What is in the sludge???
City sludge Rural sludge Substance Range Range Bromides flame retardants Arsenic (pressure impregnated wood) Copper (pressure impregnated wood) Hormone mimickers (from tencides) Iron salts (some treatment plants) Asbestos Cobalt Aluminum salts (other treatment plants) Asphalt Manganese Acrylic plastics (polyacrylamides) thickeners Rubber from tires Platinum from catalytic converters Silver Chlorine (some treatment plants) Plastics Petroleum residues Aluminum Fluoride Organic tin compounds Amino acids Organic silicon compounds Chlorinated organics (broad range) Cyanides