PFAS chemicals detected in sewage sludge at 34 locations across Japan

Potentially harmful PFAS chemicals have been detected in sewage sludge at 34 wastewater treatment plants across Japan, with globally regulated PFOS found in nearly all of the samples, a study by a Kyoto University team showed Wednesday.The study supports the view that the chemicals have spread nationwide. The Japanese government is promoting the use of sludge as fertilizer, but has not set guideline values for the amount of PFAS in sludge byproducts.PFAS is a general term for a group of over 10,000 artificial chemicals that include PFOS, or perfluorooctanesulfonic acid, and PFOA, or perfluo…READ FULL ARTICLE