Article 4RW8N Biosolids: mix human waste with toxic chemicals, then spread on crops

Biosolids: mix human waste with toxic chemicals, then spread on crops

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Tom Perkins
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Residual sludge from treating waste water has been turned into a money-spinner but what are the costs to health of 'the most pollutant-rich manmade substance on Earth'?

By some estimates, Americans send about 300m pounds of feces daily from the nation's toilets to wastewater treatment plants.

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