Letters regarding Sludge

2007 Preston Bryant, Secretary of Natural Resource
  Letter from Barbara Rubin, September 14, 2007 (click here)

2007 Biosolids Expert Panel Members
  Letter from Barbara Rubin, October 29, 2007 (click here)

2007 Virginia Assembly
  Letter from Barbara Rubin, January 22, 2007 (click here)

Virginia Dept Health
  A series of letters and emails regarding sludge applications in Prince Edwards County, Virginia and complaints from Mrs. Buchholz 
                    (click here) (3 MB!)

Doctor's Statement Regarding Sludge
  Dr. Ted Chung, MD, May 8, 2006  (click here)   
Also see:  Dale Ellington
Letter to VA Dept Health regarding wife's illness
May 8, 2006,  1 pages      (click here)

  Dr. Timothy Corbett, MD, January 11, 2005  (click here)

  Dr. Kwabena Donkor, MD, May 2, 2005  (click here)

  Dr. Stephen Goldberger, MD, January 10, 2005  (click here)

  Dr. Robert McQueen, MD, July 22, 2004  (click here)

  Dr. David Mathis, MD, May 3, 2004  (click here)

  Dr. Anne Brown, MD, April 29, 2004  (click here)

  Dr. Wade, MD, Charlotte Primary Care, VA, July 16, 2004 (click here)
Letter asking for reconsideration of biosolids application allegedly causing chronic respiratory disease. 

  Dr. Mark Asperill, Port Charlotte, FL, July 4, 2002 (click here)
"Dr. Mark Asperilla, a Port Charlotte infectious disease specialist who treats patients in DeSoto County, said linking rotavirus, shigellosis and similar diseases to sludge requires extra work for doctors, such as testing stool samples and visiting patients' homes to check for sludge. Even without the testing, Asperilla is worried there are "lots" of people in DeSoto getting sick from sludge. "There's so many people that get sick down there, and the only thing that you can correlate it with is sludge," he said.

  Dr. Edward I. Gordon: 
"Dr. Edward I. Gordon has treated several people who claim biosolids 
aggravated their illnesses or caused their sickness, said he has seen a 
correlation between the spread of treated sludge in a neighborhood and health complaints." Dr. Gordon goes on to say "...they haven't proven they're not a problem."

Letters to Editor

"Farmer speaks from experience on sludge issues", To Lynchburg News & Advance 
September 1, 2005,  1 page   (click here) 

 "Sludge is ideal for farmers and Piedmont soil", To News & Advance from Richard Ruff 
August 21, 2005,  1 page      (click here) 

  To News & Advance from Barbara Rubin 
July 23, 2005,  1 page      (click here)  

  To Lynchburg News and Advance from C. W. Williams, 
Chair, Biosolids Information Group, Richmond, VA 
August 30, 2004,  2 pages      (click here)  

  To Rappahannock Record from Dr. Lynton S. Land, 
P. O. Box 539, Ophelia Emeritus Prof. Geological Sci, 
U. Texas Austin, Jan 6, 2005, 1 page      (click here)   

Letters

  JCommonwealth Coalition
Letter to US Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee
June 10, 2008,  2 pages (click here)

  Joshua Rainville
Letter from Mr. Josua Rainville  April 17, 2006,  1 page (click here)
Reply from LoudounNats, May 22, 2006, 1 page  (click here)

  Dale Ellington
Letter to VA Dept Health regarding wife's illness
May 8, 2006,  1 pages      (click here)
Related:  Doctor's letter (click here), News article (click here) about delay in application in response to plea.

  C. W. Williams, Founder Biosolids Information Group VDH-BURAC-Member
Letter entitled: "The Sludge is "Safe" Challenge"
Sent to numerous contacts with Virginia
March 11, 2004,  2 pages      (click here)

  Attorney Ed Hallman’s Supplemental Testimony on Cattle Deaths
Letter to Honorable Barbara Cubin, 
Chairman Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources 
United States House of Representatives
March 12, 2004,  46 pages      (click here)
(Originally linked at http://www.whistleblowers.org/html/sludge_issues.htm, but has technical download problems)

  "KERN FOOD GROWERS AGAINST SEWAGE SLUDGE"
Letter (March 10, 2004) from Kern Food Growers to 
California State Water Resources Control Board stating
their position that:

          "no sewage sludge, of any classification, 
           should be applied over any usable groundwater"      (click here)

Second complaint letter, Barbara Rubin to Robert B. Stroube, Health Commissioner, VA Department of Health, July 28, 2003 (click here)

Workers as well as residents and scientists are discouraged from reporting illnesses,  Gary O. Ingram, Sr., Contractor for disposing of sewage sludges to David Lewis, EPA, May 1, 2003 (click here)

Petition to suspend sludge spreading,  Barbara Rubin to Robert B. Stroube, Health Commissioner, VA Department of Health, June 20, 2003 (click here)

Stakeholder Participation and Local Control of Sludge Spreading a Sham,  Barbara Rubin to numerous regulators and Loudoun County Technical Board, June 19, 2003 (click here)

Pennock to EPA Christine Todd-Whitman, Administrator (click here)
The Pennock's allege their son was hospitalized and died from exposure to sludge. Eight neighbors experienced boils.
[Related link:  "Second Sludge Lawsuit Filed", February 24, 2003, 
                       by Sheila R. Cherry, Insight Magazine (click here)     
    
Mary Lou Jones to US EPA (click here)
[This mother believes her son's severe health problems are linked to sludge exposure. She also describes sludge spread on a field adjacent to a subdivision with the cattle still standing on the field. Cows died and were taken to another private part of the county and hanged in trees for the bears to eat.]
[Related link: "Farmhand sues Erwin Utilities for $4.5 million", by Robin Cleavenger, 
                     The Erwin Record, January 14, 2003  (click here), 
                     Tennessee Complaint (click here) 2.2 MB .pdf]

Mari Hollingsworth to Florida Governor (click here)
[Cows are left in a field while sewage sludge was being spread. The 30-day grazing restriction is not being enforced Fl. D.E.P. Law Enforcement did an investigation and noted dead cows.]
[Related link: National WhistleBlowers Center (click here),
                    "Group sues over sludge", December 12. 2002,  by Scott Carroll, Herald Tribute
                     National Earthjustice backs DeSoto County residents' groundbreaking suit  (Click here)
                     Florida Complaint (click here)  130 Kb.pdf]
                      
"The Story of Someone that Does Not Exist", By Lori Handshy (click here) [Personal account from a Culpeper Virginia resident.]