Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

Fear In The Fields
how hazardous waste becomes fertilizer
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/special/fear_fields.html

A Seattle Times investigation found that, across the nation, industrial
wastes laden with heavy metals and other dangerous materials are being used
in fertilizers and spread over farmland. The process, which is legal, saves
dirty industries the high costs of disposing of hazardous wastes. (July 3 -
4, 1997)

    Part I: Spreading heavy metals on farmland is legal, but is it safe?
        What's known, and not known, about toxics and soil

    Part II: Lack of regulation leaves farmers, consumers guessing
        Example after example, throughout the country 
        Experts: How to reduce risk

    Follow-up stories (July - September 1997)

    Farmers press state officials for action on fertilizers
    Even advocate of using waste in fertilizer wants tighter laws
    Food processors ask state for regulations on toxins in fertilizer
    A first step toward labeling toxins in fertilizer
    Locke: Test, label fertilizers

    McDermott drafting bill to regulate fertilizers
    EPA to review use of industrial waste in fertilizer
    State proposes tougher fertilizer rules
    Fertilizer industry to pay for study of health risks

    Q & A: The practice of recycling wastes
    Letters to the editor