Our film naming contest concludes. The winning name - submitted by our own Nancy Holt - is
SEWAGE SLUDGE ON OUR FARMS: A TOXIC BETRAYAL
So Nancy wins the prize, a beautiful set of pottery.
In other news...a sewage sludge industry newsletter (North East Biosolids and Residuals Association) has cited SSAN and its film. In their newsletter, they make the statement
"...current evidence certainly suggests biosolids use on soils in accordance with regulations and best management practices is safe for public health and the environment."
It is amazing that NEBRA says land applications of sewage sludge is safe because the EPA will not say that. The reason given by the EPA for no answer of safety to humans, animals or the environment? Because they do not know. (Tracy Mehan, EPA Assistant Administrator, US-EPA, October 29, 2003) and according to the EPA today, the EPA itself does not promote land applications.