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Protect MD Farms from PFAS!
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For years, farmers have been encouraged to use biosolids as a source of fertilizer. Biosolids are the solid material leftover from wastewater treatment – everything that flushed down your toilet or went down the drain rendered biologically safe to apply to fields as fertilizer. However, over the years we have learned that waste isn’t the only thing that is flushed down the drain – it is also filled with other contaminants including PFAS.
PFAS is a group of “forever chemicals” that are linked with numerous negative health impacts including cancer, immune system
Comment on a proposed Medical Waste Incinerator in Frederick
Right now, the Maryland Department of the Environment is taking public comment on a proposed permit to allow Fort Detrick, in Frederick, MD, to construct a new medical waste incinerator. Comments are due Tuesday 1/6 - submit your comments now!
Submit your comment today!
Fort Detrick is proposing to burn 550 lb/hour of medical waste at this incinerator, to be located in the middle of Area A between Opossumtown Pike and Rosemont Avenue. A medical waste incineration facility operated at Fort Detrick between 1995 and 2018, but was shut down "as the result of an Environmental Protection Agency