In Texas, five farmers are suing Synagro for providing fertilizer they said contaminated their water supply, affected their health, damaged their land and killed their livestock after a neighboring farmer spread it on his land.
Dana Ames, an environmental crimes investigator with the Johnson County Constable’s Office, collaborated with Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER, an environmental group, to test the farmers’ water, soil, wildlife and livestock. Results found high levels of PFAS in well water, surface water, soil, fish and a stillborn calf, according to the lawsuit.