Videos:

Sludge Steve Levine Fox 45 Baltimore

" There is controversy brewing in Pennsylvania where sewage sludge is being legally spread in farmland near neighbors' homes. Dumping fertilizer filled with human waste is also allowed in Maryland, and some residents believe manure could be making them ill."  June 4, 2008  (Fox 45 Steve Levine)

Using Human Waste in Fertilizer Questioned

" 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".  April 13, 2008  (AP Video)

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)

Radio:

Editorial:

"Stuck in the mud", NatureNews, May 16, 2008  (Click here)   
The Environmental Protection Agency must gather data on the toxicity of spreading sewage sludge.

News Articles:

"Crap Happens: A Grist Special Report on How We Dispose of Our Poop A Grist Special Series", GRIST, May 4, 2009    
Three hundred million Americans head to the restroom multiple times a day. The amount of sludge produced staggers the mine—7 million dry tons per year and counting. And it’s not even just crap—it contains residues from everything else we put down the drain, from the detergent in your dishwasher to the chemicals used at the industrial plant down the street.....
http://preview.beta.grist.org/article/2009-05-06-sludge-energy-business/ 

  "Sludge, farmer’s friend or toxic slime?", GRIST, May 4, 2009    
Sewage sludge, the viscous brown gunk left over when wastewater is treated, is more than just poop: it’s an odiferous smoothie of everything we pour down the drain. There are pathogens; there are heavy metals. PCBs, dioxins, DDT, asbestos, polio, parasitic worms, radioactive material—all have been found in sludge....
http://preview.beta.grist.org/article/2009-05-05-sludge-fertilizer-sewage 

"Industry Fears Biosolids Suits After Courts Reject EPA Defense", Inside EPA Weekly, Nov 20, 2008     
The biosolids industry is scrambling to assess the financial risk from a growing number of tort suits challenging land applications of 
biosolids that plaintiffs are filing in state courts as federal courts are rejecting industry defenses that EPA regulations allowing the 
controversial practice preempt the tort suits.
http://envfpn.advisen.com/?resource_id=855362991331902819#top 
"Group plans to sue EPA over sewage sludge on farms", Forbes, Sept 11, 2008      
The Center for Food Safety, a private advocacy group, said Thursday it plans to sue the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency over its refusal to put a moratorium on dumping sewage sludge on farmland.
http://www.forbes.com/reuters/feeds/reuters/2008/09/11/2008-09-11T225702Z_01_
N11292440_RTRIDST_0_USA-EPA-LAWSUIT.html

"Senate cancels hearing on Georgia sludge findings", Ledger-Enquirer, Sept 11, 2008      
A Senate Democrats abruptly canceled a hearing Thursday on using sewage sludge as farm fertilizer after 
learning that two witnesses from Georgia had cited their upcoming testimony at the hearing in trying to win 
a settlement in a lawsuit.
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/438572.html

Also http://www.examiner.com/a-1582536~Senate_cancels_hearing_on_Georgia_sludge_findings.html

"One sludge fight delayed, another reignited", Bakersfield, Sept 11, 2008      
A U.S. Senate committee briefing on the safety of applying sewage sludge to farmland was canceled 
Thursday but the fight against sludge was not completely stalled.
http://www.bakersfield.com/hourly_news/story/549898.html

"That Stinks! Bronx Residents Sue NYC", CBS News, July 9, 2008      
The New York Organic Fertilizer Co. in the Bronx borough of New York is photographed, July 8, 2008. 
Residents of the Hunts Point neighborhood in the South Bronx sued New York City and the waste recycling 
company on Wednesday, saying that noxious odors from waste processing are ruining their daily lives.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/09/tech/main4245636.shtml

"NYC residents sue over smelly sewage plants", Newsday, July 9, 2008      
Residents of a polluted neighborhood sued the city and a waste recycling company Wednesday, 
saying that putrid odors emanating from two nearby sewage facilities are ruining their lives.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--sewagestench0709jul09,0,5288017.story

"Compost deal OK'd by council is under federal scrutiny, too", Free Press, July 4, 2008      
Federal officials are probing another Detroit City Council vote on a controversial waste project in 
southwest Detroit, sources have told the Free Press.
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080704/NEWS05/807040377

"New name emerges in FBI probe of waste deal with Texas firm", Free Press, June 30, 2008      
A second representative of a Texas waste treatment company has come under scrutiny in a federal 
public corruption investigation in Detroit, the Free Press has learned.
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080630/NEWS01/80630098

"Johns Hopkins University Responds to Allegations Toxic Sludge Tested as Lead Poisoning Fix in Poor Black Neighborhoods", Democracy Now, May 23, 2008      
There is audio or you can read the transcript
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/5/23/johns_hopkins_university_responds_to_allegations
http://thewatchers.us/Baltimore-Klag-Snyder.html

"Raking through sludge exposes a stink", NatureNews, May 14, 2008    
Environmental Protection Agency scientists accused of fabricating data about health effects of fertilizer.
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080514/full/453262a.html

"Record fine for water pollution Sludge 4 to 8 inches thick found in stream for half mile from plant", The Charlotte Observer, April 16, 2008    
http://www.charlotte.com/local/story/582902.html

"Scientist’s attorney says UGA spread false data to win grants", The Examiner, Mike Silvestri, April 17, 2008    
http://www.examiner.com/a-1345614~Scientist_s_attorney_says_UGA_spread_false_data_to_win_grants.html?cid=rss-Baltimore

"A sludge nightmare along the Susquehanna", The Examiner, Mike Silvestri, April 17, 2008    
http://www.examiner.com/printa-1345612~A_sludge_nightmare_along_the_Susquehanna.html

"NAACP Wants Probe Of Sludge Research In Poor Neighborhoods", KEVIN S. VINEYS, Associated Press Writer, April 14, 2008    
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080414/ap_on_go_co/sludge_poisoned_land

"Senate plans hearing on sludge", KEVIN S. VINEYS, Associated Press Writer, April 14, 2008    
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080414/ap_on_go_co/sludge_poisoned_land

"Sludge Makeup Hard to Know", KEVIN S. VINEYS, Associated Press Writer, April 13, 2008    
http://health.yahoo.com/news/ap/sludge_what_s_in_it.html

"AP IMPACT: Sludge tested in poor neighborhoods", The Examiner, April 13, 2008    
http://www.examiner.com/a-1338687~AP_IMPACT__Sludge_tested_in_poor_neighborhoods.html

"Family Fears Planned Biosolids Spreading.", ABC 13 News, January 27, 2008    
http://www.wset.com/news/stories/0108/491350.html?012808

"Campbell Sludge Diverted to Charlotte County.", News Advance, Lynchburg, VA, by Blair Goldstein May 17, 2006    
http://www.newsadvance.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=
Common%2FMGArticle%2FPrintVersion&c=MGArticle&cid=1137836152873ℑ=
newsadvance80x60.gif&oasDN=newsadvance.com

"Sludge. It's used to fertilize farms and forests. There are plans to use it more in Virginia and nationwide. Some allege it causes illnesses. Others say it's safe.", Daily Press, Hampton Roads, VA, April 23, 2006 
http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-56538sy0apr23,1,6356608.story?ctrack=1&cset=true  

"Europe Sets Maximum Levels for Dioxins and PCBs in Food", Environmental News Service, Feb 6, 2006 
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2006/2006-02-06-02.asp  (NATS Comments, click here)

"Area legislators quick to submit several bills", The News and Advance, Lynchburg, VA Jan 15, 2006 
http://www.newsadvance.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=LNA%2FMGArticle%2FLNA_BasicArticle&
c=MGArticle&cid=1128769327178&path=!news!archive

"Bacteria may put sewage treatment workers at risk", Reuters, Sept. 2, 2005 
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=
2005-09-02T190854Z_01_MOL268929_RTRIDST_0_SCIENCE-BACTERIA-DC.XML

"Sludge prompts disease fears", Washington Times, Sean Salai, Apr 29, 2004
http://www.washingtontimes.com/metro/20040429-122442-6727r.htm
                              Reply by LoudounNats (Click here)

"Deep Trouble: Organic disaster", In out-of-the-way DeSoto County, dumping of sewage 
sludge — the residue of human waste, Jeremy Cox, Naples Daily News, Oct 8, 2003
http://www.naplesnews.com/03/10/naples/d990513a.htm

"Sludge Spread on Fields Is Fodder for Lawsuits", New York Times, Jun 26, 2003
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30C15FF3A5F0C758EDDAF0894DB404482  
(Abstract only, full article must be purchased)

"Jury: Augusta responsible for cattle deaths,"  Robert Pavey, Augusta Chronicle, June 24, 2003
http://www.augustachronicle.com/stories/062403/lat_sludge.shtml

"Farmhand sues Erwin Utilities for $4.5 million", by Robin Cleavenger, The Erwin Record, January 14, 2003, 
http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpid=592&show=archivedetails&ArchiveID=930047&om=1
[Related links: Mary Lou Jones Letter to EPA  (click here),
                       Tennessee Complaint (click here)    2.2 MB .pdf]

"Second Sludge Lawsuit Filed", February 24, 2003, by Sheila R. Cherry, Insight Magazine
http://www.insightmag.com/news/377682.html
[Related link:  Pennock to EPA Christine Todd-Whitman, Administrator (click here)]

"Group sues over sludge", December 12. 2002,  by Scott Carroll, Herald Tribute
National Earthjustice backs DeSoto County residents' groundbreaking suit   
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2002212120396&Profile=1060
[Related links: National WhistleBlowers Center   (Click here),]
                       Florida Complaint (Click here)  130 Kb.pdf]

"EPA Intimidates Sludge Critics", Congress Told By Michael Vatalaro, Washington, DC, Environmental News Service, March 22, 2000.
http://ens-news.com/ens/mar2000/2000-03-22-03.asp

"Undisclosed Report: EPA Knew It Was Toxic", October 2, 2002, by Sheila R. Cherry, Insight Magazine
http://www.insightmag.com/main.cfm?include=detail&storyid=285756

"Citizens Join UMWA Campaign to Combat Deadly Sludge", May 2002, United Mine Workers of America
http://www.umwa.org/journal/VOL113NO3/may2.shtml

LAWSUIT:  INHALING HUMAN WASTE CAUSES ILLNESS  
By Chris Garland, Erwin Bureau, Johnson City Press
http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/ArticleDetail.asp?Category=LOCALNEWS&ID=18848

Making a Stink, August 5, 2002, US News (Fee)
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/archive/020805/5sludge.php

Sludge Worries, August 5, 2002, US News (Fee)
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/archive/020805/5sludge.php