Opinion: Wastewater Plants Could Protect Against PFAS Pollution

Photo by Patrick Federi on Unsplash. Opinion article by Bonnie Angermeier. Undark – May 23, 2025.

A class of humanmade compounds — known as PFAS, or forever chemicals — are insidious and harmful, and local U.S. wastewater utilities are likely giving them a free ride into drinking water and food. Nationwide — in states such as Maine, Michigan, and Texas — sewage sludge from wastewater plants that is contaminated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances is being unwittingly spread onto farmland, where the chemicals can infiltrate our food and water and devastate the livelihoods of farmers. […]

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