Many of you tuned in last month to hear Dr. Sally Brown, professor and researcher at the University of Washington, speak on the benefits of biosolids as fertilizer. Never one to shy away from a controversial topic, Sally just took on the issue of PFAS and biosolids in a thought piece published in the Delmarva Farmer entitled “Right Goal, Wrong Direction.”
As Sally writes, “There are many things we can all agree on. We all want healthy soil. We all want to stop climate change. And none of us want chemicals like these hanging around in our bodies. Banning biosolids, with the stated goal of reducing our exposure to these chemicals, will accomplish none of the above. In fact, it will have no meaningful impact on our PFAS exposure. It will negatively impact soils and the atmosphere, all while costing utility ratepayers dearly for the privilege.”
Click here for information on PFAS and Bloom. If you are a Maryland resident, please reach out to your representatives and tell them to vote no on SB732, which unfairly targets biosolids and sets a PFAS limit of 1 part per billion that even leaf compost let alone most household products would not be able to meet. If you share our concerns and would like to get further involved in support of Bloom, please reach out; we will be in touch with any next steps as this is a quickly evolving situation.
