Jersey has published the 111 fields where biosolids fertiliser was spread in 2024 and 2025. Infrastructure Minister Jonathan Renouf said scientific tests found no PFAS contamination in them; the list was released in line with an information commissioner's decision.
The government's fact sheet said PFAS had been detected at low levels in Jersey biosolids. It cited independent assessments estimating that application at approved rates would add only a very small amount to soil, substantially below a proposed screening threshold for PFAS-affected agricultural land.
PFAS in firefighting foam used at the airport fire-training ground in the early 1990s leaked into a neighbouring area and private borehole water supplies. The government had previously withheld the fields list amid commercial-sensitivity concerns. Renouf said the public's right to know what was spread on food-growing fields had to be balanced against those concerns.
