EPA finds 726 chemicals in biosolids years after claiming “biosludge” is safe to use on farms
06/07/2024 // Ethan Huff // 2.1K Views
Every two years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required to review sewage sludge regulations to look for any additional pollutants that may be present in biosolids, also known as biosludge. The latest count shows that at least 726 toxic chemicals are present in the so-called "fertilizer."
Section 405(d) of the Clean Water Act stipulates that the EPA has to conduct a biennial analysis of the regulations to determine if there is sufficient scientific evidence to continue backing the use of biosludge. So far, there does not seem to be any amount of chemicals that is too much for safe use on United States farms.
You can learn more about the EPA's biennial reviews of sewage sludge standards at this link.
"To date, EPA has conducted eight biennial reviews to identify chemical and microbial pollutants and three national sewage sludge surveys to identify pollutants and obtain concentration data for chemicals found in biosolids," explains a recent report on the subject that was published in the Nature journal Scientific Data.
"Prior to 2021, there was inconsistent reporting of chemicals identified and EPA did not cumulatively track chemicals in biosolids."
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