Please sign to stop the dumping of class B human waste “biosolids” on Ottawa’s rural farmland.

Below is an excerpt from the David Suzuki Foundation who opppses this practice: “Unfortunately, most sewage treatment plants receive industrial toxic wastes along with human waste. As a result, sewage sludge can contain a brew of nutrients laced with PCBs [polychlorinated biphenyls – in low levels]; dioxins and furans (again, generally in low levels); chlorinated pesticides [such as DDT Aldrin, endrin, chlordane, indane, mirex, etc..); polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDE’s - Flame retardant chemicals); hormone mimicking compounds like Phthalates and nonylphenols and their ethoxylates: carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons [PAHs]; heavy metals ( in particular arsenic, cadmium, copper, lead, mercury, selenium, and zinc); bacteria, viruses, parasitic worms, and fungi; industrial solvents; asbestos; and petroleum products.
All of these chemicals can, and do contaminate the soil and can contaminate the crops grown in those soils. There is also the associated problem of these contaminants running off treated fields and into local water courses when it rains.”

Contact your local representatives to express your concern and do your research!