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EPA: PFAS response won’t imperil sludge spreading on farms
https://www.eenews.net/articles/epa-pfas-response-wont-imperil-sludge-spreading-on-farms/
EPA isn’t looking to keep farmers from spreading sludge as fertilizer as regulators clamp down on “forever” chemicals that work their way into the material, the agency’s top agriculture official said Monday.
“It is an important disposal method,” EPA agriculture adviser Rod Snyder told agriculture journalists at a conference. “We’re not suggesting that needs to stop.”
Snyder, who also leads a new EPA office for agriculture and rural affairs, said officials expect to complete an agricultural risk assessment for the chemicals, called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, later this fall. Researchers link PFAS-contaminated biosolid fertilizer to the chemicals’ appearance in soil, livestock and crops.