Greenpeace used a Freedom of Information request to obtain a report that was commissioned by the government but then suppressed.63 It warned that the sewage sludge being spread on farmland contains a remarkable cocktail of dangerous substances, including PFASs (‘forever chemicals’),64 benzo(a)pyrene (a Class 1 carcinogen), dioxins, furans, PCBs and PAHs, all of which are persistent and potentially cumulative.
