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Friday, January 23, 2026

''Biosludge Betrayal: How America’s Farmlands Have Become Sewage Dumping Grounds – "

https://www.naturalnews.com/2026-01-22-biosludge-betrayal-farmlands-become-sewage-dumping-grounds.html


If you ever drive thru Iowa and look at some of the lakes up close you'll see what excessive farming and fertilizers have done to these formally nice little swimming & fishing ponds that you wouldn't even dare touch with a  finger anymore. 👎

"What exactly is in this 'biosolid' fertilizer? It is a concentrated cocktail of the most dangerous substances of modern life. Sewage sludge is the residue from treating domestic waste and contains a hazardous mix from industries, hospitals, and households—anything flushed down the drain. [6]


This includes per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), known as 'forever chemicals,' which have been found in alarmingly high levels in fertilizers made from biosolids. [7] It also contains heavy metals like cadmium, lead, and arsenic, which are taken up by crops and enter the food chain. [8] Furthermore, the sludge is laden with pharmaceutical residues, endocrine disruptors, and untreated pathogens like antibiotic-resistant bacteria and viruses. [3] .."

Monday, January 5, 2026

re Roundup and glyphosate safety "A Study Is Retracted, Renewing Concerns About the Weedkiller Roundup -" The New York Times

https://archive.is/CoEbL 

"since then, emails uncovered as part of lawsuits against the weedkiller's manufacturer, Monsanto, have shown that the company's scientists played a significant role in conceiving and writing the study.
In the emails, Monsanto employees praised each other for their "hard work" on the paper, which included data collection, writing and review. One Monsanto employee expressed hope that the study would become "'the' reference on Roundup and glyphosate safety." The pharmaceutical giant Bayer acquired Monsanto in 2018 for $63 billion.
In retracting the study last month, the journal, Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, cited "serious ethical concerns regarding the independence and accountability of the authors." Martin van den Berg, the journal's editor in chief, said the paper had based its conclusions largely on unpublished studies by Monsanto..."