Danger sludge
Daily Record|May 01, 2023
Call for tighter rules to stop contaminants from polluting our farm fo food
DAN VEVERS
Danger sludge

USING sewage sludge as fertiliser could be polluting farmland and food with diseases and "forever chemicals", a group of charities says.

A report by eco coalition Scottish Environment LINK has demanded stronger regulations.

Farmers use the sludge, a by-product of wastewater treatment, as a low-cost, natural fertiliser for soil.

It said it was better than using environmentally damaging chemical fertilisers but stressed tighter rules are necessary to monitor contaminants.

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