Hot Topics | Toxic Sewage Sludge: How the Biosolid Fertilizer Industry is Poisoning Farm Animals
June 3 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Join us online for this summer’s Hot Topics in Environmental Law Summer Lecture Series, brought to you by the Environmental Law Center at VLGS. The series is free and open to the public. In addition to featuring live Q&A with the audience, each installment is eligible for Vermont Bar Association Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit.
This session, “Toxic Sewage Sludge: How the Biosolid Fertilizer Industry is Poisoning Farm Animals,” will be presented by Marin Scotten, VLGS Animal Law Media Fellow.
Using human biosolids, also known as sewage sludge, as farmland fertilizer has been hailed as a climate-friendly and efficient way to fertilize crops and dispose of waste. But a growing body of research now suggests sewage sludge application—which is largely unregulated and controlled by just a handful of companies—is contaminating food and water with PFAS, poisoning farm animals and creating major public health risks.
The livestream link will be shared on this page prior to the event.
