Toxic Crops

How household poisons go from drain to plate.

Date Created: 2023, July 28

Keywords: toxic, poison, soil, air, water, ocean, crops, biosolid

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There is really strong evidence that biologic waste is basically non-toxic. Here's a clue...

How many people do you know who engage in oral sex that have ever gotten sick or died?

With all the wildlife dropping biologic waste all over the place, why aren't we all dead?

The TRUTH is: Biologic waste in and of itself is not exactly highly toxic.

In the early 1970's, it became obvious that household wastewater discharges were too toxic to continue dumping in rivers and streams without processing. Homes and storm drains were connected to a series of pipes to transport household wastewater to wastewater treatment facilities. The solids were filtered off via a series of screens. The biologics were broken down with microbes. The remaining chemically saturated solids were dumped in the oceans off the coast around the world. Due to extreme environmental damage in the oceans from chemically saturated sludge dumping, this practice was banned by international treaties. These treaties include the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, the 1972 London Convention, the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC), the 1996 London Protocol. Obviously, raw, and even partially treated sewage is extremely toxic.

So why is raw consumer sewage so toxic? Well, all that *other* stuff that goes down the drain that IS toxic. Think about all the toxic stuff that goes down the drain: toilet paper, laundry soap, dish soap, dishwasher soap, bathroom cleaning products, floor cleaning products, toxic body care products, pharmaceuticals, and so on. For most people, this is all pumped to a municipal wastewater treatment facility.

Was the goal of the outcome of validating that household sewage is extremely toxic to reduce or eliminate consumer use of toxic products?

Nope... The goal of the outcome of validating that household sewage is extremely toxic was simply to find somewhere else to dump it.

When municipal sewage reaches a wastewater treatment facility, a number of steps are involved in processing the water. First, a series of grates and screens are used to remove large solids, such as undissolved toilet paper, cans, rags, wrappers, condoms, tampons and garbage from storm drains. Next, microbes break down biologics such as urine, feces and other biologic matter. By the time wastewater is finished processing, all that is left are the toxic chemical residues that cannot be broken down. Basically, highly toxic soup.

During dewatering, much of this *treated* highly toxic chemically saturated water is mixed with water and released directly into the environment via land or injected directly into groundwater supplies. *Treated* discharge is also often used to water crops without further filtering or removal of toxic chemical waste. The remaining toxic solids are dried, re-labeled 'biosolids', mixed with mulch and spread on agricultural fields, including organic. Biosolids are also added as a 'fertilizer' to home garden mulch.

The chemical residues include toxic endocrine disrupting chemicals such as microplastics, phthalates, bisphenols, PFAS, PFOS and a variety of heavy metals as well as a bunch of other nasty poisons. Too toxic for rivers and streams, too toxic for ocean dumping, but an average of 7 million tons a year is sprayed and dumped on agricultural fields and injected into the water supply. This is beyond insanity.

The outcome of dumping KNOWN POISONS that do not biodegrade on agricultural fields for 50 years...

Toxic food, water and air.

Biosolid dust is blown in the wind contaminating the air we breathe. PFAS contaminated soil and groundwater from leaching and runoff into waterways. Bisphenol A, bisphenol S, phthalates, microplastics and other known harmful chemicals are absorbed by plants. Contaminating our soil, our oceans, our air, our meats, our grains, our fruits / vegetables and even our bodies.

You might want to rethink the amount of poisons YOU dump down the drain. Maybe consider something a LOT less toxic to wash your hands after using the bathroom. Because eventually, you and loved ones, even your pets, are going to have to eat, drink and breathe nothing but POISON. If it isn't too late already...


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