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Environment
Tracey Ferrier

Aussie farms polluted with plastic from sewage sludge

Biosolids used as fertiliser were found to contain between 1kg and 17kg of microplastic per tonne. (HANDOUT/UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND)

Sewage sludge used to fertilise Australia's farmlands is loaded with microplastic and is getting into the food chain, researchers warn.

Scientists have taken a forensic look at the sludge left over when wastewater is treated at plants across the nation.

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