Synagro, a company owned by a Goldman Sachs fund, generates millions selling treated sewage sludge as fertilizer, raising alarming concerns over harmful PFAS chemicals.
The Environmental Protection Agency has declared certain PFAS chemicals hazardous, which has prompted Synagro to lobby Congress against liability for contaminated sludge fertilizer.
Lobbying efforts led by Synagro's CEO are aiming to pass legislation that protects sludge companies from lawsuits, arguing that harmful chemicals were pre-existing in the sludge.
Republican Senators are backing a bill that would shield sludge companies and wastewater treatment plants from being sued for pollution linked to sewage sludge.
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