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Alabama Class Action Sludge
Lawsuit
Class
Action Complaint files in Franklin County, Al for injunctive
and equitable relief and for compensatory damages from pollution of PFOA and PFOS on
farmland, grasslands, water supplies and beef cattle grazing fields fir the past 12 years.
Injunctive relief sought also includes testing for these chemical and remediation.
Read the Court documents from February 23, 2009 - (click
here)
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New Petition Against Sludge
In 2003 EPA denied a petition to ban sludge
submitted by 63 organizations. Since that time, food contamination
and illness as well as deaths have increased. In 1999 over 76
million people were infected by food and many died. Today, we have a
new president and new leaders in the responsible agencies. We need a
ground swell of support by the public for a new petition. The goal
is one million signatures.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/help-ban-sludge#signatures Jim
Bynum, VP Help for Sewage Victims 7/15/2009
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New York State files complaint documents against
NY Organic Fertilizer Co owned by Synagro
Recent complaint filed the Attorney
General for the State of New York against Synagro-owned company
Bronx, NY. Complaints include public nuisance and air
pollution. Read on....
Read the Court documents from February 4, 2009 - (click
here)
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Plaintiffs in York County,
PA file complaint documents against Synagro
Recent complaint filed by 35 plaintiffs against Synagro in York County,
PA. Complaints include private nuisance, negligence and trespass. Read on....
Read all of the Court documents covering September and October
2008 - (click
here)
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That Stinks! Bronx Residents
Sue NYC
Bronx sued New York City and a waste recycling company Wednesday,
saying that putrid odors emanating from two nearby sewage facilities
are ruining their lives Read on....
Read July 9 CBS News article - (click
here)
Read July 9 Newsday article - (click
here)
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Virginia Sewage Sludge
Victims File Lawsuit in Sussex Surry, Virginia
A review of these court papers show what we have believed all along:
EPA/Industry have no scientific facts. Instead, they try to snow those in
power with manipulated facts in hopes they can pull the wool over
their eyes. While this has worked in the past, we now hope to set the record
straight. Read on....
Read all of the Court documents covering Nov 2006 to Nov 2007 - (click
here)
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Loudoun County Petition
Did you know that in Loudoun County there
have been scores of cases of illness that may be associated with sludge.
These illnesses include: respiratory illnesses including pneumonia, sinus
infections, asthma, allergies, burning eyes, nose, throat and lungs, flu-like
symptoms, nausea, vomiting, severe headache, breathing complications, rectal
bleeding, nose bleeds, skin rash and lesions? There are also cases of
a rare cardiomyopathy heart disease, miscarriages, and cancers.
A concentration of
cancer cases has been reported by a resident who lives near a field spread with
sludge for approximately the last ten years.
The cases stated above only represent reported illnesses. Most county residents do not know what sludge
is, much less that it can potentially cause illness.
Please sign our petition below. In the next box
provided you may make comments about sludge, or describe an illness you believe
may be linked to sludge. Be on the alert for the new sludge season beginning soon.
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Post your own story at
Are you a sludge victim? Share your story with others. Your
story will be submitted to the Senate Committee on Environment and
Public Works hearings on sewage sludge 9/11/08
Visit www.sludgenews.org
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Using Human Waste in Fertilizer Questioned
"A program that allows farmers to use sludge that contains human waste
has come under scrutiny after some land and animals have been poisoned.
March 6, 2008" (AP Video)
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Conclusion from recent scientific journal
"In conclusion, our findings suggest an increased risk for
certain respiratory, gastrointestinal, and other diseases among
residents living near farm fields where the application of
biosolids was permitted. Moreover, the reported occurrence of
certain chronic diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, were
elevated in the exposed group."
(Click
here to read the article)
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VDH List of Complaints
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Radio - The Power
Hour
Radio Interview from www.ThePowerHour.com..
January 3, 2007 - (7 MB)
(Clip 1)
(Clip 2)
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Alleged Federal Government Fraud
Recent qui tam
lawsuit alleges fraud against the federal
government. It alleges that EPA, Georgia local government
agencies, and the sludge industry conspired to knowingly use
fraudulent data in peer-reviewed studies to support sludge use,
and defeat a farmers lawsuit claiming sludge destroyed his dairy
farm. The farmer eventually prevailed.
March 29, 2006
(Click here)
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"The S-Word" (Sewer Sludge):
How Carlyle Group-owned Synagro is Hurting
Our Communities
Dec 2007 (more...)
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Coliform Reactivation
Find out how pathogens can regrow in a study by WERF
Dec 2006 (more...)
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