"For decades, the government has encouraged farmers across the United States to spread sewage sludge on their cropland and pastures."
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What could go wrong?!
Turns out plenty - plenty of PFAS
PFAS are forever chemicals linked to cancer, birth defects and other health risks, and they're entering the food supply from contaminated crops and livestock.
According to the EPA there is no safe level of PFAS for humans.
#News #Pollution #PFAS #Farms #EPA
"Gift" Article
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/31/climate/takeaways-pfas-sludge-fertilizer.html
@Coctaanatis: I did not know that. It's at odds with what I've read and seen over the years, though not from government, and that is that using human sewage/waste to fertilize crops is dangerous AF.
The USDA criticized a South American nation many years ago for dangerous outbreaks connected to their big crop, though I forget what that crop is at the moment. They were using people shit to fertilize, and lots of South and North Americans got stuff like hepatitis, e.coli, and such, and it was...
@Coctaanatis: ...quite quickly traced to the fields where the famers were spreading raw sewage all over the place, "for the economy".