States are looking to ramp up regulations on farms’ use of sewage sludge as fertilizer over concerns that PFAS can contaminate the soil and water.
Lawmakers in at least a dozen states have introduced legislation this year to study, limit or ban the use of sewage sludge, also known as biosolids, for fertilizer; provide aid to farmers; and require periodic testing of biosolids for certain PFAS chemicals.
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