SLUDGE VICTIMS

PERSISTENT POLLUTANTS IN LAND-APPLIED SLUDGES

VIRGINIA RESEARCHERS FIND" ... HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF AN ENVIRONMENTALLY PERSISTENT CLASS OF ORGANIC POLLUTANTS: "BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS (BDE)" IN SEWAGE SLUDGE. BDEs DETECTED IN 87% OF FISH FROM VIRGINIA WATERS ... INDICATING "SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE OF THESE POLLUTANTS IS OCCURRING IN THE UNITED STATES AND THAT HUMANS MAY BE EXPOSED TO THEM THROUGH THEIR DIET."