dangers of human sewage sludge in fertilizing products?
- wis99ski
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dangers of human sewage sludge in fertilizing products?
I don't think these claims are new but I came across this and found it interesting.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/draxe.com/ ... mpost/amp/
https://www.google.com/amp/s/draxe.com/ ... mpost/amp/
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Re: dangers of human sewage sludge in fertilizing products?
The article uses compost and fertilizer interchangeably.
It's hard to take the article seriously when it can't get that right.
It's hard to take the article seriously when it can't get that right.
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Re: dangers of human sewage sludge in fertilizing products?
I'm not sure what is worse, the article or the website.
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Re: dangers of human sewage sludge in fertilizing products?
I agree. But there are certainly interesting statements made.
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Re: dangers of human sewage sludge in fertilizing products?
I stopped reading when I saw draxe.com.
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Re: dangers of human sewage sludge in fertilizing products?
Sounds conspiracy to me by Monsanto aka Scott. They might be feeling pressure from milo sales.
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Re: dangers of human sewage sludge in fertilizing products?
I don't use Milo in my vegetable garden because of this. Its lawn and shrubs only for my yard.
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Re: dangers of human sewage sludge in fertilizing products?
If you read the sources:
"Lost sales of Milorganite, disposal of contaminated product and cleanup of the recreation fields cost MMSD nearly $5 million. To prevent another incident of contamination, the fertilizer is tested daily, said Sharon Mertens, MMSD director of water quality protection."
Also, one of the sources was a study on sewage plants in South Africa. Now I have nothing against them but I'm pretty sure the EPA is stricter here in the USA than the South African equivalent.
"Lost sales of Milorganite, disposal of contaminated product and cleanup of the recreation fields cost MMSD nearly $5 million. To prevent another incident of contamination, the fertilizer is tested daily, said Sharon Mertens, MMSD director of water quality protection."
Also, one of the sources was a study on sewage plants in South Africa. Now I have nothing against them but I'm pretty sure the EPA is stricter here in the USA than the South African equivalent.
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Re: dangers of human sewage sludge in fertilizing products?
I stopped reading after the first sentence. "Shampoo chemicals" in my tomatoes are not an incidental, I spray shampoo ON my tomatoes*.
* OK, I make my own shampoo, but still...that just means I know what every chemical in there is, why it's there, and what it does. Also, I'd do this IF I had tomatoes, which I don't. But I do have some eggplant and a bunch of edible flowers and plants.
* OK, I make my own shampoo, but still...that just means I know what every chemical in there is, why it's there, and what it does. Also, I'd do this IF I had tomatoes, which I don't. But I do have some eggplant and a bunch of edible flowers and plants.
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