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August 25, 2010
News
Back in 1999 Joe Harding told the Washington Post, "Everything was so safe, so riskless [at the Paducah enriched uranium gaseous diffusion plant] We know the truth, I can feel it in my body." Harding is no longer alive; he's one of the workers...
August 9, 2010
News
Silver nanoparticles, used for their potent antimicrobial properties in hospitals and consumer products, may negatively impact plant growth as they make their way into the environment, according to a new study. Whereas it may not spell the end of...
August 18, 2010
News
San Francisco, activists claimed, was poisoning its residents by giving away “toxic sewage sludge,” a mixture of treated sewage and yard waste for use on home gardens that's a stew of all that goes down the city's drains and sewers.
August 7, 2010
Scientific Study
Independent tests of sewage sludge-derived compost from the Synagro CVC plant -- distributed free to gardeners since 2007 by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission in their "organic biosolids compost" giveaway program -- have found...
August 4, 2010
News
San Francisco, under its "green mayor" Gavin Newsom, has since 2007 perpetrated a greenwashing scam upon city gardeners. The city, known for its environmentally sound practices and commitment to a precautionary principle approach to dealing with...
August 2, 2010
News
Environmental Pollutants: Soybeans can accumulate drugs and personal care products commonly found in wastewater and solid waste.
August 1, 2010
News
Whatcom County organic farmers and gardeners are reporting severe crop damage that appears to be linked to herbicide contamination in the manure and compost they obtain from non-organic farms and dairies for use as natural fertilizer.
July 28, 2010
News
Sewage-based compost given out by San Francisco is laced with contaminants such as heavy metals, which exist in comparable levels in commercially available soil amendments, The City found.
July 23, 2010
News
The beets Surendra Pradhan and Helvi Heinonen-Tanski grew were perfectly lovely: round and hefty; with their skin a rich burgundy; their flavor sweet and faintly earthy, like the dirt from which they came. Unless someone told you, you'd never know...
July 8, 2010
News
Since 2007, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission has given away "free organic biosolids compost" to gardeners and school gardens in San Francisco. Of course, their "organic" compost could not be legally applied on an organic farm because...