Something’s poisoning America’s farms. Scientists fear ‘forever’ chemicals. - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Something’s poisoning America’s farms. Scientists fear ‘forever’ chemicals. - West Hawaii Today

For decades, farmers across America have been encouraged by the federal government to spread municipal sewage on millions of acres of farmland as fertilizer. It was rich in nutrients, and it helped keep the sludge out of landfills.

Something’s poisoning America’s farms. Scientists fear ‘forever’ chemicals. - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

For decades, farmers across America have been encouraged by the federal government to spread municipal sewage on millions of acres of farmland as fertilizer. It was rich in nutrients, and it helped keep the sludge out of landfills.

Something’s poisoning America’s farms. Scientists fear ‘forever chemicals.’

For decades, farmers across America have been encouraged by the federal government to spread municipal sewage on millions of acres of farmland as fertilizer. But a growing body of research shows that this black sludge made from sewage can contain heavy concentrations of chemicals thought to increase the risk of certain types of cancer.

Washington.- Durante décadas, el gobierno federal ha animado a los agricultores de todo Estados Unidos a esparcir las aguas residuales municipales en millones de acres de tierras de cultivo como fertilizante. Era rico en nutrientes y ayudaba a mantener los lodos fuera de los vertederos. Pero cada vez son más las investigaciones que demuestran que estos lodos negros, procedentes de las aguas residuales de hogares y fábricas, pueden contener grand…