“A nationwide survey of sewage treatment plants shows that the sludge they produce–the residue from cleaning up wastewater–contains a wide variety of toxic metals, pharmaceuticals, flame retardants, and other compounds, including some antibiotics in surprisingly high concentrations. That’s significant because every year more than half of the roughly 7 million metric tons of these so-called biosolids produced in the United States are applied as fertilizer to farm fields.”

The EPA wanted to allow sludge to be used at organic farms, but the practice is not allowed.

Bottom Line: Wash those veggies!