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Can disease-causing organisms be spread through the air during biosolids land application?

April 26, 2017air application biosolids disease-causing land organisms spread

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Can disease-causing organisms be spread through the air during biosolids land application?

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Science says no. Extensive studies to determine whether liquid biosolids could spread disease through the air were recently reported by researchers at the University of Arizona’s Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and supported by the National Science Foundation Water Quality Center. Their conclusion: “…aerosolized microorganisms were not detectable during land application of liquid class B biosolids…” Click here for a PDF Fact Sheet on this question.