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Friday, March 05, 2010

USA - Outrage in San Francisco

Outrage in San Francisco: City Gives Residents 'Organic' Compost Containing Toxic Sewage Sludge
By Jill Richardson
The city's actions are a wake-up call that the entire nation regularly consumes foods grown on fields fertilized with sludge. A recent EPA study of 84 sludge samples from around the country found 27 metals, three pharmaceuticals (Ciprofloxacin, Diphenhydramine and Triclocarban), four anions (nitrates/nitrites, fluoride and water-extractable phosphorus), three steroids (Campesterol, Cholestanol and Coprostanol), and a number of toxic flame-retardants in nearly every single sample tested........

Many of the other contaminants tested for showed up in a high percentage of samples as well. While the study did not take into account whether these sludge samples were intended for spreading on agricultural land, nearly every one of the samples legally qualified as Class A or Class B biosolids and could have been spread on farm fields. (The study noted that the few samples with molybdenum, nickel or zinc exceeding federal limits for land application sent their sludge to landfills or incinerated it.)...................................

1 Comments:

  • Austin, Texas does this too. The City's toxic product - cutely dubbed "Dillo Dirt" is actually sold in outlets like Home Depot, as well as distributed via various giveaways. Interestingly, the Spanish language label on the bag specifically warns against using it on food plants, while the English language version does not.

    By Anonymous Rae, at 07 March, 2010  

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