That’s one more reason to be skeptical about fertilizing with the residue of municipal sewage treatment plants—forbidden under United States Department of Agriculture organic standards because of possible contamination by toxic chemicals and who knows what else.
Oh, I neglected to mention the name of the company renting the barn: Fairwind Farms.
An Even More Unpleasant Odor…
…is emanating from the nation’s confined-cow operations. Emissions of hydrogen sulfide, a poisonous gas produced by decomposing manure, became so bad at a 1,500-head dairy farm in Minnesota this week that state health officials advised residents living nearby to evacuate their homes. Measurements showed that levels of the gas in the air were 200 times higher than the legal limit.
Hydrogen sulfide, which has a telltale rotten-egg odor, can cause dizziness, memory loss, respiratory irritation, and even death.
Fortunately, the Environmental Protection Agency’s own scientists agree that pollution from factory farms poses a health risk. So what has the agency proposed to do?
Drop current regulations that require agribusinesses to report emissions of toxic gases.
That way pesky neighbors won’t know what killed them.
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