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CNN:
Chemicals found in sewage sludge that some farmers use to fertilize fields and pastures can pose a threat to human and animal health, the US Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday.
Exposure to food from farms that use the sewage sludge can raise a person’s risk of developing cancer or other health conditions, it said. Under certain conditions, the human health risks from sludge used on farms are “several orders of magnitude” above what the EPA considers acceptable, the agency said.
While the EPA said Tuesday that the general food supply is not at risk, these “forever chemicals,” as they are sometimes called, can pose a threat to the health of people who drink a lot of milk or eat beef from farms that use the sludge.
The specific chemicals, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), belong to a larger class of per- and polyfluoroalkyl compounds (PFAS) and are considered “forever chemicals” because they take such a long time to break down in the environment and in the human body.
Examples of people most at risk are those who eat a serving or two of fish a week from a lake or pond contaminated by farm runoff, or people who drink at least a quart of milk a day from cows raised on pastures that use sewage sludge, according to the EPA’s draft risk assessment. People who eat pasture-raised beef or eggs from hens raised on land contaminated by sewage sludge could also be at risk.
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Sewage sludge has been used by some farmers for years. It is plentiful — wastewater treatment plants produce millions of tons of it — but the EPA said that less than 1% of fertilized acreage of productive agriculture land in the US uses it. Although 1% may not sound like a lot of farms, the Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit that has been advocating for the government to better regulate PFAS for decades, said that accounts for tens of millions of acres of farm fields across the country.
“It’s quite shocking in terms of the extent that these chemicals are leading to all this downstream contamination,” said Dr. David Andrews, EWG’s acting chief science officer. “The report highlights the incredible cyclic nature of PFAS contamination.”
Among the things it is maybe safe to hope for with the incoming Trump administration is the hope that RFL Jr. might be able to address some of the pollution issues in America.
I mean. It’s not that safe to hope for that. Because it probably won’t happen.
But it’s more likely to happen than say, ending these wars.
American manufacturing giant 3M discovered and concealed the risks of PFAS for decades, according to a new investigation by @fastlerner for @ProPublica. “Forever chemicals” have been found in the blood of almost every person in the U.S. and are linked to serious health effects. pic.twitter.com/nICR1hDfIS
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) May 30, 2024
