[USCC] Biosolids testing report

[The Rubins]

Neal:

Your comment is true.  Notice, however, that these researchers and others 
quoted in the article can not provide any data to suggest that these trace 
concentrations of chemical substances in biosolids produce any human health 
or environmental impacts.  These researchers are raising "red flags" about 
the presence of these constituents in biosolids hoping to get research $$ to 
demonstrate a problem.  However, there are no impacts.  While analytical 
chemistry methods are capable of identifying these constituents in biosolids 
or biosolids composts at the ppm, ppb, and ppt levels, the bottom line is 
that no one can demonstrate any negative effects on humans, animals, or 
vegetation when these biosolids/composts are land applied.

I will be publishing a paper in the November/December time frame that will 
suggest that the detection of micro pollutants in biosolids/biosolids 
composts is a non-issue and that our time would be better spent on the 
issues of pathogens and aesthetic impacts such as odors from biosolids land 
application and biosolids composting.  I trust that no one in the biosolids 
or biosolids composting profession should be losing any sleep over this 
article.

Cheers

Alan


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