| SLUDGE BIOSOLIDS COMPOST 1978 Sludge Wars at EPA 1979 Preamble to the 40 CFR 257 Solid Waste Regulation EPA "assumed" only Cadmium and PCB's in sludge could effect human health. 1988 EPA Study -- Trace Organics and lnorganics in Distribution and Marketing Municipal Sludges 1988 EPA Study -- Occurrence of Pathogens in Distribution and Marketing Municipal Sludges 1989 PREAMBLE TO PART 503 SLUDGE RULES: List of known carcinogens in sludge were ignored in the 1993 part 503 sludge rules because EPA claimed a lack of data 1989 Preamble to part 503 Sludge rules: TWENTY-FIVE PRIMARY PATHOGENS ASSOCIATED WITH A HIGH INCIDENCE OF DISEASE DID SLUDGE EXPERTS SET OUT TO KILL US? Bad public Relations Campaign TWO LETTERS ASKING QUESTIONS ALAN RUBIN (THE SHEIK OF SLUDGE) WILL NOT ANSWER. The name came from a Milwaukee paper. Coliform -- TOTAL COLIFORM = ENTEROBACTERIACEAE-- a very deadly family Fecal Coliform -- Thermotolerant E. coli -- E. coli 0157 doesn't show up in this test. EPA allows a most probable number of 1000 per gram = 100,000 per 100 mililiter PART 503.13 —STANDARDS FOR THE USE OR DISPOSAL -- POLUTANTS FOR BENEFICIAL USE could kill you, LIMITS are too high to be disposed of in a part 503 permitted landfill Part 503.23 -- STANDARDS FOR THE USE OR DISPOSAL - Pollutant limits for disposal in permitted 503 permitted landfill prohibits most Execption Quality Class A sludge biosolids. EPA Watch --- Hazardous Sewage Sludge Disposal as Fertilizer CDC -- Etiologic agents, vectors, and materials containing etiologic agents are recognized as hazardous materials. HEALTH EFFECTS FROM CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATED SLUDGE/BIOSOLIDS Compost --THEY ARE KILLING US WITH SLUDGE/BIOSOLIDS EPA officials said investigating health impacts from biosolids is not an EPA responsibility; FDA REGULATIONS ON HANDLING SPORE FORMING BACTERIA ITS STRANGE, BUT EPA SAYS IT PERFECTLY SAFE TO PUT THESE SPORE FORMING BACTERIA ON YOUR LAWN, GARDEN AND SCHOOL YARD EVEN THOUGH THE SLUDGE TREATMENT PROCESSES DON'T WORK COMPOSTING SEWAGE SLUDGE -- COMPOSTING DOESN'T WORK, THAT COULD BE A CRIME. EPA acknowledges that Compost may be hazardous to you Health - survival and regrowth of pathogen in compost + some deadly fungus CLASS A COMPOST STUDIES Composting for Biosolids Management CLASS A COMPOSTED SLUDGE IS VERY DANGEROUS BIOAEROSOLS ANTIGENS AND ALLERGENS FROM SEWAGE SLUDGE DISPOSAL CONTROLLING DUST AND BIOAEROSOLS AT A BIOSOLIDS COMPOSTING FACILITY Health Effects From Biological Contaminants CANCER CAUSING AGENTS IN CLASS A & B SLUDGE 1978 -- 2005 chemical and biological sludge war against farmers and urban home owners U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES / Public Health Service, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Coccidioidomycosis (i.e., valley fever) in California CHEMICALS LISTED AS HAZARDOUS CONSTITUENTS WHEN DISPOSAL IS IN SEWAGE SLUDGE/BIOSOLIDS CO-DISPOSAL LANDFILL CHEMICALS AND PATHOGEN STUDIES DISEASE CAUSING AGENTS (PATHOGENS) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH ORGANIC DUST TOXIC SYNDROME HAZARDOUS AIRBORNE POLLUTANTS EPA is required to control 188 hazardous air pollutants EPA HAS DOCUMENTED THE LONGTERM MURDEROUS INTENT IN THE DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE SLUDGE AS IT CONCERNS CADMIUM AND OTHER TOXIC METAL. MILWAUKEE TURNS SCHOOLS AND PARKS INTO SUPERFUND SITES |