Biosolids. Biosolids is the Orwellian PR euphemism for toxic sewage sludge.
The name was created and chosen in a PR contest by the lobby association for sewage industry, the Water Environment Federation (WEF). For more background see also The EPA's plan to bypass opposition to sewage sludge disposal and You say biosolids, I say sewage sludge. There is now a SourceWatch Portal on "Biosolids" Beyond biosolids, the sewage sludge industry now puts its waste product into bags labeled "compost" and promotes them through US Composting Council, BioCycle and other front groups and partners.
Bio-Solids and Secret Toxins - BLACK GOLD - All the riches of the earth. Bio-Solids and Secret Toxins It’s always scary looking at labels on junk food.
They’re rife with unpronounceable chemicals and altered foods such as hydrolyzed oils. These would go unmentioned if the government didn’t require detailed breakdown on exactly what’s used in the creation of edible products. And it’s this analysis that is used to determine whether or not a food product contains substances the USDA has deemed unhealthy for humans. The world of organic foods and certified organic growers provides alternatives to consumers unwilling to ingest the sometimes dubious ingredients of processed food. If you study food labels for undesirable additives, be sure to check the soil products equally well. San Francisco's free 'organic biosolids compost' filled with toxic chemicals. (NaturalNews) The Food Rights Network (FRN), a nonprofit research group, recently issued a press release explaining the test results from a study of San Francisco's free "organic biosolids compost".These independent tests revealed that the free soil, given to the public by San Francisco's Public Utilities Commission, is loaded with endocrine-disruptive chemicals.
Scientists found "appreciable concentrations" of polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants, triclosan, an antibacterial agent, nonylphenol detergent breakdown components, and other things in the compost. According to the commission, the compost is derived from sewage sludge and given out to the public for use in home gardens and at schools. But due to chemical contamination, many are calling on the city end the program immediately. Many people are testing positive for high levels of these chemicals in their bodies, too. According to the U.S. Sources for this story include: Branded products containing sewage sludge. The majority of sewage sludge is hauled away in trucks and disposed of on American farms.
Some is given away or sold as “compost.” Some is dried and made into pellets, bagged, and sold as fertilizer. And sometimes sludge is “blended” into bagged fertilizers. There is no labeling requirement. Sometimes the product is called “biosolids,” sometimes not. If sewage sludge -- whether “treated” or not -- is used as a fertilizer on crops, the food from these crops cannot receive USDA organic certification. The Institute for Trade and Agriculture Policy has a guide on buying sludge-free products. The largest marketer, processor, and hauler of sludge is Synagro, Inc., a company owned by the Carlyle Group. Branded Products Containing Sewage Sludge(If you have a sludge product to add, please send information to info at sludgenews.org.) Sludge. Sludge Sludge refers to the residual, semi-solid material left from industrial wastewater, or sewage treatment processes.
It can also refer to the settled suspension obtained from conventional drinking water treatment,[1] and numerous other industrial processes. The term is also sometimes used as a generic term for solids separated from suspension in a liquid; this 'soupy' material usually contains significant quantities of 'interstitial' water (between the solid particles). In the industrialized world, cities in particular have had a difficult time dealing with sewage waste.[2] In 1992, a United States ban on ocean dumping of human sewage sludge went into effect, leaving cities the expensive option of having to dispose sewage waste in landfills.[3] When fresh sewage or wastewater is added to a settling tank, approximately 50% of the suspended solid matter will settle out in an hour and a half.
This is accomplished in one of two ways. Pollutant[edit] Dangers[edit] " Hazardous waste[edit] L.A. Dumps 500 Tons of Human Excrement Onto Kern County Every Day. Do you know where your turds go after you flush them down the toilet?
Well, if you are one of the 3.9 million people who live and relieve yourself in Los Angeles, you might be interested to learn that your turds are given special treatment: they’re loaded onto trucks, taken on a scenic 2.5-hour drive to a different county, and dumped on a poor hick town. You can’t make this up, folks: Every day, Los Angeles takes 500 tons of moist, highly toxic fecal matter produced by its Obama-worshipping coastal elite and ships it 125 miles up north to GOP-dominated Kern County, where it is spread around on a small chunk of land near the town of Taft, population 6,400. It does this every single day, day after day, piling on somewhere around 200,000 tons of excrement in one year. There’s nothing covert about the practice. Everyone knows LA is doing this.