Laura J Carter, Sarah Dennis, Katie Allen, Patrick McKenna, Xiaohui Chen, Tim J Daniell, Barbara Evans, Jeremy S Guest, Hongyan Guo, Stuart Kirk, Yong-Guan Zhu, Asif Reza Anik, Naqshe Zuhra, Steven A Banwart
The widespread adoption of an agricultural circular economy requires the recovery of resources such as water, organic matter, and nutrients from livestock manure and sanitation. While this approach offers many benefits, we argue this is not without potential risks to human and environmental health that largely stem from the presence of contaminants in the recycled resources (e.g., pharmaceuticals, pathogens). We discuss context specific challenges and solutions across the three themes: (1) contaminant monitoring; (2) collection transport and treatment; and (3) regulation and policy...
April 12, 2024: ACS ES&T water