Organic compost is often just repackaged human sewage

Dear GLP readers,

Think you're buying "organic compost" at the local home supply store? You might want to do your homework on this, because a lot of the so-called organic compost is actually made from treated human sewage.
The Organic Consumers Association has been covering this story for months, and today we bring you the latest update on this shocking revelation that's causing innocent gardeners to dump human sewage on their home gardens! (Can you imagine all the pharma chemicals that are in that soil?)
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(NaturalNews) Do you want everything that goes down your drain winding up on your backyard produce? Well that's what happens to those who use organic compost made with municipal sewage.

More than half of the 15 trillion gallons of sewage flushed annually by Americans ends up in a fertilizer product and those products contain everything that goes down the drain from Prozac flushed down toilets to the motor oil rinsed off factory floors [link to motherjones.com] The U.S. Department of Agriculture doesn't regulate which fertilizers can be labeled as "organic" which means anyone can use the term, including those companies that are packaging what we flush.

A 2009 EPA survey of U.S. sludge samples found 12 pharmaceuticals, 10 flame retardants, and high levels of endocrine disruptors such at triclosan, an antibacterial soap ingredient that scientists believe is killing amphibians.

Learn more: [link to www.naturalnews.com]

Last Edited by OrganicHealer on 05/06/2011 04:30 AM