1978 -- 2005 chemical and biological sludge war against farmers and urban home owners
The website www.deadlydeceit.com has documented the EPA chemical and biological sludge war against farmers and urban home owners since it began in 1978-79 to 2005 when politicians in California decided to fight back (1. whistleblower)
The political side of the Kern County, California Sludge War was initiated on July 1, 2005. It was supported by both political parties, just in time for the INDEPENDENCE DAY celebrations. State senator Dean Florez initiated a petition drive to stop the spreading of chemical and biological contaminated sludge in Kern County. Kevin McCarthy, the state Assembly Republican leader and other political leaders filed the papers. (2. Rivals)
It would appear that a political solution was preferable to requesting the government to enforce the Patriot Act against: 1) the EPA employees who created the fraudulent regulation and promoted sludge as a "safe" fertilizer based on exclusions in the environmental laws; 2) the public relation firm hired by EPA and its partners to help gain public acceptance of the chemical and biological contaminated sludge as a "safe" fertilizer; 3) the permit writers who knew the chemical and biological contaminated sludge would cause so much human health and environmental damage to this nation and its economy; and 4) transporter. (3. hfsv)
When EPA proposed the sludge regulation, it knew sludge could not be safely disposed of on farmland because: 1) only 28 out of 400 toxic pollutants were proposed for regulation, 2) 15 out of 25 toxic inorganics on the superfund list were not included, 3) Thirty-three pollutants considered hazardous for land disposal were not included. (4. paper)
EPA removed information from the regulation concerning the 21 cancer causing chemical agents in sludge it had data on as well as the 34 families of biological agents. Then acknowledged there was no risk assessment included for any of the chemical or biological agents in sludge. In fact, EPA claimed it did not have data on most of the chemicals. (5. experts)
The real sludge disposal regulation 40 CFR 258 lists 220 hazardous chemical agents to be aware of in sludge which could contaminate ground water under a mismanaged landfill, thereby putting human health and the environment at risk. (6. con-H)
When the victims of the chemical and biological agents in sludge came looking for help, EPA and its partners created a public relations campaign to prevent the victims from getting justice and get the public to accept its deadly chemical and biological contaminated sludge disposal program. (7. epa-pr)(8. Victims) (9. Deaths-Health)
EPA's partner, the Water Environment Federation was given large sums of money to run the public relations campaign to debunk the victims stories. It disseminated false information provided by EPA as well as misrepresenting the facts noted in sludge studies. (10. WEF-pr) (11. health studies)
EPA claimed sludge sites are safe from biological contamination after 30 days, as long as there is not high public access. Yet, it would appear that when biological contaminates die, they leave behind a deadly endotoxin. It seems that a housing development was created on a sludge site and families have suffered health problems including weight loss, hair loss, fevers, sinus problems, nose bleeds, fatigue and a host of other ailments. (12. endotoxins-housing) www.deadlydeceit.com