The E.P.A.’s report follows a growing body of research that has found that sludge can be contaminated with human-made ...

MILWAUKEE – Mounting concern about chemical contaminants in sewage sludge, a waste product widely seen as recyclable and ...

The chemicals — found in everything from cosmetics and cookware to diapers and clothing — have been linked to a range of ...

Once you get over the ick factor, new technologies are efficiently transforming human waste into agricultural solutions.

Based on new research, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Toxicology Program reached a draft conclusion that fluoride should be ‘presumed to be a cognitive neurodevelopmental ...

The findings are particularly relevant for northeast Illinois, where more than 777,000 tons of sludge from Chicago and Cook ...

Be it a mind made up on the basis of a whim, crossed wires, overconfidence or insufficient information, there are many ...

Mira Rojanasakul’s piece for The New York Times paints an overarching, albeit grim, picture of the homeowners landscape. The ...

They found that underutilized human and livestock waste could substitute 27% of current fertilizer use in China, 26% in the ...