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The Dirty Truth About Sewage Sludge on Our Farms
Most of us have never heard of “biosolids”—but it’s time we do. Also known as sewage sludge, this is the concentrated waste from treatment plants that contains not just human waste, but pharmaceuticals, microplastics, PFAS “forever chemicals,” and industrial byproducts. And in many states, it’s being spread on farmland as fertilizer.
In this short episode, Wes Gillingham explains:
What sewage sludge actually is and how it’s classified.
Why PFAS and other contaminants make sludge far more dangerous than it sounds.
How sludge moves from treatment plants onto hay fields, into milk, and back into…
The skinny
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