Environment & Energy

lordsummerisle

(4,653 posts) Fri May 28, 2021, 08:13 AM May 2021

Forever chemicals found in home fertilizer made from sewage sludge

theguardian.com

Sewage sludge that wastewater treatment districts across America package and sell as home fertilizer contain alarming levels of toxic PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals”, a new report has revealed.

Sludge, which is lightly treated and marketed as “biosolids”, is used by consumers to fertilize home gardens, and the PFAS levels raise concerns that the chemicals are contaminating vegetables and harming those who eat them.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/28/home-fertilizer-toxic-pfas-forever-chemicals-sewage-sludge

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Forever chemicals found in home fertilizer made from sewage sludge (Original Post) lordsummerisle May 2021 OP

Should be using nothing but this in the lawn and garden Best_man23 May 2021 #1

That's our manure of choice, too Random Boomer May 2021 #5

gross Blues Heron May 2021 #2

My dog fertilizes the lawn sufficiently. Throck May 2021 #3

Tomato garden jcboss May 2021 #4

Best_man23

(5,269 posts)

1. Should be using nothing but this in the lawn and garden

Reply to lordsummerisle (Original post)

Fri May 28, 2021, 08:19 AM

May 2021

Random Boomer

(4,417 posts)

5. That's our manure of choice, too

Reply to Best_man23 (Reply #1)

Fri May 28, 2021, 12:36 PM

May 2021

I can't even imagine buying "biosolids" from waste treatment plants. I'd rather cure my own humanure.

Blues Heron

(9,038 posts)

2. gross

Reply to lordsummerisle (Original post)

Fri May 28, 2021, 08:32 AM

May 2021

how are PFAS getting into the sewage system in the first place?

Throck

(2,520 posts)

3. My dog fertilizes the lawn sufficiently.

Reply to lordsummerisle (Original post)

Fri May 28, 2021, 08:33 AM

May 2021

Don't need no stinking toxic chemicals.

jcboss

(21 posts)

4. Tomato garden

Reply to lordsummerisle (Original post)

Fri May 28, 2021, 10:39 AM

May 2021

Been using Milorganite for decades. Makes my tomatoes greener.

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