Agresoil
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
 |
WARNING! Sewage sludge is toxic. Food should not be grown in "biosolids." Join the Food Rights Network. |
Agresoil is a New England product sold as compost but made from sewage sludge.[1][2] It is a trademarked product of the company Agresource, Inc.
The sludge in Agresoil comes from the following cities:[3]
- Bennington, VT
- Burlington County, NJ
- Fairfield, CT
- Ipswich, MA
- Lewiston, ME
- Merrimack, NH
- Needham, MA
- Southbridge, MA
- Stamford, CT
- State College, PA
- West Hartford, CT
- Williamstown, MA
- Yarmouth, MA
Contents
Contact Information
- Agresource, Inc.
- 100 Main Street
- Amesbury, MA 01913
- Phone: 800-313-3320; 978-388-5110
• Fax: 978-388-4198
Articles and resources
Related SourceWatch articles
- Biosolids
- Sewage sludge
- Food Rights Network
- Sewage sludge giveaways, producers, and brands
- The EPA's plan to bypass opposition to sewage sludge disposal
- Water Environment Federation
- You say biosolids, I say sewage sludge
References
- ↑ Branded products containing sewage sludge, SludgeNews Website accessed June 3, 2010.
- ↑ Agresource, Inc. - Compost Products, Agresource, Inc., Accessed November 11, 2010.
- ↑ Agresource, Inc. - Compost Products, Agresource, Inc., Accessed November 11, 2010.
External resources
- Marie Kulick, Smart Guide on Sludge Use and Food Production, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2008.
- Targeted National Sewage Sludge Survey: EPA-822-R-08-016 and EPA-822-R-08-018, EPA, January 2009.
- Environmental Working Group, Dumping Sewage Sludge On Organic Farms? Why USDA Should Just Say No, April, 1998.
- Environmental Working Group, Routes of Exposure sewage sludge: EWG Research on Chemicals in sewage sludge, April 30, 1998.
