SLUDGE VICTIMS

CORNELL WASTE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, "CASE FOR CAUTION! "(regarding landspreading sewage sludge) says molybdenum availability in soils is enhanced by alkaline soil conditions and high phosphate fertilization........ Under such conditions, 2 to 3 mg/kg of total molybdenum in soil has produced forages WITH TOXIC CONCENTRATIONS FOR RUMINANTS.

MIKE RAINEY HAD ALL THIS INFORMATION IN HIS FILES WHEN BOB WITHINGTON CALLED HIM ON APRIL 10, 1997 AND pleaded for help. Rainey told him absolutely nothing !! Molybdenosis in dairy cows causes severe copper deficiency. If Rainey had told Bob Withington the truth, his herd might have been saved by immediate treatment with copper sulphate !

I investigated further by filing a Freedom of Information request with Region I EPA and learned the following. At the same time BFI was hauling Springfield sludge to NH for stockpiling, (Fall 1995) -- the molybdenum content of that sludge doubled and even tripled!! (JULY 1995, molybdenum was < 9 ppm, -- AUGUST 1995, molybdenum was 21 ppm. -SEPTEMBER 1995 molybdenum was 33 ppm -- OCTOBER 1995 - MOLYBDENUM was 20 ppm)

An analysis of some of the corn silage remaining from those fateful loads revealed MOLYBDENUM LEVELS 4 TIMES HIGHER THAN NORMAL.

It is interesting to note the trucking company never billed the Withingtons for the last 2 truckloads of corn silage after they learned Bob's dairy herd was getting sick and dying. Judy asked about the bill(which total over $1400) but the trucking company kept putting them off and never asked for payment. (Guilty conscience?)

The Withington's "Homeagin Holstein" farm -- Just another dairy herd destroyed by the toxins in sewage sludge and deceitful bureaucrats who protect the waste industry at all costs!