This risk assessment is not independently enforceable and, once final, will inform EPA’s future actions to reduce risk from PFOA and PFOS in biosolids. Public comments on the draft risk assessment ...

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 coalition of 18 state attorneys general, led by Kwame Raoul, supports an EPA rule establishing the first nationwide ...

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

Farm families that consume milk, eggs and beef they raise themselves face an increased risk of cancer if their fields were ...

The risk assessment focuses on those living near impacted farms, or those that rely primarily on their products, and doesn’t assess the general population.

"We've been focused on a small subset of these chemicals, but that's just the tip of the iceberg," a researcher said.

MILWAUKEE – Mounting concern about chemical contaminants in sewage sludge, a waste product widely seen as recyclable and ...

The report on the review of the Pease clean-up also details the Air Force’s installation of the Airfield Interim Mitigation ...

Heavy concentrations of PFAS in the groundwater beneath the Cadillac industrial park have sparked concern and dozens of ...

The U.S. EPA has released a draft risk assessment, or scientific evaluation of the potential human health risks associated ...