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Default Produce Is Growing Source of Food Illness


Dave Bugg wrote:
> AllEmailDeletedImmediately wrote:
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> > the waste is somehow processed/treated at the "poopy plant" (i'd
> > guess to kill off
> > all the bacteria?) and then sold as sludge, which may not be
> > considered human
> > waste at that point.

>
> Just to be clear:
> Raw sewage is untreated human waste entering the waste treatment plant
> Sludge is the material left over after the treatment process
> Biosolids is what is left after further treating and processing sludge.
> Biosolids are what are used on agricultural fields in all 50 states. Sludge
> is not.


What happens to the sludge?

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