EPA tosses out scientific research carried out under Biden and says toxic sludge not a significant threat to public
The Trump administration has killed proposed regulations for sewage sludge contaminated with Pfas and
spread on farmland
as fertilizer, a practice that has
sickened farmers
,
destroyed their livelihoods
,
killed livestock
,
polluted water supplies
, and
poisoned
meat and food products sold to the public.
The proposed regulations would largely have ended the use of sludge,
also called biosolids
, in the nation’s food system. But the Environmental Protection Agency tossed out its scientific research from less than two years ago that formed the basis of the proposed regulations. It
justified the decision
by declaring that sludge was not a wide threat to the public because it is mostly used on farms, and only a small percentage of cropland.

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