- How are the US EPA and USDA dealing with the risks to
livestock and wildlife from human and animal prions in Class A and Class
B municipal sewage sludge "biosolids" which are top dressed on
grazing land, hayfields and dairy pastures ?
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- "Curt McCormick, Pretreatment Coordinator for the
US EPA Region 8 (CO, UT, MT, WY, ND & SD) has issued an order prohibiting
the discharge of untreated, potentially prion contaminated wastes to POTWs.
Calling the issue "critical", the order states:
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- "We are currently prohibiting the discharge of untreated,
potentially prion-contaminated wastes to POTWs. Typical treatment and
disinfection processes used by non-domestic users and those at Publicly
Owned Treatment Works (POTWs) do not deactivate prions.
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- " Prions will pass through the POTW as a pollutant
to be received into receiving waters and concentrated in biosolids. Biosolids
are the solids produced by POTWs and typically land applied to food and
non-food (grazing) crops."
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- For full report: http://cipca.org/regulatory/factsheetcwdpretreatment.pdf
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- Patricia A. Doyle, PhD
- Please visit my "Emerging Diseases" message
board at: http://www.clickitnews.com/ubbthreads/postlist.php?Cat=&Board=emergingdiseases
- Zhan le Devlesa tai sastimasa
- Go with God and in Good Health
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