Public wastewater systems throughout the state, including those in Salem and Eugene, offer biosolids to farmers to fertilize fields.

damage to the liver, and some cancers like kidney and testicular cancer. Last year, the EPA announced drinking water limits for six different PFAS chemicals. Sewers send wastewater produced by ...

Sludge is the settled solids in the wastewater treatment tanks. Due to gravity, the solids, that are chemicals, settle at the bottom of the tanks. Different terminologies are associated with sludge ...

Liver cancer is uncommon in the United States, but it is common worldwide due to risk factors such as chronic hepatitis B and C infections and exposure to aflatoxin (toxins produced by a certain ...

Elevated liver enzymes can occur for many reasons. Most often, elevated liver enzymes are temporary and resolve on their own without treatment. Occasionally, elevated liver enzymes require additional ...

Sewer sludge from wastewater treatment plants appears ... increased cholesterol and blood pressure, damage to the liver, and some cancers like kidney and testicular cancer. Last year, the EPA ...

For decades, the biosolids industry has recycled human and industrial waste into organic fertilizer for large-scale ...

CHICAGO — Farmers who use sewage sludge as fertilizer ... PFAS can trigger testicular and kidney cancer, birth defects, liver damage, impaired fertility, immune system disorders, high ...

How to understand the E.P.A.’s new warning about PFAS levels in sewage sludge. By Hiroko Tabuchi (Editors note: We are continuing to cover the Los Angeles fires. Scroll down for more on the latest.) ...

CHICAGO — Farmers who use sewage sludge as fertilizer and their neighbors ... trigger testicular and kidney cancer, birth defects, liver damage, impaired fertility, immune system disorders ...