Environmental

Local Incidents Raise National Concerns Over Safety of Sewage Sludge as Fertilizer

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2012.  Sewage sludge is big business in Channahon, IL, but many residents who live near fields treated with the fertilizer believe they’re the ones paying the price. Farms in the area began applying the “biosolids” in 2010, and residents say that’s when their health issues began, according to Morris Daily Herald.

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Biosolids, otherwise known as sewage sludge, are composed of dried microbes previously used to process wastewater in treatment plants. The material…

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