biosolids

HR 2064: Sewage Sludge in Food Production Consumer Notification Act

Community Rights, Food, Health, News / January 7, 2019

Organic Consumer Association: Sewage sludge: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) euphemistically calls it “biosolids.” But what is it really? And why should you care? Ask your Member of Congress to cosponsor the Sewage Sludge in Food Production Consumer Notification Act. TAKE ACTION As this article explains, sewage sludge is: . . . whatever goes …

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Fracking water for food irrigation and now: Whole Foods Bans Produce Grown With Sludge. But Who Wins?

Food, Health / May 4, 2018

Just say no to sludge and fracking water on food crops.   From NPR: “When the EPA developed the standards for biosolids, it identified the chemicals and metals that are the greatest risk to human health and the environment and set strict concentration limits on them. (As we recently reported, the government has less strict …

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