fertilizer.. organic and others

[Guest guest]

All of us might want to get a copy of 'Fateful Harvest' by Duff . Duff

uncovers a little secret. A loop hole in the chemical waste industry and

fertilizer industry. The fertilizer industry is unregulated. Industry can

take a toxic waste and call it a 'product' and avoid the costly process of toxic

waste disposal. If the product can be shown to have element value as a

fertilizer it can be shipped and sold for application to farmers (and eventually

our food). Fertilizer products (including organic fertilizers) do not require

complete element disclosure. A farmer might think he is buying zinc or boron to

add to his soil but the actual product can have high levels of lead,mercury,

arsenic, cadmium etc... Many industrial waste products are being applied to

farmers land including fly ash, slag, phosphorus ect....and being labeled as

fertilizer or even worse being called liming agents. A liming agent requires

less oversight than a fertilizer product. Drop me a note if you have read Duffs

work or if you have any insight in the governmental controls of these

industires.

[Guest guest]

>A loop hole in the chemical waste industry and fertilizer industry. The

>fertilizer industry is unregulated. Industry can take a toxic waste and

>call it a 'product' and avoid the costly process of toxic waste

>disposal. If the product can be shown to have element value as a

>fertilizer it can be shipped and sold for application to farmers (and

>eventually our food).

In fact, if I'm not mistaken, this is how our water is fluoridated -- not

even with the fluoride compound the original studies were conducted with,

but with industrial waste silico-fluorides that not only have no proven

value for cavity prevention at all but are also far more toxic forms of

fluoride. It's a travesty of justice.

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[Guest guest]

Hi Dave, I recently finished reading " Fateful Harvest " . You summed up

the book very well. It makes you realize how careful we must be in what we

apply to our land! I've recently read " Fast Food Nation " . That is an

eye-opener, also. Hope spring work is going well for you! Are you

calving yet? Sincerely, Bill Lambert

-----Original Message-----

From: C. Wetzel [mailto:wetz@...]

Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 7:24 PM

Subject: fertilizer.. organic and others

All of us might want to get a copy of 'Fateful Harvest' by Duff .

Duff uncovers a little secret. A loop hole in the chemical waste industry

and fertilizer industry. The fertilizer industry is unregulated. Industry

can take a toxic waste and call it a 'product' and avoid the costly process

of toxic waste disposal. If the product can be shown to have element value

as a fertilizer it can be shipped and sold for application to farmers (and

eventually our food). Fertilizer products (including organic fertilizers)

do not require complete element disclosure. A farmer might think he is

buying zinc or boron to add to his soil but the actual product can have high

levels of lead,mercury, arsenic, cadmium etc... Many industrial waste

products are being applied to farmers land including fly ash, slag,

phosphorus ect....and being labeled as fertilizer or even worse being called

liming agents. A liming agent requires less oversight than a fertilizer

product. Drop me a note if you have read Duffs work or if