Farm families that consume milk, eggs and beef they raise themselves face an increased risk of cancer if their fields were fertilized with PFAS-laced sewage sludge, the EPA reported this week. The ...

The clash was probably predictable. Take a more than 125-year-old, 122-acre farm increasingly isolated among new Columbus area homes and subdivisions, including a country club and a metro park. Add in ...

Darlington County’s Robbie O’Neal has been outspoken about how unsuspecting farmers who used sludge as fertilizer later ...

Biosolids could fertilize crops if we can safely manage PFAS and get over the “ick factor,” learn about biosolids fertilizer pros & cons. For farmers and growers, the macronutrient nitrogen has ...

On a placid day three decades ago, men from a local textile factory spent hours at the O’Neal family’s farm, pitching a plan they said could save money on the cost of fertilizing crops. The idea was ...

This month, for the 2024 growing season, the Nazareth Borough Municipal Authority had hoped to begin spreading sewage sludge called biosolids as fertilizer on a Plainfield Township farm it purchased ...

A truck carrying a load of Synagro biosolids fertilizer product enters an Alabama farm where the product will be applied. (Gabriel Tynes / Courthouse News Service) ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ala. (CN) — On a ...

The Environment Protection Agency released a report that finds chemicals in sewage sludge fertilizer can cause cancer. People at risk are those who eat or drink goods that contain these harmful ...

BALTIMORE, Maryland, February 23, 2024 (ENS) – A product liability lawsuit has been filed against a major manufacturer of biosolids-based fertilizer produced from sewage sludge. The lawsuit seeks ...

UTICA — About 45 minutes southwest of Jackson, sits the small, sleepy town of Utica. With just under 800 residents according to the 2021 census, it falls on the edge of Hinds County, near the Copiah ...

New Scotland Town Supervisor and eighth-generation dairy farmer Douglas LaGrange speaks before County Executive Daniel P. McCoy, left, signs an executive order placing a moratorium on the use of ...