[ShareTompkins] New on ISN: How EPA Faked the Entire Science of Sewage Sludge Safety: A Whistleblower's Story by Dr David Lewis

[A Wilson]

Dear Friends and Colleagues

Published today (June 9th) in Independent Science News:

How EPA Faked the Entire Science of Sewage Sludge Safety: A  
Whistleblower's Story
by Dr David Lewis
http://www.independentsciencenews.org/health/how-epa-faked-the-entire-science-of-sewage-sludge-safety-a-whistleblowers-story/
Synopsis: US EPA’s 503 sludge rule (1993) currently allows application  
of treated sewage sludges (aka biosolids) to farms, forests, parks,  
schools, playgrounds, homes, and gardens. Biosolids are the insoluble  
wastes that settle out at water treatment plants. They contain complex  
mixtures of industrial chemicals, heavy metals, mercury, phthalates,  
flame retardants, many common drugs and pathogenic agents. While  
working at EPA, senior scientist David Lewis published evidence  
showing a New Hampshire teenager Shayne Conner died, and other  
neighbors were harmed, from exposure to land-applied sewage sludge.  
Lewis became involved further when dairy herds on two Georgia farms  
were poisoned after grazing on sludged land. The following article is  
an excerpt from his new book.

In How EPA Faked the Entire Science of Sewage Sludge Safety: A  
Whistleblower's Story Dr. Lewis details an unprecedented case of  
scientific misconduct. Approved at high levels, it spanned EPA, local  
and city municipalities, USDA, Synagro Technologies (a waste  
management company), leading universities, and the National Academies  
of Science. This pan-institutional misconduct falsely presented sewage  
sludge as safe, hid the evidence that it was not, falsified the  
reported contents of municipal sludges, and smeared Dr Lewis with a  
scientific misconduct charge after he blew the whistle. As a  
consequence, sewage sludges can be legally used as fertilisers when in  
fact they are highly polluted industrial wastes.


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Allison Wilson, PhD
Science Director
The Bioscience Resource Project

phone: 1 (607) 319 0279
a.wilson at bioscienceresource.org
www.independentsciencenews.org
and
www.bioscienceresource.org

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