Chemicals known as PFOA and PFOS that can be found in sewage sludge used as fertilizer may pose a risk to human health, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

While the agency asserts that the general food supply isn’t threatened, the contaminated fertilizer contained PFAS levels that exceeded the EPA’s safety thresholds, “sometimes by several orders of ...

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 ...

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.

Jan. 14—Forever chemicals in sewage-based fertilizer spread on pastures can increase cancer risks for people who consume milk, beef, eggs and other products from those farms, with some risks ...