{"id":63523,"date":"2026-01-21T12:56:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T17:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebeatnews.org\/BeatTeam\/?page_id=63523"},"modified":"2026-04-15T21:50:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T01:50:39","slug":"sludge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebeatnews.org\/BeatTeam\/sludge\/","title":{"rendered":"Sludge + PFAS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"fish-page\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n\n\n<section class=\"fish-further-reading\" aria-labelledby=\"further-reading\"><details class=\"fish-reading-accordion\">\n<summary>Summary (click here)<\/summary>\n<p>Sewage sludge (solid byproducts from wastewater treatment processes) contain dangerous levels of toxic PFAS, also known as forever chemicals. Sludge is routinely applied to farms and other land through various supply chains, which contaminates soil, water, and consumers.<\/p>\n<p>There is agricultural land in Massachusetts where soil is contaminated from sludge application, but no records exist of exactly where it\u2019s been applied.<\/p>\n<p>The state of Massachusetts should ban the land application of sludge to protect public health, waterways, and soil health. So far, they have commissioned two reports to examine the issue but have taken no action to stop the land application to soil.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fish-yellow-subtitle\">DEP has conducted no meaningful community engagement on sludge land application, even in the most affected communities, including:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Agricultural communities<\/li>\n<li>Towns whose public water supplies have been contaminated by PFAS<\/li>\n<li>Environmental Justice neighborhoods<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<b>You can make a difference:<\/b>\n<p>Write to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) Commissioner Bonnie Heiple asking the agency to ban the land application of sludge. Support Senator Cumerford\u2019s bill, <a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Bills\/194\/S56\">&#8220;An Act protecting our soil and farms from PFAS contamination&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details><\/section>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h2><b>What Is Sludge?<\/b><\/h2>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fish-inline-img-right\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebeatnews.org\/BeatTeam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tell-Your-Legislators-Protect-Farmer-Protect-Soil.png\" \/>\n<p>Sewage sludge is the \u201csolid\u201d byproduct of the wastewater treatment process. Because it is a byproduct, it needs to be disposed of, and there are three common disposal methods: landfill, incineration, and land application. Due to the high water content, transporting sludge can be expensive. Sludge must first undergo additional drying processes and\/or be mixed with other material and composted before it is eligible to be land applied. The material that results from these processes can go by many names, including biosolids, compost, fertilizer pellets, and more. It is regularly incorporated into commercial compost mixes or fertilizers (known as \u201csludge-derived products\u201d) that may be purchased at hardware or garden stores.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Contaminants<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Material leaving wastewater treatment plants has been treated to be cleaned of pathogens, but contaminants such as metals, pharmaceuticals, and other chemical compounds still remain. One of the most frightening classes of contaminants are a group of many thousands of chemicals called Per- or Polyfluoroalkyl substances \u2013 PFAS for short.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>PFAS are also referred to as \u201cforever chemicals,\u201d because they persist in the environment and cannot be broken down. Wastewater treatment plants in Massachusetts are required by MassDEP to test for around 40 of these chemicals on a quarterly basis. However, this testing requirement is informational only; these compounds are not eliminated. Currently, there is no treatment method to then remove the PFAS from the sludge or treated water that is released by the plant.<\/p>\n<p>A recent report on November 6, 2025, MassDEP released PRF77, a study analyzing water quality data from publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) from across the commonwealth. The report identified PFAS levels, with particularly high concentrations in sludge, at all Commonwealth POTWs. All treatment plants surveyed showed PFAS concentrations in sludge in excess of safe public health exposure levels.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h2><b>Consequences of Land Application<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><b>How PFAS Behave in the Environment<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>PFAS are extremely persistent in the environment and cannot be broken down by natural processes. They move through the environment, contaminating soil, water, and air and have been identified in samples of all three far from any known sources of contamination. PFAS can be taken up by plants and persist in the bodies of animals. Through a process called bioaccumulation, PFAS concentrations build up along the food chain.<\/p>\n<p>Apex predators develop the highest concentrations of these compounds. This is particularly concerning because they are often keystone species, sometimes with threatened or endangered status. This also applies to human food chains: when land is applied with sludge-derived products, crops grown in contaminated soil contain PFAS, as do the plants they produce and the animals that eat them, as do the animal products consumed by humans. PFAS in the soil can also make their way into groundwater and may enter food chains or public water supplies through these pathways. 98 Commonwealth public water supplies have been contaminated with PFAS.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h2><b>What\u2019s BEAT Doing about it?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>While industrial producers of PFAS-laden products have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/27\/climate\/epa-pfas-fertilizer-3m-forever-chemicals.html\">understood the public health ramifications of PFAS exposure and contamination for decades<\/a>, government agencies have historically promoted land application of sludge to farmland as a form of \u201cfertilizer.\u201d Many farmers who incorporate sludge application into their farming practices have done so unaware of the public health consequences of exposure, both to themselves and their communities. Ultimately, impacted farmers and community members whose land and waterways become contaminated pay the price for the lack of regulation.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past year, BEAT has conducted public records requests, interviews with potentially impacted farmers in the Berkshires, and collaborated with towns addressing their own sludge supply chains. We wanted to<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Identify the potential extent of PFAS soil contamination threat posed to the Berkshires,<\/li>\n<li>Identify avenues for making change in Massachusetts, and<\/li>\n<li>Link our efforts to national advocacy. In 2025, BEAT joined the Coalition for Sludge Free Land, a national association of advocates fighting to end the land application of sludge.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>BEAT has approached every farm and business in the Berkshires that utilizes sludge, as identified by public records as a means of understanding how to best support farmers who have been victimized by this contamination supply chain.<\/p>\n<p>BEAT testified on behalf of two bills before the statehouse that would ban the land application of sludge and sludge-derived products, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, BEAT has approached MassDEP with concerns about the lack of community outreach, specifically in farming communities like the Berkshires that will be the most impacted by the toxic legacy of sludge land applications. In early 2026, BEAT delivered a letter to DEP calling for meaningful community engagement, especially with farmers, environmental justice neighborhoods, and communities experiencing PFAS water contamination issues.<\/p>\n<h3>Public Records Request<\/h3>\n<p>Because of concerns in surrounding states, especially with agricultural land in Maine, BEAT identified that the Berkshires, as an agricultural community, would likely be affected. To gather more information, we submitted public records requests to the state Department of Environmental Protection for the Annual reports of all Type I sludge producers which had a record of sale to any entity within Berkshire county from 2020-2024. From these records, we were able to identify the purchasers of sludge or sludge-derived products within Berkshire County, the type of product received, and the amount received by year.<\/p>\n<p>However, state permits only require records to be submitted of the first point of sale from a producer, and no further paper trail of distribution exists at the state level. That means if a wastewater treatment plant sells to a landscaping company, the only recipient listed in state public records is the landscaping company, and not any of the properties where they applied that sludge or any of the secondary customers who receive their products.<\/p>\n<h3>Agricultural Use<\/h3>\n<p>Our public records request identified three farms in Berkshire County, some of which utilize many acres of land, as recipients of sludge or sludge-derived products. We learned that compost made from sludge is not generally perceived as a valuable solid amendment. The only nutrient it contains in a meaningful quantity is nitrogen. In one instance, compost made from sludge had a very low bulk density, meaning that more of the material would need to be applied to cover the same area of land as a more traditional source of fertilizer.<\/p>\n<h3>Landscaping Use<\/h3>\n<p>What our public records request did reveal was that the vast majority of sludge and sludge-derived products sold to entities in the Berkshires were slated for land application via landscaping means. Several landscaping companies were named as recipients, as well as similar businesses such as construction companies and highway departments. Additionally, at least one water quality district historically distributed sludge to individual homeowners, who are not named individually but counted collectively as one destination for sludge.<\/p>\n<p>These findings are concerning not only because of the volume of material disbursed in the community, but because there is no indication of where this material was ultimately land applied.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h2><b>Solutions<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Much like contaminants such as lead, there is no safe exposure limit to PFAS, and <b>all<\/b> sludge contains PFAS. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/doc\/massdep-pfas-testing-study-for-npdes-potws\/download\">recent report<\/a> by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection confirmed that every wastewater treatment plant in the state produces sludge with very high PFAS concentrations (measured using EPA approved method 1633).<\/p>\n<p>In January 2025, the EPA released a draft risk assessment on PFAS in sludge at the end of the Biden Administration\u2019s term, suggesting that it was preparing to introduce draft regulations. Under the Trump administration, steps toward regulating sludge land application have been abandoned, leaving states, counties, and municipalities to design their own piecemeal regulations. Across the countries, communities have mobilized to impose sludge application bans.<\/p>\n<p>As there is no safe exposure level to PFAS, the state of Massachusetts should follow the lead of states like Maine and ban the land application of sludge, moving instead to landfill it safely. Furthermore, the state should protect and support farmers and communities whose land has been contaminated through exposure to sludge. The state could furthermore support impacted communities with PFAS soil testing assistance (a single test costs $300-$600), remediation support, and bridge funding so businesses can survive while navigating contamination.<\/p>\n<p>The state should do active outreach to impacted farmers and communities to make them aware of the ongoing risk associated with exposure to sludge.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond these efforts to stop the most immediate harm, the state should reduce sludge volumes, stop PFAS supply chains at their source from entering products and wastewater treatment plants, and provide transparent public records of all known sludge supply chains.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h2><b>What Can You Do?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Coming to terms with PFAS soil contamination can feel overwhelming. When farmers and other community members learn about the extent of contamination in their communities, they sometimes ask themselves, \u201cis any soil free of PFAS contamination?\u201d \u201cIs it hopeless to fight to stop this pattern?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Our response to both questions is emphatically <b>No<\/b>\u2013 communities have the power to stop the land application of sludge and fight for clean, healthy soils. The good news is that estimates suggest about one-fifth of agricultural soils have been exposed to sludge, though it is difficult to ascertain exactly how many acres are impacted.<\/p>\n<p>You can take action in Massachusetts by contacting MassDEP to ask for regulations that ban the land application of sludge. You can also contact your legislator and ask them to support bill S.56, \u201cAn Act protecting our soil and farms from PFAS contamination.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary (click here) Sewage sludge (solid byproducts from wastewater treatment processes) contain dangerous levels of toxic PFAS, also known as forever chemicals. 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