What is the consensus in the scientific community about the safety of using biosolids for food crop production?
Decades of research and actual application of biosolids have resulted in an overwhelming scientific agreement among qualified researchers that the use of biosolids in accordance with existing Federal guidelines and regulations, presents negligible risk to the consumer, to crop production, and to the environment. In fact, the science-based approach used in developing the biosolids standards could serve as a model for policy and regulation in other areas of agricultural production and food safety.
Decades of research and actual application of biosolids have resulted in an overwhelming scientific agreement among qualified researchers that the use of biosolids, in accordance with existing Federal guidelines and regulations, presents negligible risk to the consumer, to crop production, and to the environment. In fact, the science-based approach used in developing the biosolids standards could serve as a model for policy and regulation in other areas of agricultural production and food safety.
