Brunswick resident Sandra Carslick said she and her neighbors have been living in a “bad dream” for the five months since ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its Draft Sewage Sludge Risk Assessment on January 14, 2025, for ...

Sewer sludge from wastewater treatment plants appears to expose farmers and nearby neighbors to toxic “forever” chemic ...

Last week, there was significant news in the PFAS realm when the EPA announced its long-awaited draft risk assessment with ...

Moreover, the study finds that amounts of PFAS in the sludge can exceed the EPA’s acceptable threshold “sometimes by several orders of magnitude.” “This draft assessment provides important ...

Harmful chemicals in sewage sludge that is spread on pasture land as fertilizer are causing cancer, the Environmental ...

This sludge—which is sometimes applied to farmland as fertilizer—can contain high levels of chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, the EPA concluded in its review.

The Trump administration has scrapped a plan that would have limited how much PFAS manufacturers can dump into the ...

Over the last decade, Maine has spent more than $100 million as it became a national leader in the fight against harmful forever chemicals, but dwindling funds will soon force state officials to make ...

Sewer Sludge Is Dangerous to Health, EPA Says of Biosolids and PFAS By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Sewer sludge from wastewater treatment plants ...

There’s a new environmentally charged uproar in Brunswick, and potentially toxic wastewater sludge is right at the center of ...