A sludge nightmare along the Susquehanna

Lin Eyer, of Havre de Grace, didn?t know she was riding her horse through a field of freshly spread sewage sludge last summer in Susquehanna State Park along the Susquehanna River in Harford County ? one of more than 300 sites around the state where the treated waste is spread.

A week later she was confined to her bed, shaking with chills, worn down by migraines. A dentist pulled out all her teeth in an effort to stop infections, all while she was on antibiotics.