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Hmm. When you hear about E. coli outbreaks in vegetables, it's traced back to fecal contamination on the worker's or processing equipment's working surfaces.

I looked to find any sources with high quality scientific evidence showing accumulation of toxic waste in timber roads in WA. I am an open minded scientist, if you post high quality work I'll read it and change my mind.




"There are three general methods for applying biosolids to forests: 1) spray irrigation with either a set system or a traveling gun, 2) spray application by an application vehicle with a spray cannon, and 3) application by a throw-spreader or manure-type spreader. In the Pacific Northwest, the most common methods for forest applications are the throw-spreader or a vehicle-mounted cannon. Table 7.7 lists these application methods, their range, relative costs, advantages and disadvantages, and their suitability for biosolids of different solids contents."

https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/documents/9380.pdf

It was the top item of the first google search for "biosolids washington forest".

Here's pictures if you're interested.

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/environment/natural-resour...

Here's another article from 20 years ago about the practice: http://thewatchers.us/wef/PacNW.pdf


I was looking for articles that supported the health and sanitary claims of the up-poster. What you included shows the idea is not without merit.




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