"This issue should and could have been sorted out years ago." Advocates demand action on 'sewage sludge' issue on farmlands: ...

Biosolids aren't tested for forever chemicals before being used as fertilizer in Florida. Testing requirements would help ...

And reusing sewage sludge as fertilizer has its benefits. It is rich in nutrients. And spreading it on fields cuts down on the need to incinerate it or put it in landfills, ...

Chemicals found in sewage sludge that some farmers use to fertilize fields and pastures can pose a threat to human and animal health, the US Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday.

A bill that would have put a five-year moratorium on the use of sewage sludge on farmland did not pass the New York state ...

Sewage sludge, known in the industry as biosolids, is a by-product of wastewater treatment that has been used as a nutrient-rich, inexpensive fertilizer for farmers.

Oregon lawmakers have passed a bill funding a study of the "forever chemical" PFAS in agricultural fields fertilized with ...

The “ land application” of sewage sludge has been promoted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) since 1993 as the preferred method for the disposal of this by-product of municipal ...

Currently, sewage sludge is disposed of via landfills and incineration as well as land application. According to the EPA, about half of all sewage sludge is applied to land, but it is only applied ...

Sludge and compost from the Chicago-area sewage district would fail to meet the Maine standards as well. A field in Will County that once received sludge from the Metropolitan Water Reclamation ...

These sewage sludge fertilizers “aren’t safe enough for farms in Maryland, so they’re coming to Virginia,” said Dean Naujoks of the Potomac Riverkeeper Network, ...

Besides a backup power plant Newark says is needed for storm-related power outages, a seawall has started to take shape at ...