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The Williamstown Select Board voted to recommend against Town voters approving the Hoosac Water Quality District’s (HWQD) ...
"My six-year-old daughter asked me yesterday, ‘Mommy, who put bad chemicals in our water?’" Residents demand answers after ...
A bill in Washington would require wastewater facility operators to test PFAS levels in their biosolids. It’s the latest ...
As the nation faces growing concerns over "forever chemicals" in sewage sludge, Aries Clean Technologies has validated a ...
“The assessment represents a scientific evaluation of the potential human health risks associated with the presence of toxic forever chemicals per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in sewage ...
For years a textile mill gave farmers its sewage sludge as free fertilizer. Today the land is full of “forever chemicals.” ...
While some measures await the governor’s decisions, the legislature increased funding for wastewater plant upgrades, ...
Forever chemicals, orper- and poly-fluoroalkyl (PFAS), are synthetic chemicals developed in the 1940s and used in a variety ...
A long-term study revealed that microplastic contamination of sewage sludge results in severely polluted soil.
The Environmental Protection Agency’s draft risk assessment, released in January, is focused on the chemical exposure of farm ...
The Williamstown, Massachusetts select board has voted against backing a controversial sludge composting plan.
About 20 residents and the majority of the Select Board on Monday sent a message to the Hoosac Water Quality District: ...