www.usludgefree.org

When we think of organic we think of natural, pure, wholesome and expensive. But few of us think of organic in terms of sewage sludge.

What?

Here is perhaps the biggest if not the best reason to buy organic. 8 million tons of bio-solids, better known as sewage sludge, is marketed to American farmers and gardeners to aid in growing our food. Only the food that is labeled USDA certified organic is regulated to guard against it being grown on land treated with this sludge.

Just take a moment to think what you put down the garbage disposal, sink or toilet. If you live where you receive city and/or county utility services, the items you send to the sewage plant and the human solid waste bring with them a multitude of toxic compounds. Once the water is removed from the waste, you have a solid by-product called sludge. The EPA requires testing for 9 chemical elements and 2 bacteria before passing on the use of sewage sludge on land. But, that testing could be once or month or once a year. Pharmaceuticals, pathogens and even heavy metals could be absorbed by food crops, grazing animals and edible botanicals thus ending up in our bodies.

That’s a pretty ugly visual.

So, to better educate yourself on whether or not you might be eating sewage, we recommend checking in at the United Sludge-Free Alliance and become informed.

.