[GreenYes] www.ewg.org Biosolids Safety issues

[LWheeler45@no.address]

Dumping  Sewage Sludge On Organic Farms?
Why  USDA Should Just Say No
April  30, 1998
Download _Sludge Policy Memo_ 
(http://www.ewg.org/reports/sludgememo/sludge.pdf)   in _Adobe Acrobat_ (http://www.adobe.com/)   Format  
Overview
In  December, 1997, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposed draft  
national standards for organic agriculture. As part of this proposal, the  
department invited the public to comment on the idea of allowing application of  
municipal sewage sludge on land used to grow organic foods.1 The  
Environmental Protection Agency's top sludge regulator urged the department to  allow 
"high quality biosolids" (i.e., sewage sludge) to be used in organic food 
 


--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GreenYes" group.
To post to this group, send email to GreenYes@no.address
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to GreenYes-unsubscribe@no.address
For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/GreenYes
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---