Researchers in the lab (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Researchers in the lab

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From left, Illinois Sustainable Technology Center research scientist John Scott, chemist Lee Green and research scientist Andres Prada found that most of the microplastic and PFAS contaminants that flow into wastewater treatment plants in Illinois end up in biosolids, 70% of which are spread over cropland as fertilizer.

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