Comments on: Local Incidents Raise National Concerns Over Safety of Sewage Sludge as Fertilizer http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=8274 News on pesticide science, policy and activism Wed, 15 May 2013 15:03:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Dave http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=8274#comment-157538 Dave Sat, 13 Oct 2012 20:06:27 +0000 http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=8274#comment-157538 “Resident Pearl Addington makes particular note of the smell emanating from the sludge treated fields. “I have asthma and I can’t even leave my house,” she said to the Herald, “I am scared (because) I can’t breathe.” Although EPA requires sewage sludge to be immediately incorporated into the soil, in the words of Jeff Hutton of the Illinois EPA (IEPA), “[T]here’s still going to be an odor. Odors are hard to quantify.”

Odors are comprised of substances. Substances can be measured and quantified. ‘nuf said.

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