fields. The agency now says those solids often contain toxic, lasting PFAS that treatment plants cannot ...

Sewer Sludge Is Dangerous to Health, EPA Says of Biosolids and PFAS By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Sewer sludge from wastewater treatment plants ...

This sludge—which is sometimes applied to farmland as fertilizer—can contain high levels of chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, the EPA concluded in its review.

Yet the chemicals — also known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS — are not regulated in sludge fertilizer by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA continues to promote ...

He became the first Maine farm to close due to PFAS. In 2022, Maine banned sludge spreading, and is now investigating PFAS in retail products and landfills. With hundreds of sludge sites left to ...

Wastewater treatment plants do not remove PFAS; much of it ends up in the sludge, which is often recycled into fertilizer. The Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant, which manages sewage from 43 ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (E.P.A.) released a report Tuesday warning exposure to sewage sludge containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, could pose risk of human health.