Even if our state did work to protect our farmland, as in Maine and Vermont, we New Yorkers are still drinking milk from other states and eating produce from other states. Cows that graze on land ...

"It can run into the groundwater, go back into people." Researchers ignored after making 'startling discovery' about widely ...

PFAS could be the rare environmental issue that gets addressed this term.

More states are considering policies this year to tackle "forever chemicals," which can last for thousands of years in the ...

AUGUSTA, Maine — Lawmakers in Augusta are considering a bill to establish limits for PFAS chemicals in produce grown by Maine ...

What does the new EPA warning about PFAS-laden sludge in fertilizer mean for home gardeners? Here’s what you need to know.

This is a public service announcement to any farmer who either has fertilized their crops with sewage sludge or is ...

Columnist Shannon Brennan writes that farm families in the Lynchburg area are at risk of getting sick from forever chemicals ...

The proposal to bond funding for grants to help local sewer districts tackle the statewide sludge-disposal problem needs ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its Draft Sewage Sludge Risk Assessment on January 14, 2025, for ...

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

Brunswick resident Sandra Carslick said she and her neighbors have been living in a “bad dream” for the five months since ...