Sewage Sludge in the News
Paragould Light, Water and Cable Required to Enclose Sewage Sludge Discharge Area (Arkansas) (Paragould Daily Press, 1/17/12) Charlotte, North Carolina Spins Sludge Spreading as “Resource Recovery” and...
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Updated on Thursday, January 26, to add a late-breaking research article: “Measurement of Flame Retardants and Triclosan in Municipal Sewage Sludge and Biosolids” (Environment International, April 2012...
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King County, Washington Brands Sludge Product and Pushes it at Northwest Flower and Garden Show: According to a press release reprinted in the West Seattle Herald (2/8), “King County’s clean-water...
View ArticleSewage Sludge Rash? Texas Musical Fest-Goers Blame “Dillo Dirt”
- by Sara Jerving Nine months before tens of thousands flocked to a popular music festival in Austin, Texas, the concert park grounds were spread with sewage sludge. It was autumn of 2009, and sewage...
View ArticleMore Free Sludge! Calabasas, California Offers Free Sewage Sludge “Compost”
- by Rebekah Wilce Good news! The sewage treatment plant in Calabasas, California has been giving away free sludge! Free sludge, you say? That potent stew of human and industrial sewage sludge laced...
View ArticleNew Toxic Sludge PR and Lobbying Effort Gets Underway
- by Sara Jerving A trade association known for using the terms “compost,” “organic,” and “biosolids” to describe sewage sludge is investing in a new public relations campaign to influence policymakers...
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(Amherst County, Virginia) According to the Amherst New Era-Progress (June 13, 2012): The county’s planning director, Jeremy Bryant, told supervisors that a company plans to spread sludge, also known...
View ArticleLooking for Kids’ Books? Avoid This Propaganda
- by Rebekah Wilce Did you know that genetic engineering (GE) “is helping to improve the health of the Earth and the people who call it home”? A trade group funded by Monsanto wants your kids to...
View Article“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”: Concerned Citizen Uncovers Whole Foods’ Policy on...
Don’t fancy the thought of your spinach and carrots being grown in sewage sludge? Neither does Mario Ciasulli, a semi-retired electrical engineer living in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Mario likes to...
View ArticleChicago’s Brilliant Plan: Sludge Soccer Fields
According to a local publication in Hinsdale, Illinois, the Chicago metropolitan area has opted to replace a soccer field’s soil with “biosolids” — dried sewage sludge — in several batches and re-sod....
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