UTICA — About 45 minutes southwest of Jackson, sits the small, sleepy town of Utica. With just under 800 residents according to the 2021 census, it falls on the edge of Hinds County, near the Copiah ...

A farmer from South Carolina says others are using sludge as fertilizer to enrich agricultural fields, despite the potential ...

A company controlled by Goldman Sachs is helping to lead a lobbying effort by makers of fertilizer linked to “forever chemicals.” A Philadelphia fertilizer factory run by Synagro, which is controlled ...

Jan. 14—Forever chemicals in sewage-based fertilizer spread on pastures can increase cancer risks for people who consume milk, beef, eggs and other products from those farms, with some risks ...

The Times dug into the widespread use of sewage sludge as fertilizer, which is sometimes heavily contaminated by “forever chemicals.” By Hiroko Tabuchi For decades, the government has encouraged ...

Sewer water is filtered through the final clarifiers before it's chlorinated and pumped back into Lake Ontario. The Town of Webster Sewer Department is upgrading its wastewater treatment plant to ...

The waste sludge contained nutrients that would make crops flourish — and, unlike commercial fertilizer, it wouldn’t cost the family a dime. So the O’Neals, like other farmers in their community, ...

The Environment Protection Agency released a report that finds chemicals in sewage sludge fertilizer can cause cancer. People at risk are those who eat or drink goods that contain these harmful ...

Synagro, a waste recycling company owned by Goldman Sachs, is lobbying Congress to shield the sludge manufacturer from being subjected to lawsuits over synthetic chemicals contaminating farmlands. In ...

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