Washington is one step closer to eliminating a major blind spot for potential contaminants in crops grown across the state using human waste as fertilizer. Lawmakers voted unanimously last week to ...

Feb. 14—Farmers across Washington already spread thousands of tons of fertilizer from human waste on their crops each year, but there’s a major blind spot when it comes to potential contaminants.

MASCOUTAH, Ill. (AP) — Residents in southwestern Illinois are raising questions about the use of treated human waste as a fertilizer. The Belleville News-Democrat reports that rural Mascoutah ...

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