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How Radioactive Oil and Gas Waste Could Lie Beneath a North Texas Elementary School

A massive Dallas-Fort Worth subdivision and a school have risen atop layers of oil and gas drilling waste. One worker who helped spread the material is speaking out.

Texas Observer · Feb 11

The unlikely alliance pressing Trump to regulate Pfas on US farms: ‘This is a basic human right’

A group of farmers, bikers, truckers and scientists from the political left and right are working to bring attention to the health risks of using toxic sludge as fertilizer

The Guardian - US · Aug 27, 2025

They drove to the Capitol to testify on a bill and got a grueling lesson in Texas democracy

The group from Johnson County waited 18 hours to testify at a hearing that started at 1 a.m. on a bill to limit toxic chemicals in fertilizer.

The Texas Tribune · May 9, 2025

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Texas lawmaker files bill to reduce “forever chemicals” in sewage-based fertilizer

The bill would require companies to test fertilizer made from sewage sludge for PFAS and meet limits before selling them to Texas farmers and ranchers.

The Texas Tribune · Dec 20, 2024

Texas farmers say sewage-based fertilizer tainted with “forever chemicals” poisoned their land and killed their livestock

The fertilizer was promoted as an environmental win-win for years. An untold number of farmers and ranchers across Texas have spread it on their land.

The Texas Tribune · Dec 2, 2024

Texas farmers claim company sold them PFAS-contaminated sludge that killed livestock

Two ranches also allege biosolids with ‘forever chemicals’ ruined crops, polluted drinking water and left their properties worthless

The Guardian - US · Mar 1, 2024

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