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Rural Vermont presses lawmakers to ban land‑application of sewage sludge, citing PFAS risks
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Caroline Sherman Borden of Rural Vermont urged the committee to advance H.303 or otherwise prohibit expanding land application of sewage sludge on farmland, citing PFAS contamination, Maine farmers’ losses and what she said were limited ANR soil tests.
Caroline Sherman Borden, legislative director of Rural Vermont, told the committee on Monday that the group supports H.303, legislation to ban land application of sewage sludge on farmland, and pressed lawmakers to take testimony on the health and agricultural risks posed by PFAS contamination.
Borden said the legislature has made progress on phasing PFAS from consumer products but warned that spreading sewage sludge — which she described as containing…
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