After Johnson County state of disaster, lawmaker wants limits on chemicals in sewage fertilizer

After Johnson County state of disaster, lawmaker wants limits on chemicals in sewage fertilizer

A Glen Rose lawmaker is pushing to regulate “forever chemicals” that farmers allege have contaminated their land, giving rise to a lawsuit filed by five Johnson County farmers against the company that produced fertilizer containing the chemicals.Rep. Helen Kerwin, a Republican whose district includes all of Johnson and Somervell counties, filed the bill just over a month before her county declared a state of disaster in February. County official…