The Sewage Sludge And Our Vegetables, Think About It

Is a recent post on the Bootstrap analysis blog I’ve read this item.

Nature: Stuck in the Mud. The Environmental Protection Agency must gather data on the toxicity of spreading sewage sludge. Sixty percent of the biosolids left over from sewage treatment in the U.S. are used as fertilizers. “In what can only be called an institutional failure spanning more than three decades - and presidential administrations of both parties - there has been no systematic monitoring programme to test what is in the sludge.” Reports implying it was safe are under question despite stories like this, the EPA is still dragging its feet.

I decided to make the extra effort and read the report just to find that it focuses on what we all know companies are not really extra careful on dumping their waste and these practices causes people to get sick and die. Using the biosolids that are left over from sewage treatment is something that needs to be taken seriously as we end up consuming products that are really not so great for consumption.