EPA study questions safety of sewage sludge as fertilizer. Will it impact Charlotte Water?
Sludge generated by Charlotte Water plants is recycled on more than 17,000 acres of private farmland in North and South ...
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How your food and water could be contaminated by sewage spread on UK farms
New evidence has emerged of threats to the environment and human health posed by around 170,000 truckloads of sludge spread ...
Texas County Declares an Emergency Over Toxic Fertilizer
Johnson County is seeking federal assistance, saying its farmland has become dangerously contaminated with “forever chemicals ...
Charlotte Water evaluates health risks of sewage sludge used as farmland fertilizer
A new report is highlighting the potential health risks of using sewage sludge as farmland fertilizer. According to the ...
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Sludge laced with PFAS goes on Virginia's farms. Fishermen fear the run-off.
Watermen are asking state agencies to pause the practice of using sewage sludge as fertilizer. They worry that toxic “forever ...
Forever chemicals in sewage sludge: A growing contamination crisis
A new EPA report warns that PFAS in biosolids may contaminate water and food. In NC, past use as fertilizer threatens ...
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Special Report: Sewage sludge ‘poisoned’ drinking wells in Steuben County, neighbors say
Leslie Smith, better known as Skip, no longer drinks the water from his well. The 69-year-old retired veteran says he can’t after tests found dangerous contaminants in it that he says came from the ...
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Fort Worth sewage sludge fertilizer leads Johnson County to declare ‘state of disaster’
They believe those issues are connected to biosolids fertilizer, made from Fort Worth’s sewage sludge, that was applied to nearby farmland. Now, commissioners say the 200,000-resident county south of ...