Their Fertilizer Poisons Farmland. Now, They Want Protection From Lawsuits.

By Hiroko Tabuchi | The New York Times | December 6, 2024

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"For decades, a little-known company now owned by a Goldman Sachs fund has been making millions of dollars from the unlikely dregs of American life: sewage sludge.

The company, Synagro, sells farmers treated sludge from factories and homes to use as fertilizer. But that fertilizer, also known as biosolids, can contain harmful “forever chemicals” known as PFAS linked to serious health problems including cancer and birth defects.

Farmers are starting to find the chemicals contaminating their land, water, crops and livestock. Just this year, two common types of PFAS were declared hazardous substances by the Environmental Protection Agency under the Superfund law."

Topics:

• ChemicalsPFAS
• Environment
• Wildlife
• ImpactAgriculture
• Affected community
• Health
• Measurement Techniques
• Monitoring Data
• PFAS Uses