For years a textile mill gave farmers its sewage sludge as free fertilizer. Today the land is full of “forever chemicals.” ...

Off spec” liquid from Winston Weaver fertilizer fire that was applied on a nearby farm field contained toxic PFAS.

A bill in Washington would require wastewater facility operators to test PFAS levels in their biosolids. It’s the latest ...

Microbes in the Gowanus sediment have evolved methods of coping with and even subsisting off of the contamination, according ...

Despite it all, there’s a thriving miniature ecosystem of billions of microbes just atop the sediment. What’s more, ...

The EPA has warned that PFAS in sludge can contaminate crops, soil, and groundwater, creating a direct pathway from ...

A bill would expand the public water system to Fairfield residents whose private wells have been contaminated by toxic ...