“Farmers are waking up. They’re angry. But a lot of them also don’t have any choice in the matter,” says Kyla Bennett, a former EPA staffer who is now director of science policy for the nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). She called the use of biosolids a “catch-22” for farmers, who have long utilized it as an inexpensive and purportedly safe alternative to fertilizer. Now that they know about the associated risks, some may still need to continue the practice to keep their farms running, especially as the war in Iran has spiked fertilizer costs and reduced availability.
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