Our sewage often becomes fertilizer. Problem is, it's tainted with PFAS

Fertilizer created as a byproduct of wastewater treatment is raising the alarm in some New England states because wastewater treatment plants were not built to handle the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.

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