Friends of the Nicola Valley

"The researchers conclude that 92 percent of all microfiber emissions on land come from these biosolids" https://www.nrdc.org//growing-concern-microplastic-polluti

Farmers: Are you sure you want to put this on your fields ??

Biosolids and Covid-19 "Both treated wastewater and biosolids may still contain high amounts of the viruses that will be transmitted into the environment and infect human directly or indirectly. In all countries with high positive cases, wastewater or biosolids are reused for different usages. Although stricter regulations have prevented people from being present in the community, but the COVID-19 may be transmitted unintentionally to their home along with foods and vegetable...s. According to this study, irrigation of the agricultural products with treated effluents or spreading biosolids on farm lands may be one of the ways of transmission of the COVID-19 disease." "Some countries use biosolids for agricultural use specially for improving soil fertility. One of the leading countries in biosolids recovery is Italy. More than 90% of biosolids recycling takes place in five regions of Lombardy, Emilia Romagna, Puglia, Tuscany and Veneto28. Precisely, these regions have the highest death rates because of COVID-19. This cannot be accidental." [https://biomedgrid.com//the-coronavirus-transmission-by-wa](https://biomedgrid.com//the-coronavirus-transmission-by-wa)

Plastic planet: How tiny plastic particles are polluting our soil https://www.unenvironment.org//plastic-planet-how-tiny-pla

It was thought that pharmaceuticals were degraded during the treatment process, but research has shown this isn’t the case. And, of course, this becomes a problem as the treated wastewater is released into water courses such as rivers and streams, while 80 per cent of treated sludge is also recycled back onto agricultural land as fertilizer and potentially onto future food crops. https://www.watercanada.net/welsh-research-identifies-new-/

A plateful of plastic - REMEMBER ... "Over 98% of plastic particles from Water Treatment Facilities are sequestered into biosolids" ... and then often spread on agricultural soils. https://graphics.reuters.com/ENVIRONMENT-PLAST//index.html