Stroud Water Research Center
“Forever chemicals” in sewage sludge are reaching waterways, Stroud Center finds and New York Times reports.
The Stroud Center and the Center for PFAS Solutions have been studying how much biosolids are contaminating farmland and adjacent waters since 2021.
Oviedo-Vargas, D., J. Anton, S. Coleman-Kammula, and X. Qin. 2025. Nature Scientific Reports 15: Article 5582.
Forever chemicals threaten drinking water and human health. Learn how scientists are investigating PFAS contamination in farming.
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are a group of thousands of chemicals that are used in a wide range of industrial applications and represent a risk to human health. They…
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To help understand the extent of this problem in Pennsylvania, scientists are looking at the occurrence and migration of biosolid-derived PFASs into soil and water on agricultural fields.
Executive Director Dave Arscott, Ph.D., shared how Stroud Water Research Center is working to mitigate threats to water quality.
Learn how Stroud Water Research Center is working to mitigate threats to water quality through research, education, and watershed restoration.