The federal government has been relatively quiet on the issue of PFAS contamination from sewage sludge spread on farmland.

Anyone who has driven through New York’s abundant agricultural regions is aware of the agricultural practice of manure spreading. Done responsibly, ...

A reader who regularly drives Route 254 from Staunton to Waynesboro noticed a sign a couple of months ago advertising a something called a “biosolids land application” at a farm near the highway’s ...

Vallerie Steele, of Fairview, is a member of a local residents group called SLUDGE, or Stop Land Use Damaging our Ground and Environment. She said an Arkansas company, Denali Water Solutions, has ...

Some environmental groups have called for tougher rules on treated sewage sludge, which can harm soil and water quality.

Nov. 13—The company that has been cited in Newton and McDonald counties for overapplication of sludge on farm fields and for problems with storage lagoons in Southwest Missouri has been fined by the ...

Molly Trembley, an environmental engineer with the state Department of Environmental Conservation delivers a presentation on Dec. 4, 2024 to the Steuben County Legislature's Agriculture, Industry and ...

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is struggling to regulate the land application of industrial food waste as permit applications pile up and concerned residents demand stricter controls.

A sign advertising a “biosolids land application” at a property on Route 254 in Augusta County caught the attention of an AFP reader last week. As with that one, the word “application” on the sign ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The deadline for written comments on new rules being considered by the Missouri Department of Natural ...

FAIRVIEW, Mo. — Residents around Fairview are angry about the odor and have fears about the risks stemming from a waste sludge product applied to land around their homes. About 200 of them gathered ...