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« on: March 06, 2008, 05:58:41 PM »

I put this here because of the beef recalls. And this talks about beef. I'm going to look into it more tomorrow. It's gross.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080306/ap_on_re_us/sludge_poisoned_land;_ylt=AqTcmdIu_EvNUOD218kHCCdxieAA


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« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2008, 07:14:10 PM »

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Also, data endorsed by Agriculture and EPA officials about toxic heavy metals found in the free sludge provided by Augusta's sewage treatment plant was "unreliable, incomplete, and in some cases, fudged," Alaimo wrote.

EPA-commissioned research by the University of Georgia based on the Augusta data was included in a National Academy of Sciences report and served as a linchpin for the government's assertion that sludge didn't pose a health risk.

In his 45-page ruling, Alaimo said that along with using the questionable data, "senior EPA officials took extraordinary steps to quash scientific dissent, and any questioning of EPA's biosolids program."

this is interesting, sewage on the land, read the above, EPA wouldn't allow the truth about the heavy metals.

what the hell is going on??

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« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2008, 07:24:22 PM »

This is gross and has been going on for what appears to be quite some time and continues to this day? Had read on a news site that wallyworlds foods all are from land that is treated with raw sewage so never bought anything else from there except for instant coffee. Mexico uses raw sewage also-right from the treatment plants.

So the diseases we humans develop, let alone our pets, all comes from contaminated soil, water and food that is grown in that soil and watered with- who knows what in the water too? Sure would seem that CANCER is not heriditary and women are getting needless barbaric, disfiguring surgeries that they do not need men end up with prostrate cancer that they would never have and thats just a start IMO. Oh and don't forget our poor children with all the children stricken w/cancer - how are they getting it?
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« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2008, 07:50:28 PM »

and then you read this, sounds like a definite cover-up to me:

"State and EPA officials followed up by testing Boyce's milk, but he said they wouldn't share all their results with him or McElmurray. There is no evidence that those officials took any further action. Boyce said he decided finally to reveal the milk contamination to the AP to illuminate a broader issue.

"The real problem was the state and federal regulatory agencies did not do their jobs," he said, adding that EPA and Augusta officials "tried to say we were just a disease-infested herd. Well, that's just a bunch of bullhockey."

Charles Murphy, then head of Georgia's dairy program, said he notified FDA's Administration's office in Atlanta of Boyce's contaminated samples. "I know I talked to them some, shared some of that information with them," he recalled. "I don't think they sent anybody out."

also, looks like it is more widespread than just their 2 farms:

"Boyce and McElmurray insist they shared all of their data with the two EPA officials, including separate tests they ran on milk pulled from store shelves in Charleston, S.C. That milk, which came from other farms in the Southeast, suggested more widespread contamination, they said. It had heavy metals similar to those found in Boyce's milk."
 





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« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2008, 08:24:31 PM »

This is a pathetic example of what is now a public health crisis in this country.  Even government-funded research can be far, far from independent.

And the agency officials can use our tax dollars to hire elite spin doctors to help them spew out this garbage:

"Benjamin H. Grumbles, EPA's assistant administrator for water programs, said Thursday that the judge's order underscored the significance of what he called strong national standards on sludge rather than undercutting the giveaway program.

"This unfortunate instance of poor recordkeeping and biosolids sampling techniques on the part of one plant reiterates the importance of our national biosolids program," Grumbles said in a written response to AP questions about the ruling.'


One of the best and they hire him and we pay:

http://www.petersandman.com/c-vitae3.htm

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