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Originally Posted by Redbaron
Don't believe everything you read. That post has so many 1/2 truths and misinformation mixed in with legit concerns that it looses credibility.
Anti-biotic resistant e-coli (pathogen strains) is a product of factory farming livestock. ie CAFO's, not human waste. Also the "prions" are not a "new life form" LOLZ Not everything with "bio" is sludge! LOLZ "Certified Organic" compost CAN'T use human waste so that's simply false. Biosolids are treated sludge. So it depends on the treatment if it is toxic or not. Pretty much the whole article smells (pun intended) of a typical propaganda piece.
Of course that doesn't mean that all biosolids are safe either. There are plenty of "biosolids" that are not properly treated and applied to conventional agriculture. (not certified organic)
The primary reason biosolids are not allowed in organic is because of the other things in sludge besides human waste. Human waste is fine when composted properly. Municipal sludge contains lots of other things besides human waste.
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Actually plenty of humans are carrying around antibiotic resistant ecoli these days. Five-ten years ago it was pretty rare. These days it is in pretty much every hospital of any size in the country. The resistant strains do not cause more virulent, or more deadly disease. Just disease that needs more antibiotics to treat. The really bad strain is not resistant, it just secretes a whole lot of toxin. Ecoli 0157-H7. That one can kill people. Its less likely to be in human sludge than farm waste.
All the clarification aside. I agree the original post is contains a whole lot of inflammatory misinformation.