Report: Up to 20 million acres of farmland in US tainted by 'forever chemical' PFAS due to sewage sludge use - Upgoat

Report: Up to 20 million acres of farmland in US tainted by 'forever chemical' PFAS due to sewage sludge use
submitted by Spaceman84 to news 3 yearsApr 18, 2022 14:10:58 ago (+7/-0) (www.woodtv.com)
https://www.woodtv.com/news/national/up-to-20-million-acres-of-farmland-in-us-tainted-by-pfas-study-finds/

[ - ] Mr_ 4 points 3 yearsApr 18, 2022 14:35:55 ago (+4/-0)

With all the chemicals in our food, water, etc, re-using sewage sludge as fertilizer seems like an obviously bad idea to me...

[ - ] lord_nougat 1 point 3 yearsApr 18, 2022 14:29:11 ago (+1/-0)

Thanks, bill gates!

[ - ] cyclops1771 1 point 3 yearsApr 18, 2022 16:08:15 ago (+1/-0)

Eet moar insekts

[ - ] yesiknow 1 point 3 yearsApr 18, 2022 16:16:34 ago (+1/-0)

"..report from the nonprofit Environmental Working Group". Non profits are all about money for them in their pockets.

Solid material is sifted out of the water and digested by bacteria. However, even after that process, sewage sludge CAN (means may, we don't know. still hold elements from the waste.

They don't get funding for lavish expense accounts by saying anything is good.

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[ - ] Spaceman84 [op] 0 points 3 yearsApr 18, 2022 17:08:51 ago (+0/-0)

The Ag industry doesn't want it to be studied because it doesn't get much cheaper than using untested sewage sludge. Milorganite was found to contain all kinds of toxic shit.

[ - ] TardWhisperer 1 point 3 yearsApr 18, 2022 17:19:36 ago (+1/-0)

I thought using human waste as fertilizer on food crops was illegal!

[ - ] Bonlio1 0 points 3 yearsApr 18, 2022 14:17:48 ago (+0/-0)

We will never have healthy food in the US

[ - ] loud_niglet 0 points 3 yearsApr 18, 2022 16:00:55 ago (+1/-1)

They should turn that sewage into sue-age!

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