However, biosolid fertilizer has been shown to contain chemicals that can harm the environment and human health. “Essentially anything that goes down the drain ends up on these fields,” said Traywick, ...

WELLSTON, Okla. — When Leslie Stewart moved to her home in a rural expanse of Lincoln County outside of Oklahoma City more than 20 years ago, she thought she'd found a slice of heaven. In a town ...

Residue from human waste has long wound up as farm fertilizer. Some neighbors hate it By JOSHUA A. BICKEL and SEAN MURPHY, Associated PressMarch 26, 2025 Leslie Stewart prepares a bottle of milk ...

Waste treatment plants that turn human waste into fertilizer or compost aren’t required to test for these forever chemicals. And even if waste plants do test, there’s no specific limit for the ...

MASCOUTAH, Ill. (AP) — Residents in southwestern Illinois are raising questions about the use of treated human waste as a fertilizer. The Belleville News-Democrat reports that rural Mascoutah ...

While there may be public perception issues related to using fertilizer derived from human urine and feces, establishing a circular economy between food consumption and agriculture will be ...

WELLSTON, Okla. — When Leslie Stewart moved to her home in a rural expanse of Lincoln County outside of Oklahoma City more than 20 years ago, she thought she'd found a slice of heaven. In a town ...

Residue from human waste has long wound up as farm fertilizer. Some neighbors hate it Opposition to the use of sewage sludge as fertilizer is growing across the country Credit: AP Credit: AP A ...

Feb. 14—Farmers across Washington already spread thousands of tons of fertilizer from human waste on their crops each year, but there’s a major blind spot when it comes to potential contaminants.

Residue from human waste has long wound up as farm fertilizer. Some neighbors hate it AP A spreader applies sewage sludge to a farm field By Associated Press Published March 26, 2025 8:31 am By ...

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