Curation of a list of chemicals in biosolids from EPA National Sewage Sludge Surveys & Biennial Review Reports.

ABSTRACT: Section 405(d) of the Clean Water Act requires the US Environmental Protection Agency to review sewage sludge regulations every two years to identify any additional pollutants that may occur in biosolids and to set regulations for pollutants identified in biosolids if sufficient scientific evidence shows they may harm human health or the environment. To date, EPA has conducted eight biennial reviews to identify chemical and microbial pollutants and three national sewage sludge surveys to identify pollutants and obtain concentration data for chemicals found in biosolids. Prior to 2021, there was inconsistent reporting of chemicals identified and EPA did not cumulatively track chemicals in biosolids. Through the efforts presented here, EPA produced a list of 726 chemicals and structure-based

SUBMITTER: Richman T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9018786 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature