Michigan is a state where one of the byproducts of the wastewater treatment process can legally be used as a fertilizer on ...

A significant change is the regulation of toxins in drinking water or so-called “forever chemicals” that can build up in the environment and our bodies.

New information published by the Environmental Protection Agency this month revealed that dangerous amounts of the toxic chemical PFOS are spread across Colorado lands as fertilizer. The EPA’s new ...

The biological removal of nutrients, also known as biological nutrient removal (BNR) is a process involving microorganisms ...

As part of the agency’s efforts to regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the EPA released a draft risk assessment for use of ...

The Rundown EPA releases draft health risk assessment for two PFAS in biosolids. EPA publishes final toxicity review for ...

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.

Sewer sludge from wastewater treatment plants appears to expose farmers and nearby neighbors to toxic "forever" chemicals, a ...

A widely praised novel several years ago foretold some of what we’re witnessing today—but got the political response very, ...

Exposure to food from farms that use the sewage sludge can raise a person’s risk of developing cancer or other health ...

Mira Rojanasakul’s piece for The New York Times paints an overarching, albeit grim, picture of the homeowners landscape. The ...