Chemicals found in sewage sludge that some farmers use to fertilize fields and pastures can pose a threat to human and animal health, the US Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday.

In the U.S., these biosolids (also known as “sludge”) left over after municipal wastewater treatment are routinely spread on farm fields ... more than 86,000 chemicals used in the U.S. most ...

included chemicals which persist in the environment and are potential cancer triggers. Four of the most hazardous - PCBs, dioxins, dieldrin and toxaphene - were used to calculate consumption ...

A recent report shows most of this waste is contaminated with PFAS, so-called “forever chemicals ... s approach is to use testing to keep contaminated sludge off the farm.

(CNN) — Chemicals found in ... lake or pond contaminated by farm runoff, or people who drink at least a quart of milk a day from cows raised on pastures that use sewage sludge, according to ...

The findings are particularly relevant for northeast Illinois, where more than 777,000 tons of sludge from Chicago and Cook ...