Sludge Mess in EPA's Back Yard. / Sheila R. Cherry.
by Cherry, Sheila R; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 47Environment. Publisher: Insight, 2002ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): United States. Environmental Protection Agency | Health risk assessment | Pathogenic microorganisms | Recycled products | Sewage -- Environmental aspects | Sewage disposal -- Rural | Sewage sludge as fertilizerDDC classification: 050 Summary: "In 1993 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) attempted to perform 'sludge magic,' changing its description of the wastewater dregs that settle from households, hospitals, factories and morgues by announcing that, thanks to the agency, this no longer was pollution but beneficial 'biosolids.' " (INSIGHT) This article discusses the controversy the EPA has created by endorsing sludge as being beneficial to the environment.
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Originally Published: Sludge Mess in EPA's Back Yard, March 25, 2002; pp. 18+.
"In 1993 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) attempted to perform 'sludge magic,' changing its description of the wastewater dregs that settle from households, hospitals, factories and morgues by announcing that, thanks to the agency, this no longer was pollution but beneficial 'biosolids.' " (INSIGHT) This article discusses the controversy the EPA has created by endorsing sludge as being beneficial to the environment.
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