- Americans send about 300m pounds of feces daily from the nation’s toilets to wastewater treatment plants: the waste management industry is increasingly using a money-making alternative – repackaging the sludge as fertilizer and injecting it into the nation’s food chain. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/05/biosolids-toxic-chemicals-pollution 3 comments economy
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- It’s ‘almost impossible’ to eliminate toxic PFAS from your diet. Here’s what you can do | US news | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/22/pfas-forever-chemicals-diet 95 comments
- Michigan beef found to contain dangerous levels of ‘forever chemicals’ | PFAS | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/11/michigan-beef-dangerous-levels-forever-chemicals 78 comments
- PFAS mixtures more toxic than single compounds, suggesting higher danger | PFAS | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/01/pfas-mixtures-water-toxic 34 comments
- Maine Is a Warning for America’s PFAS Future - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2024/04/pfas-drinking-water-maine/678040/ 22 comments
- Nearly 30,000 tonnes of sewage sludge containing human waste to enter UK | Waste | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/02/sewage-sludge-containing-human-waste-uk 20 comments
- New bill could bail out US farmers ruined by ‘forever chemical’ pollution | PFAS | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/30/farm-bill-pfas-forever-chemicals 13 comments
- Maine plans removal of PFAS from sewage sludge used as fertilizer | PFAS | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/23/maine-pfas-removal-sewage-sludge 2 comments
- I tested my tap water, household products and cat for toxic 'forever chemicals' | Michigan | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/23/pfas-testing-forever-chemicals-household-water-cat 0 comments
- The ‘forever chemicals’ fueling a public health crisis in drinking water | Health | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/feb/03/pfas-forever-chemicals-what-are-they 0 comments
Linked pages
- Ocean cleanup device successfully collects plastic for first time | Plastics | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/03/ocean-cleanup-device-successfully-collects-plastic-for-first-time 11 comments
- Toxic Chemical Contaminant PFAS Found on Maine Farms https://theintercept.com/2019/06/07/pfas-chemicals-maine-sludge/ 1 comment
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