In the 1970s, a research project analyzed the effects of biosolids land application on an area devastated by coal mining — the first comprehensive bioassay on the topic, considering impacts to the entire ecosystem, down to the health of fauna and insects in the soil.
The study found that the benefits of the application were plentiful, and despite a number of trace contaminants, the Environmental Protection Agency has maintained a stance that land application is a low-risk activity.
Since then, thousands upon thousands of sites have taken biosolids application, and a proportionate number of studies across the years have shown little
Industry Fights Back Against Biosolids Report
A negative analysis fails to consider decades of research, say biosolids associations
Mar 18, 2019
| by Jared Raney |
