Toxic Sludge Spread Across Farmland Sparks Alarm
Millions of tonnes of treated sewage sludge—also known as biosolids—are being spread on farmland across England each year, despite containing a cocktail of potentially harmful chemicals that experts fear may be entering the food chain. A joint investigation by The Guardian and Watershed has uncovered that an estimated 768,000 tonnes of sludge are reapplied to…