Janet Simoneaux, 68, retired to Lake Como in rural Putnam County before a biosolids company announced plans to dump nearby.

Dublin, Oct. 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Global Biosolids Market - Global Industry Analysis (2017 - 2020) - Growth Trends and Market Forecast (2021 - 2025)" report has been added to ...

Most call it sewage sludge. Regulators prefer the less-threatening “biosolids.” Farmers cherish it as cheap fertilizer. But Gary Roderick sees the solid leftovers from sewage treatment as one of ...

Burning eyes, burning lungs, skin rashes and other symptoms of illness have been found in a study of residents living near land fertilized with Class B biosolids, a byproduct of the human waste ...

ORLANDO — An advisory committee suggested Wednesday several tweaks to how the state regulates spreading Class B biosolids on farmland, but suggested no dramatic changes. The panel assembled by the ...

Sunbreak Farms owners want a judge to hear their case to build a biosolids processing site in St. Lucie and Indian River counties. The South Florida Water Management District last week denied a permit ...

Most people probably don't think about what happens after flushing the toilet. But some Florida leaders do, citing water quality and environmental concerns. A bill on biosolids, which became law this ...

The letter published last Sunday about the dumping of sewage sludge in Sarasota County was a bit disingenuous in that it lumped Class A and AAsludge together with Class B. This makes absolutely no ...

In response to the Jan. 16 article "Residents demand new sludge rules": I live at Rosedale Country Club, as do 500 other satisfied east Manatee County homeowners. I love it here and enjoy all the ...

The Upper Mount Bethel Township Board of Supervisors voted to establish an account to help farmers pay for fertilizers and lime for their fields to avoid sludge use in the community. The supervisors ...

MELBOURNE — For at least five years, South Florida sewer plants have been exporting their sewage remnants — aka biosolids or sludge — north to Brevard and other Central Florida counties. That practice ...

Consumers saddled with sludge-clogged Toyota engines may soon get some help from the Japanese auto giant under the terms of a class-action lawsuit settlement that covers roughly 3.5 million Toyota and ...