New Concerns about Spreading Sludge

By The Environment... on Wednesday, September 5, 2007.
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Each year, over three million tons of sludge from wastewater treatment plants in the US are used to fertilize farm fields. Recently, researchers have found this sludge contains many of the drugs and chemicals we use each day....and could be afftecting wildlife.

Kinna Ohman reports.

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