A Maker of Sewage-Based Fertilizer Leaves Town Amid a Toxic Crisis

A Maker of Sewage-Based Fertilizer Leaves Town Amid a Toxic Crisis

The City of Fort Worth, Texas, is ending its contract with Synagro, the Goldman Sachs-backed provider of fertilizer made from sewage sludge, over concerns that “forever chemicals” in the fertilizer are contaminating local farmland and groundwater. Fort Worth this month also sued several manufacturers of the chemicals, also called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS, […]

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