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Ex-EPA scientist says spread sludge had nothing to do with reducing lead
- When Johns Hopkins University and federal researchers spread sewage sludge compost on East Baltimore yards, they were providing “scientific cover” rather than attempting to reduce lead levels, a former Environmental Protection Agency microbiologist told Maryland officials.
- When Johns Hopkins University and federal researchers spread sewage sludge compost on East Baltimore yards, they were providing “scientific cover” rather than attempting to reduce lead levels, a former Environmental Protection Agency microbiologist told Maryland officials.
Sewage sludge critics urge ban on spreading
- Blaming sewage sludge for illnesses, critics called Wednesday for a ban on spreading the treated human waste as fertilizer.
Treated compost not same as sludge, maker stresses
- Reports confusing Orgro Class A compost with sewage sludge irk compost makers.
NAACP wants more answers in Baltimore sludge project
- The NAACP is not satisfied with researchers’ claims that the sewage sludge compost used to lower lead levels in inner-city soil was safe.
Lead, not sludge, was subject of experiment, researchers say
- East Baltimore community leaders who worked with scientists spreading compost on lead-tainted lawns never thought they were being “targeted.”
Hopkins defends spreading sludge
- The sewage sludge compost spread in a Baltimore City neighborhood, drawing calls for a federal investigation, poses no danger to residents, Johns Hopkins officials say.
