Toxic Waste In Our Food
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010Why Haven’t Fruit & Vegetable Eaters Been Told About This Toxic Waste Overload
Posted by: Dr. Mercola
January 16 2010 | 142,373 views
The U.S. government is encouraging farmers to spread a chalky waste from coal-fired power plants on their
fields to loosen and fertilize soil.
The material is produced by power plant “scrubbers” that remove acid-rain-causing sulfur dioxide from plant emissions.
The substance is a synthetic form of the mineral gypsum, and it also contains mercury, arsenic, lead and other heavy metals.
The Environmental Protection Agency says those toxic metals occur in only tiny amounts. But some environmentalists say too little is known about how the material affects crops, and ultimately human health.
Sources:
Washington Post December 23, 2009
Wall Street Journal January 9, 2010
Dr. Mercola’s Comments:
As you may know, coal-fired plants produce about 50 percent of the power in the US, and are a major source of environmental pollution. One of its byproducts is FGD gypsum (flue gas desulfurization gypsum). Not surprisingly, the standard solution is to develop a scheme to sweep the problem under the rug and make money doing it…<<MORE>>
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