If the investigation proves the allegations, that company should be fined out of existence, its officers should face a court for criminal behaviors. Massive compensation should go to the plaintiffs as well as investigate others that used its products.
No mercy.
>A Texas county has launched a first-of-its-kind criminal investigation into waste management giant Synagro over PFAS-contaminated sewage sludge it is selling to Texas farmers as a cheap alternative to fertilizer.
>Two small Texas ranches at the center of that case have also filed a federal lawsuit against Synagro, alleging the company knew its sludge was contaminated but still sold it. Sludge spread on a nearby field sickened the farmers, killed livestock, polluted drinking water, contaminated beef later sold to the public and left their properties worthless, the complaint alleges.
>The PFAS levels independent testing found on the farm were “shockingly high”, said Kyla Bennett, policy director for the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility nonprofit, which is assisting in the analyses.
>The farms’ drinking water was found to be contaminated at levels over 65m times higher than the federal health advisory for PFOS, one kind of PFAS compound, a Guardian calculation indicates, and meat was as much as 250,000 times above safe levels, the lawsuit alleges.
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I’ll bet these farmers will continue to vote for the candidates that promise less government oversight. I’ll also bet these chemicals are being spread on fields all over the country
Free market in action, gotta love it…
It baffles me that people created such terrible things on purpose when we were just fine without them existing for the past 200k years of our existence.
They need to pull themselves up by their cowboy bootstraps.
Yikes! Another example of why REGULATION is not a dirty word.
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If the investigation proves the allegations, that company should be fined out of existence, its officers should face a court for criminal behaviors. Massive compensation should go to the plaintiffs as well as investigate others that used its products.
No mercy.
>A Texas county has launched a first-of-its-kind criminal investigation into waste management giant Synagro over PFAS-contaminated sewage sludge it is selling to Texas farmers as a cheap alternative to fertilizer.
>Two small Texas ranches at the center of that case have also filed a federal lawsuit against Synagro, alleging the company knew its sludge was contaminated but still sold it. Sludge spread on a nearby field sickened the farmers, killed livestock, polluted drinking water, contaminated beef later sold to the public and left their properties worthless, the complaint alleges.
>The PFAS levels independent testing found on the farm were “shockingly high”, said Kyla Bennett, policy director for the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility nonprofit, which is assisting in the analyses.
>The farms’ drinking water was found to be contaminated at levels over 65m times higher than the federal health advisory for PFOS, one kind of PFAS compound, a Guardian calculation indicates, and meat was as much as 250,000 times above safe levels, the lawsuit alleges.
article continues…
I’ll bet these farmers will continue to vote for the candidates that promise less government oversight. I’ll also bet these chemicals are being spread on fields all over the country
Free market in action, gotta love it…
It baffles me that people created such terrible things on purpose when we were just fine without them existing for the past 200k years of our existence.
They need to pull themselves up by their cowboy bootstraps.
Yikes! Another example of why REGULATION is not a dirty word.