Most people are familiar with the importance of oil for the internal combustion engines that power our modern vehicles. The petroleum-based fluid is designed to provide lubrication to the vast amount ...

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Alex Kuffner of The Providence Journal joined “Behind the Story” this week to discuss the growing issue of sewage sludge disposal and where to put it in New England.

Maine was the first state in the nation to ban the use of sludge as a fertilizer. Now, the Maine Organic Farmers And Gardeners Association plans to take the EPA to court over farmland lost to forever ...

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 ...

The recent legislative session of the Maryland General Assembly successfully took aim at the environmental impacts of industrial sludge in the state, especially on the heavily agricultural Eastern ...

Levels of PFAS in sewage sludge used as fertilizer can pose risks that sometimes exceed safety thresholds “by several orders of magnitude,” the agency said. By Hiroko Tabuchi For the first time, the ...