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"In a 2006 study, John Hopkins University researchers found that 75 percent of the bacteria-killing ingredients found in these products survive wastewater treatment processes and end up contaminating waterways or the sewage sludge that is commonly spread on farm fields. These ingredients accumulate in soil and water (and perhaps in human bodies), and help create super germs resistant to antibiotics. (19) Indeed, water testing studies by the U.S. Geological Survey have found that triclosan and triclocarbon are among the top ten persistent contaminants in U.S." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"Such food must not be treated with sewage sludge or exposed to irradiation or mingled with genetically modified organisms. means that they are not sufficiently able to produce hormones and this can cause a disastrous chain reaction. The integrity of the cellular membranes is compromised, leading to deterioration. The cell's immune responses are weakened. CARBOHYDRATES Carbohydrates are the second biggest in the family of macronutrients. They are compounds that are composed of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen and includes sugars and starches." - Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.)

"In one such instance, the USDA wanted to allow Certified Organic foods to be genetically modified, irradiated, and fertilized with sewage sludge, but had to back down when hundreds of thousands of citizens complained. History demonstrates that, at best, the USDA acts grudgingly in the public interest if there is any chance that doing so ¦hhhhhmhhhhmhhhj might cause problems for the meat industry. The unfortunate result is that you are almost entirely responsible for the safety of the food you eat." - Marion Nestle, What to Eat (Get the book.) "Just before issuing the Organic Standards, for example, the USDA said it would be fine for farmers to use genetically modified seeds, irradiation, and sewage sludge, and still call their crops organic. After a barrage of 275,000 outraged letters, the agency backed off this peculiar idea. In 2004, the USDA—without consulting its own organics advisory board —ruled that organic farmers could use pesticides that might contain ingredients prohibited by the Environmental Protection Agency. Under protest, the USDA again backed down." - Marion Nestle, What to Eat (Get the book.) "THE POLITICS OF ORGANICS The organic seal tells you that the producers of the foods followed a long list of rules: they did not use any synthetic pesticides, herbicides, or fertilizers; they did not plant genetically modified seeds, use fertilizer derived from sewage sludge, or treat the seeds or foods with irradiation; and they kept records of everything they did and showed the paperwork and everything on their farms to inspectors from a USDA-accredited state or private certification agency any time they were asked to, announced in advance or not." - Marion Nestle, What to Eat (Get the book.)

"This poison is found in our soil, water, and food supply, as well as in sewage sludge, fungicides, and pesticides. Some grains and seeds are treated with methyl mercury chlorine bleaches, which seep into the food supply. Because methyl mercury contaminates our waters, large amounts are found in fish, particularly larger ones that are farther up in the food chain. An estimated one-third (or possibly more) of America's lakes and one-fourth of its rivers now contain fish that may be contaminated with mercury." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

"Organic food is produced without using most conventional pesticides; fertilizers made with synthetic ingredients or sewage sludge; bioengineering; or ionizing radiation. Before a product can be labeled "organic," a government-approved certifier inspects the farm where the food is grown to make sure the farmer is following all the rules necessary to meet USDA organic standards. Companies that handle or process organic food before it gets to your local supermarket or restaurant must be certified, too But what does that really tell us?" - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why (Get the book.)

"The US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) current definition states that organic foods are those plants produced without the use of pesticides, sewage sludge (for fertilization) or synthetic fertilizer. . .or those animals raised without hormones or antibiotics. To read the complete definition, go to the USDA's Web site at www.ams.usda.gov/nop/NOP/ standards, html. Organic foods, including produce, meat, milk and other dairy products, typically cost more than nonorganic varieties." - Bottom Line Health, Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 (Get the book.)

"Organic food is produced without using most conventional pesticides, fertilizers made with synthetic ingredients or sewage sludge, bioengineering, or ionizing radiation. Before a product can be labeled 'organic,' a government-approved certifier inspects the farm where the food is grown to make sure the farmer is following all the rules necessary to meet USDA organic standards. Companies that handle or process organic food before it gets to your local supermarket or restaurant must be certified, too." What does any of this have to do with cosmetics?" - Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron, Don't Go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me, 7th Edition (Get the book.)

"However, assessing the health threat from the human disease pathogens inhabiting sewage sludge defies the capabilities of current science. This is especially true given the ability of mutating microbes to withstand antibiotics, and growing concerns over newly emerging diseases such as ebola virus, mad cow disease, killer e-coli and hanta virus. In 1993, a team of researchers at the University of Arizona published an article titled "Hazards from Pathogenic Microorganisms in Land-Disposed sewage sludge." - John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton, Toxic Sludge is Good For You: Lies, Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry (Get the book.)

"The guidelines establish clear organic labeling criteria, and specifically prohibit the use of genetic engineering methods, ionizing radiation, and sewage sludge for fertilization. organic chemicals Substances derived from living organisms, containing carbon. organic solvents A solvent is a liquid that dissolves a solute. The solvent is the component of the solution that is present in greater amount. Organic solvents include substances such as benzene, tetrachlomethylene, and turpentine. They are usually flammable materials and may pose certain physical and chemical hazards." - Dr. Paula Baillie-Hamilton, Toxic Overload: A Doctor's Plan for Combating the Illnesses Caused by Chemicals in Our Foods, Our Homes, and Our Medicine Cabinets (Get the book.)

"But in fact organic certification practices specifically prohibit the use of sewage sludge. It is commercial growers, not organic farmers, who can, and do, use sewage sludge to amend the soil. John Stossel, co-anchor of ABC's 20/20, and the host of the program that attacked organic food, publicly apologized on a subsequent episode of the national television show for falsifying evidence in the report and relying on fabricated laboratory tests.14 He was reprimanded by ABC, and the show's producer was suspended for a month. Many "accuracy in journalism" groups said Stossel should have been fired." - John Robbins, Food Revolution: How your diet can help save your life and our world (Get the book.)

"Organic food is produced without using most conventional pesticides; fertilizers made with synthetic ingredients or sewage sludge; bioengineering; or ionizing radiation. Before a product can be labeled "organic," a government-approved certifier inspects the farm where the food is grown to make sure the farmer is following all the rules necessary to meet USDA organic standards. The USDA developed a seal to certify that a food is organic. But the use of the seal is voluntary, so some organic foods may not be labeled with the USDA seal." - Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D., The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods (Get the book.)

"Their study found that "significant numbers" of dangerous human disease organisms infect even treated sewage sludge. "Thus, no assessment of the risks associated with the land application of sewage sludge can ever be considered to be complete when dealing with microorganisms."70 The viruses, bacteria, protozoa, fungi and intestinal worms present in sewage and sludge is mindboggling." - John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton, Toxic Sludge is Good For You: Lies, Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry (Get the book.) "The use of sewage sludge as a fertilizer poses a more significant lead threat to the land than did the use of leaded gasoline," he says. "All sewage sludges contain elevated concentrations of lead due to the nature of the treatment process. . . . Lead is a highly toxic and cumulative poison. Lead poisoning can cause severe mental retardation or death. It is now known that lead interferes with the blood-forming process, vitamin D metabolism, kidney function, and the neurological process." - John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton, Toxic Sludge is Good For You: Lies, Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry (Get the book.)

"Real food means: no synthetic fertilizers (which reduce essential minerals for plants, animals and humans such as magnesium); no pesticides (which are toxic to all life); no genetic engineering (source of allergies, cancer and immune deregulation); no prophylactic antibiotics in animal feed (prolonged use causes cancer in animals and humans and makes bugs antibiotic resistant—a currendy unfolding medical disaster, especially for tuberculosis); no sewage sludge (full of synthetic medicines and frequent source of mutant disease agents); no irradiation (kills vitamins E and B)." - Helke Ferrie, Dispatches From the War Zone of Environmental Health (Get the book.)

"However, said Brian Baker of California Certified Organic Farmers, "imagine what great PR it would be for the sewage sludge promoters to say that sludge is so clean it can even be certified organic—what a way to 'greenwash' sewage sludge!"82 CHAPTER NINE SilENciNq SpmNq The big corporations, our clients, are scared shitless of the environmental movement. . . . The corporations are wrong about that. I think the companies will have to give in only at insignificant levels. Because the companies are too strong, they're the establishment." - John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton, Toxic Sludge is Good For You: Lies, Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry (Get the book.)

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