5 Takeaways From Our Reporting on Toxic Sludge Fertilizer

For decades, the government has encouraged farmers across the United States to spread sewage sludge on their cropland and pastures. But now there’s a growing awareness that sludge fertilizer can contain heavy concentrations of “forever chemicals” linked to cancer, birth defects and other health risks.This sludge is a byproduct of the nation’s wastewater-treatment plants. It’s the solid stuff that remains after…