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It's time you know how sewage sludge is discarded in the U.S. and the harm it is imposing on our Nation.
Sewage sludge is disguised by a clever name, "biosolids", and used as agricultural "fertilizer” on farmland across our Nation.
Driven by a quest to understand what was harming my family, six years of verifiable primary research compelled me to share my findings with you.
Although marketed under the label "biosolids," sewage sludge is a dangerous slurry of toxic chemicals and viable pathogens from processed municipal, residential, institutional, and industrial sewage being disposed on America’s farmland—and has been for decades. From croplands to beef and dairy pastures, landfills to garden compost, sewage sludge is polluting America.
The harm doesn’t end with polluted soils, groundwater, wildlife, and food supply. Our testing and research reveal that sludge becomes airborne and enters our lives and lungs through gases, dusts, winds, and the natural cycle of water resulting in illness, contamination, and loss of fundamental freedoms for countless Americans like my family.
How is it even possible that our Nation does this? Two reasons: 1) Our wastewater infrastructure is neither engineered for, nor mechanically capable of, safely destroying sewage solids; 2) We have a U.S. federal rule—40 CFR Part 503—that camouflages the insufficiencies of our infrastructure and promotes the disposal of sewage sludge as agricultural fertilizer.
The practices of the 503 Rule must end and we must lead the way to infrastructure solutions. It will take all of us—uniting on common ground and solid facts—to drive the necessary change.
This is a problem worth solving and American innovation can solve it. Our research demonstrates that the cost of maintaining this practice far exceeds the cost of change. It is time for change.
Please watch our brief video below. It’s time you know what we’ve learned and what’s at stake. Then please join us. Get informed, get involved, and join our Mission503 today. Together, we can do this.
Mom on a Mission503,
Paula B. Yockel
