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EPA January 2025 draft risk assessment for PFAS in sewage sludge applied to farmland Source · epa.gov
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I want to tell you what the EPA just put in its own draft risk assessment. PFAS — forever chemicals — are showing up in sewage sludge that's spread as fertilizer on American farmland. The agency's January 2025 analysis says the levels are reaching a point that threatens both soil and drinking water. Source · epa.gov
Think about what that means. The same federal agency that's supposed to regulate PFAS is now quietly documenting that our food system is being contaminated through the back door. Through biosolids. Through the compost loop.
This wasn't leaked. They published it. But almost nobody is reading it.
I wanted you to see the document for yourself.
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What is this story about?
EPA January 2025 draft risk assessment for PFAS in sewage sludge applied to farmland
Why did Glen Kerby choose this story?
In January 2025 the EPA released its own draft risk assessment for PFAS in sewage sludge on farmland. The assessment acknowledges the risk. It does not ban the practice or set enforceable limits.
Where can I read the original?
It was published by epa.gov as “The EPA's Own Data”, at https://www.epa.gov/biosolids/risk-assessment-pollutants-biosolids.
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“The EPA's Own Data”
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