(NaturalNews) Do you want everything that goes down your drain winding up on your backyard produce? Well that's what happens to those who use organic compost made with municipal sewage.
More than half of the 15 trillion gallons of sewage flushed annually by Americans ends up in a fertilizer product and those products contain everything that goes down the drain from Prozac flushed down toilets to the motor oil rinsed off factory floors (http://motherjones.com/environment/...). The U.S. Department of Agriculture doesn't regulate whichfertilizerscan be labeled as "organic" which means anyone can use the term, including thosecompaniesthat are packaging what we flush.
A 2009EPAsurvey of U.S. sludge samples found 12 pharmaceuticals, 10 flame retardants, and high levels of endocrine disruptors such at triclosan, an antibacterial soap ingredient that scientists believe is killing amphibians.
In communities where sludge has been used, effects on the community have been reported by ailing residents with complaints ranging from migraines to pneumonia to mysterious deaths. In an often-cited 1994 episode, an 11-year-old Pennsylvania boy died of a staph infection after biking through sludge at an abandoned mine (http://motherjones.com/environment/...).
Although the USDA banned the use of sludge in organicagriculture, it does not regulate which fertilizers for private use can be labeled as organic. And the nonprofit U.S. Composting Council is no better, using itsgreenimage for the Orwellian rebranding of sludge while biosolids companies sit on its board of directors and sponsor the councils Composting Week, according to Mother Jones. (http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/...)
Learn more:http://www.naturalnews.com/032305_organic_compost_human_sewage.html#ixzz1LdVACEhz
More than half of the 15 trillion gallons of sewage flushed annually by Americans ends up in a fertilizer product and those products contain everything that goes down the drain from Prozac flushed down toilets to the motor oil rinsed off factory floors (http://motherjones.com/environment/...). The U.S. Department of Agriculture doesn't regulate whichfertilizerscan be labeled as "organic" which means anyone can use the term, including thosecompaniesthat are packaging what we flush.
A 2009EPAsurvey of U.S. sludge samples found 12 pharmaceuticals, 10 flame retardants, and high levels of endocrine disruptors such at triclosan, an antibacterial soap ingredient that scientists believe is killing amphibians.
In communities where sludge has been used, effects on the community have been reported by ailing residents with complaints ranging from migraines to pneumonia to mysterious deaths. In an often-cited 1994 episode, an 11-year-old Pennsylvania boy died of a staph infection after biking through sludge at an abandoned mine (http://motherjones.com/environment/...).
Marketed with near zero regulation
With those kinds of risks associated with the use of sewage sludge,compostconsumers should know whether sludge permeates their choice of product. But compostproducts, such as Kellogg's Amend, do not list sludge or even "biosolids" on their label and instead just list the vague term "compost" (http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/...).Although the USDA banned the use of sludge in organicagriculture, it does not regulate which fertilizers for private use can be labeled as organic. And the nonprofit U.S. Composting Council is no better, using itsgreenimage for the Orwellian rebranding of sludge while biosolids companies sit on its board of directors and sponsor the councils Composting Week, according to Mother Jones. (http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/...)
Learn more:http://www.naturalnews.com/032305_organic_compost_human_sewage.html#ixzz1LdVACEhz
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