Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Seeing a toxic blue-green algae bloom in the St. Johns River has become more common as more pollution flows into the river from ...

MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. — On Dec. 20, a yellowish-green sludge oozed on to I-696 in Michigan, briefly shutting the highway down. The sludge was later identified as Hexavalent Chromium — the chemical ...

U.K. environmentalists are calling for urgent government regulation of "sewage sludge" on farmland. They have warned that outdated rules are allowing toxic chemicals and microplastics to be spread on ...

Fertilizer containing potentially unsafe levels of “forever chemicals” has been used around the country. By Hiroko Tabuchi For the past year, I’ve been reporting on how “forever chemicals,” a group of ...

(Beyond Pesticides, October 27, 2025) With the confluence of science and law, the spotlight is on sewage sludge fertilizer and its contaminants, including per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).