The E.P.A.’s report follows a growing body of research that has found that sludge can be contaminated with human-made ...

The findings are particularly relevant for northeast Illinois, where more than 777,000 tons of sludge from Chicago and Cook ...

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

Farmers who use sewage sludge as fertilizer and their neighbors face higher risks of cancer and other diseases, according to ...

Washington, DC – On Tuesday, EPA released a long-awaited draft report demonstrating that toxic "forever chemicals" in sewage ...

The EPA said the findings of the report underscore the need to remove PFAS at the source, before the toxic chemicals would end up in the sewage sludge. Some ways to eliminate forever chemicals ...

CHICAGO — Farmers who use sewage sludge as fertilizer ... according to a new federal analysis that pins the blame on toxic forever chemicals. The findings are particularly relevant for northeast ...

Harmful chemicals in sewage sludge spread on pasture as fertilizer pose a risk to people who regularly consume milk, beef and ...

Sewage sludge used as fertilizer across the U.S. may contain unsafe levels of “forever chemicals,” posing risks to those who live near agricultural sites or consume crops they produce ...

Sewage sludge, a byproduct of the wastewater treatment process, has been found to contaminate farmland and its products with "forever chemicals,” the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says in a ...