Resources

Learn More About Sludge

• Start Here: Frequently Asked Questions

• EPA: Basic Information About Sewage Sludge and Biosolids

• EPA: PFAS in Sewage Sludge

• Environmental Working Group: Forever Chemicals in Sludge

• American Farmland Trust: A South Carolina Farmer’s Story and the Hidden Cost of PFAS

• NIH: Emerging Environmental Health Risks Associated with the Land Application of Biosolids

• Center for Food Safety: Health Impacts of Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Sewage Sludge

• CDC: Health Impacts of PFAS

• Origin of Industrial Sludge Materials in Chesterfield, Darlington, Lee, and Marlboro Counties

• EPA: Draft Sewage Sludge Risk Assessment for PFAS and PFOAS

• SCDES: Search for Public Notices in South Carolina

• Potomac Riverkeeper Network: PFAS and Sewage Sludge: What Farmers Need to Know

Media Coverage

• The New York Times | Sludge Contaminated 10,000 Acres of Farmland. What Should Be Done? by Hiroko Tabuchi

• The State | Yale University scientist widens investigation of polluted farmland in S.C. by Sammy Fretwell

• The State | SC school district won’t let Yale University test playgrounds for toxic chemicals by Sammy Fretwell

• The State | ‘Ridiculous.’ Governor critical of SC agency plan to charge man $2.4M for records by Sammy Fretwell

• The State | After backlash over $2.4 million tab, agency now says it won’t charge man for records by Sammy Fretwell

• The State | S.C. agency proposed charging man $2.4 million for school pollution records by Sammy Fretwell

• The State | Chemicals found in dirt of school playground; no ‘immediate action’ needed, SC says by Sammy Fretwell

• The State | Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in SC crops you might eat. Here’s what to know by Sammy Fretwell

• The State | Chemicals with toxic bite found in SC crops years after farms used tainted fertilizer by Sammy Fretwell

• The State | SC agency knew about polluted farms for years, but didn’t stop use of noxious sludge by Sammy Fretwell

• The State | SC school reportedly built on land coated with polluting industry’s waste by Sammy Fretwell