Articles, Reports & Webinars

Waste Land: America’s farmland is spread with sludge as concerns rise about contaminants
Source: Columbia Missourian
Contains an excellent interactive graphic timeline called “A Recent History of Sludge”

Biosolid Biohazard: EPA Sued for Failing to Protect Farmers and Public from PFAS-Contaminated Biosolids. Source: Beyond Pesticides

New bill could bail out US farmers ruined by ‘forever chemical’ pollution Source: The Guardian

Texas farmers claim company sold them PFAS-contaminated sludge that killed livestock Source: The Guardian

Legal action could end use of toxic sewage sludge on US crops as fertilizer. Source: The Guardian

EPA Flees Biosolids Contamination Crisis. Source: Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)

Something’s Poisoning America’s Land. Farmers Fear ‘Forever’ Chemicals. Source: New York Times (paywall)

What We Know (and Don’t Know) About ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Food. Source: New York Times (paywall)

Their Fertilizer Poisons Farmland. Now They Want Protection from Lawsuits. Source: New York Times (paywall)

The E.P.A. Promotes Toxic Fertilizer. 3M Told It of Risks Years Ago. Source: New York Times (paywall)

Maine Warns Hunters to Throw Out Deer and Turkey Meat After Tests Reveal High Levels of Forever Chemicals in Some Areas. Source: Outdoor Life

PFAS clean up could cost Virginia public water systems millions for years to come. Source: Virginia Mercury

Bills requiring identification of ‘forever chemical’ sources advancing through legislature. Source: Virginia Mercury

Is sewage sludge laced with ‘forever chemicals’ contaminating Va. farmland? No one’s testing it. Source: Virginia Mercury

Virginia water regulators begin process of identifying PFAS sources. Source: Virginia Mercury

PFAS and microplastics become more toxic when combined, research shows Source: The Guardian

Fury over ‘forever chemicals’ as US states spread toxic sewage sludge. Source: The Guardian

Biosolids: mix human waste with toxic chemicals, then spread on crops. Source: The Guardian

Sludge in the Garden. Source: The Sierra Club

Threats of PFAS in Virginia Waters. Webinar by Wild Virginia

RACC Virtual Seminar Series Recording: “PFAS: Forever Chemicals, Their Health Effects, and What We Can Do”. Webinar with Toxicologist Joe DiNardo by Rockbridge Area Conservation

PFAS, Sewage Sludge & Farmlands. Webinar with a farmer and a legislator from Maine by a coalition of five environmental groups

Saving Farmland: Battling Toxic PFAS in Biosolids in Texas and Beyond. Webinar by PEER

Devastation on the Ranch. Video interview of Texas farmers by PEER

Texas ranchers say ‘forever chemicals’ in waste-based fertilizers ruined their land. News story by WFAA

Company applies to spread biosolids on Scottsville farms. Source: C’Ville Tomorrow

Sludge Application in Albemarle County, VA. Source: SourceWatch

Our Day in Court on Sewage Sludge. Source: Potomac Riverkeepers Network

Sludge in the News. Source: SourceWatch

As biosolids applications begin, practice still has champions and detractors. Source: C’Ville Tomorrow

Biosolids. Source: CvillePedia

Landowners concerned about dumping of DC sewage in Albemarle. Source: C’ville Tomorrow

About Sewage Sludge. Source: Sludge News