Eating dirt - and sludge
04-14-2008
In Baltimore and East St. Louis, federally-funded researchers broadcast sludge on neighborhood yards to study whether the human- and industrial waste-based fertilizer would protect dirt-eating children from lead poisoning. No evidence that children were tested; results, published in 2005, said phosphate and iron in sludge can bind to lead and pass safely through a child's body. Critics say sludge has not been proven safe.
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