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Raking through sludge exposes a stink [1]

A former US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) scientist is suing the agency's officials and researchers at the University of Georgia in Athens, alleging that they manufactured and published false data to support the use of potentially harmful sewage sludges as fertilizers. The sludges have been linked to health problems in humans and cattle

Publication Date: 
15/05/2008
Jeff Tollefson [2]
Nature [3]
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Tags:
Land Pollution [4], Agricultural Inputs [5], Heavy Metals [6], Health Effects [7], Sewage Pollution [8], Sewage Treatment Plants (STP) [9]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/jeff-tollefson
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/nature
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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agricultural-inputs
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/heavy-metals
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sewage-pollution
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sewage-treatment-plants-stp