They have even mixed radioactive wastes into fertilizer. Call it a soil amendment, and you can recycle arsenic, waste oils, acid, flue dust, pesticides, solvents, and zinc dross with a touch of nitrogen and call it fertilizer. Wilson shows how loopholes in the law, a blind eye from such regulatory bodies as the EPA, and a fierce desire by those with toxic waste on their hands to save a buck has resulted in heavy metals entering the food chain all across the country. ![]() "It would not be inaccurate to call me a muckraker," he admits, and he's a damn good one, too. They also earned the ire of the local recyclers of hazardous waste, the fertilizer industry, and the chemical industry. Attempting to protest, they soon learned a bitter truth: It's legal to dump toxic waste in such fashion, just as it is to add it to road de-icers. A little research, spearheaded by the town's (soon to be ex-) mayor discovered absurd quantities of such heavy metals as cadmium, beryllium, arsenic, and chromium, for starters, in the soil where the fertilizer had been applied. This story centers around the small town of Quincy, Washington, where fertilizer heavily laced with toxic sludge was thought to be destroying cropland and sickening animals. Have some lead with your french fries? Seattle Times reporter Wilson delivers a crackerjack investigative report on the toxic wastes in the fertilizer that helps grow the food on your table. Visit the Washington Toxics Coalition website for more information and book tour schedule. We are looking for groups and individuals to help with numerous action items for the release. An appalling story of industry abuse and regulatory stupidity."Īlarming, real-life version of Ibsen's An Enemy of the People.Ī number of environmental groups are also featured in the book, including Environmental Working Group, PIRG, Sierra Club, Basel Action Network, WTC and others. "Wilson delivers a crackerjack investigative report on the toxic wastes in the fertilizer that helps grow the food on your table. ![]() This is what one review said: ( click here for all reviews) It profiles the amazing efforts of the impacted farmers and the mayor who fought to uncover this secret and tell the public about this scam. The book centers on the small town of Quincy, Washington, where fertilizer heavily laced with toxic waste was thought to be destroying cropland and sickening animals. The book is called Fateful Harvest: The true story of a small town, a global industry and a toxic secret, and it has been referred to as "Erin Brockovich squared"! We need you to help spread the word and get involved in this critical issue. Now, Wilson has turned the series into a book and its national release is September 17 (Note that it is available now). The ground breaking series from 1997 revealed that toxic wastes from steel mills, cement kilns, pulp mills and other industries is made into fertilizer and the practice is virtually unregulated! This has resulted in lead, arsenic, dioxin, and even radioactivity entering the food chain all across the country. Remember the amazing Seattle Times investigative series " Fear in the Fields" by Duff Wilson about toxic waste in fertilizer? Introduction courtesy of the Washington Toxics Coalition. Farms and Food Supply: Dioxin, Lead, Mercury Spread on Crops As States Scramble to Protect Public Health" (EWG).įirst and only EPA Public Hearing on toxics in fertilizer, Seattle, September 20, 2001.įateful Harvest: The True Story of a Small Town, a Global Industry, and a Toxic Secret by Duff Wilson. "Toxic Wastes 'Recycled' as Fertilizer Threaten U.S. Toxic Deception: How the Chemical Industry Manipulates Science, Bends the Law, and Endangers Your Health. Trust Us, We're Experts: How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles With Your Future. Toxic Sludge Is Good for You!: Lies, Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry. REVIEW - Fateful Harvest: The True Story of a Small Town, a Global Industry, and a Toxic Secret by Duff Wilson. Home Store Free GIS Education Free Shapefiles Census Weather Energy Climate Change News Maps TOPO Aerial GPS Learn GIS ![]() REVIEW - Fateful Harvest: The True Story of a Small Town, a Global Industry, and a Toxic Secret by Duff Wilson
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